TY - JOUR
T1 - Advancing research for seamless earth system prediction
AU - Ruti, Paolo M.
AU - Tarasova, Oksana
AU - Keller, Julia H.
AU - Carmichael, Greg
AU - Hov, Øystein
AU - Jones, Sarah C.
AU - Terblanche, Deon
AU - Anderson-Lefale, Cheryl
AU - Barros, Ana P.
AU - Bauer, Peter
AU - Bouchet, Véronique
AU - Brasseur, Guy
AU - Brunet, Gilbert
AU - DeCola, Phil
AU - Dike, Victor
AU - Kane, Mariane Diop
AU - Gan, Christopher
AU - Gurney, Kevin R.
AU - Hamburg, Steven
AU - Hazeleger, Wilco
AU - Jean, Michel
AU - Johnston, David
AU - Lewis, Alastair
AU - Li, Peter
AU - Liang, Xudong
AU - Lucarini, Valerio
AU - Lynch, Amanda
AU - Manaenkova, Elena
AU - Jae-Cheol, Nam
AU - Ohtake, Satoru
AU - Pinardi, Nadia
AU - Polcher, Jan
AU - Ritchie, Elizabeth
AU - Sakya, Andi Eka
AU - Saulo, Celeste
AU - Singhee, Amith
AU - Sopaheluwakan, Ardhasena
AU - Steiner, Andrea
AU - Thorpe, Alan
AU - Yamaji, Moeka
N1 - Funding Information:
The development and retention of scientific talents could benefit from the development of scientific educational hubs, both virtual and real. There is a need to connect people in academia, government, and the private sector, facilitating the improvement of both local and global research collaborations and providing an open forum for broader participation. Three examples from Africa for such an approach are given here. The Science for Weather Information and Forecasting Technology (SWIFT; https://africanswift.org/) project is jointly funded by research and development funds, through the U.K.’s Global Challenges Research Fund Africa. SWIFT aims to enhance the weather prediction capability from hourly to seasonal time scales in four African countries. The project connects universities and forecasters from the United Kingdom with those in Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya to maintain and further increase local research capacities. It works with forecast users from various sectors toward tailored provision of weather forecasts and improved response to high-impact weather events. The recently established East African Institute for Fundamental Research (EAIFR; https://eaifr.ictp.it/) in Rwanda, a partner of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, addresses the need in Rwanda and the region for MScs and PhDs in various areas of physics, both fundamental and applied. The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, a pan-African network of centers of excellence, offers a structured Master’s in mathematical sciences and focuses on scientific training, cutting-edge research, and public engagement. One important component of any of these actions is ensuring fluent and sustained connections among scientists from developed and less developed countries and from different sectors. This would benefit science as a whole.
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Whether on an urban or planetary scale, covering time scales of a few minutes or a few decades, the societal need for more accurate weather, climate, water, and environmental information has led to a more seamless thinking across disciplines and communities. This challenge, at the intersection of scientific research and society’s need, is among the most important scientific and technological challenges of our time. The “Science Summit on Seamless Research for Weather, Climate, Water, and Environment” organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 2017, has brought together researchers from a variety of institutions for a cross-disciplinary exchange of knowledge and ideas relating to seamless Earth system science. The outcomes of the Science Summit, and the interactions it sparked, highlight the benefit of a seamless Earth system science approach. Such an approach has the potential to break down artificial barriers that may exist due to different observing systems, models, time and space scales, and compartments of the Earth system. In this context, the main future challenges for research infrastructures have been identified. A value cycle approach has been proposed to guide innovation in seamless Earth system prediction. The engagement of researchers, users, and stakeholders will be crucial for the successful development of a seamless Earth system science that meets the needs of society.
AB - Whether on an urban or planetary scale, covering time scales of a few minutes or a few decades, the societal need for more accurate weather, climate, water, and environmental information has led to a more seamless thinking across disciplines and communities. This challenge, at the intersection of scientific research and society’s need, is among the most important scientific and technological challenges of our time. The “Science Summit on Seamless Research for Weather, Climate, Water, and Environment” organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 2017, has brought together researchers from a variety of institutions for a cross-disciplinary exchange of knowledge and ideas relating to seamless Earth system science. The outcomes of the Science Summit, and the interactions it sparked, highlight the benefit of a seamless Earth system science approach. Such an approach has the potential to break down artificial barriers that may exist due to different observing systems, models, time and space scales, and compartments of the Earth system. In this context, the main future challenges for research infrastructures have been identified. A value cycle approach has been proposed to guide innovation in seamless Earth system prediction. The engagement of researchers, users, and stakeholders will be crucial for the successful development of a seamless Earth system science that meets the needs of society.
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U2 - 10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0302.1
DO - 10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0302.1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85080081304
SN - 0003-0007
VL - 101
SP - E23-E35
JO - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
JF - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
IS - 1
ER -