Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC)

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1 Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC) Partner in: an independent research founda:on in Bergen, Norway established in affiliated with the University of Bergen a na:onal environmental research ins:tute since 2012 Lasse Pe'ersson, Yongqi Gao and Stein Sandven

2 Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC) VISION To serve the society through advancing knowledge on the behavior of the marine environment and climate system in the spirit of Fridtjof Nansen. RESEARCH AREAS Climate processes, variability and changes Ocean modelling, data assimilation and forecasting Marine and polar environmental remote sensing studies Socio-economic impacts of global change

3 Nansen Group cooperaeon Leader: Prof. Ola M. Johannessen Strategy Areas Climate Processes, Variability and Change Arc:c and Marine Remote Sensing Studies Ocean Modelling, Data Assimila:on and Forecas:ng Socio- economic Impact of Global Change Norway Russia India China South Africa Bangla- desh Norway Norway ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 200 employees, including 60 Ph.D. and Master students

4 Nansen-Zhu International Research Centre, Beijing Research coopera:on with China Nansen- Zhu InternaEonal Research Centre Ins:tute of Atmospheric Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing

5 The Start Long-lasting contact between IAP/CAS and NERSC Dr. Yongqi Gao (Master and Doctor) in Bergen Initiated by NERSC and IAP/CAS Two-way exchange of ideas, methods, tools, results, students and scientists Frequent visits of students and scientists between Beijing and Bergen

6 The Name: Nansen-Zhu The Nansen-Zhu Centre is named in the honor and spirit of the distinguished scientists Fridtjof Nansen and Kezhen Zhu Doctor in Zoology at the University of Bergen First to cross Greenland on ski Sailed and skied across the Arctic Ocean Professor in Oceanography at the University of Oslo First High Commissioner for refugees Awarded Nobel Peace Price for humanitarian work Doctor in Science at Harvard University Director of Meteorology Institute in Academia Sinica Academician of Academia Sinica Vice-president of Chinese Academy of Sciences

7 The Nansen-Zhu International Research Centre in Beijing: Opening in 2003" A joint venture at Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing Officially opened: November 4, 2003 Director: Prof. Huijun Wang, IAP/CAS Co-Dir. Prof. Helge Drange, NERSC/BCCR Dep. Dir. Prof. Zifa Wang, IAP/CAS Co-Dep. Dir. Dr. Yongqi Gao, NERSC

8 The Nansen-Zhu International Research Centre in Beijing: Opening in 2003" A joint venture at Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing Officially opened: November 4, 2003 Director: Prof. Huijun Wang, IAP/CAS Co-Dir. Prof. Helge Drange, NERSC/BCCR Dep. Dir. Prof. Zifa Wang, IAP/CAS Co-Dep. Dir. Dr. Yongqi Gao, NERSC

9 The Nansen-Zhu International Research Centre Beijing, China" Vision" To become an internationally acknowledged climate research and training centre with emphasis on tropical and high-latitude regions, and the interactions between these regions, for past, present and future climate. Research Areas" Reconstruction of past climate Melting of glaciers Decadal time-scale climate predictability and teleconnection Data assimilation and operational oceanography Environmental and climate observations from space Development of Earth System Model

10 NZC: Research Areas & Leadership/motivation Reconstruction of past climate Co-heads: Huijun Wang, NZC/IAP, Eystein Jansen, UiResearch/UoB Decadal time-scale climate predictability and teleconnection Co-heads: Shuanglin Li, NZC, Xiu-Qun Yang, Nanjing University and Tore Furevik, UoB/UiResearch, Data assimilation and operational oceanography Co-heads: Jiang Zhu, IAP, B. K. Tan, PKU, Laurent Bertino, NERSC Environmental and climate observations from space Co-heads: Pucai Wang, IAP, Johnny A. Johannessen, NERSC/UoB Development of Earth System Model Co-heads: Yongqi Gao, NZC, Mats Bentsen, NERSC

11 NZC: Partners and Advisory Board" Institute of Atmospheric Physics/Chinese Academy of Sciences Academician Huijun Wang Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center Prof. Stein Sandven Peking University Prof. Benkuai Tan University of Bergen Prof. Nils Gunnar Kvamstø Uni-Research Prof. Eystein Jansen Nanjing University (from 2008) Dir. Prof. Xiuqun Yang Renewal of the agreement in 2008 witnessed by CAS and KD.

12 Aims of cooperation Exchange of scientists and graduate students between the founding partners Initiate and develop joint research projects between the founding partners Co-ordinate and facilitate joint research proposals to be submitted to national (N, CN) and international (EU, ESA,..) funding bodies Stimulate and support joint publications in international peer-reviewed journals Develop co-operation in education and research programs

13 International Summer School of NZC 2004 in Beijing 2006 in Bergen/Finse 2008 in Beijing 2010 in Innsbruck 2012 in Beijing

14 Funding and Projects Core support from the partners Chinese Academy of Sciences Ministry of Science and Technology National Natural Science Foundation of China Research Council of Norway European Union Framework Programme European Space Agency Nansen Scientific Society MOST CAS NSFC CMA RCN ESA EU

15 Nansen-Zhu Centre: Education and Training During : 5 PhD students defended their theses at IAP/CAS. Donglin Guo: Frozen ground on the Tibetan Plateau: impact on land surface water and heat exchange and response to climate warming ( ) Qing Yan: Projections of the Greenland Ice Sheet Mass Balance in the 21st Century ( ) Huanlian Li: Interannual variability of Northeast China winter climate and interdecadal shift of the western African summer monsoon ( ) Shan Liu: A Short-term Climate Prediction System Based on a Coupled Climate System Model ( ) Jiehua Ma: Dynamic Downscaling of Seasonal Climate Prediction Research and Climate Projection in the Blue Arctic Conditions ( )

16 Nansen-Zhu International Research Centre, Beijing Nansen-Zhu Centre: Staff At the end of 2013, NZC has a total staff of 60 persons Full-time : 17 (Associated : 16) Administation : 1 Ph.D. Student: 24 M.S. Student: 17

17 Nansen-Zhu International Research Centre, Beijing Nansen-Zhu Centre: Staff

18 Results " 50" 40" 30" 20" 10" " " " " " " " " " SCI"Publ" Staff" Students" Turnover"(RMB)" 0" 2004" 2005" 2006" 2007" 2008" 2009" 2010" 2011" 2012" 2013" 0"

19 Results scientific publications 309 ISI publications 60" 44 PhD dissertations 50" 15 master exams 40" Staff increase 9 => 19 30" Five International summer schools 20" Several joint research projects " " " SCI"Publ" " Staff" " Students" " " Turnover"(RMB)" " 10" " Extensive 0" number of exchange visits 0" (1-3 person- 2004" 2005" 2006" 2007" 2008" 2009" 2010" 2011" 2012" 2013" year/year => Norway) Recruitment of scientists to Norway

20 Erfaringer # 1/2 Bygge opp tillit og troverdighet Ethvert initiativ krever at én/flere fra Norge besøker (og faktisk arbeider!) med samarbeidspartner(ne) i Kina min 2 ganger i året, min 2 uker hver gang. Student- og forskerutveksling Samarbeid vil styrkes ved å ha kinesiske studenter i Norge, f.eks. 3 mnd om gangen. Hver student bør ha sin egen mentor i Norge. Kjennskap til kinesernes tenke- og væremåte, kultur og historie Dersom en ikke har inngående kjennskap til Kina, bør en ha hjelp fra/med seg en kineser som kjenner både norsk og kinesisk tenke- og væremåte, kultur og historie (som f.eks. Yongqi Gao for NZC). Beslutninger og avtaler blir f.eks. oftest gjort under middager! Tidsaspekt & tilstedeværelse Det tar 2-4 år å bygge opp en aktivitet sammen.

21 Erfaringer # 2/2 Språk Kinesiske studenter - og til dels forskere - er gjerne ikke spesielt gode i muntlig engelsk, så tålmodighet er nødvendig i begynnelsen! (men deres lærekurve er bratt!!). Dette er bedre i 2014 enn i 2003! Fokuser! Sannsynligvis bedre med et fåtall dedikerte initiativ enn mange tilfeldige initiativ. Prosjekt vs. langsiktig institusjonelt samarbeide. Valg av samarbeidspartner Det er svært mange aktører både på Universitetene og under Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Samarbeidet vil generelt tjene på å initieres med allerede sterke forskningsgrupper (sjekk publikasjonslisten!) Muligheter Fantastiske! Raskt økende økonomi, vekst på mer enn 20% pr år i forskning. Ikke mye byråkrati, meget hyggelige studenter/forskere. Formalisert bilateralt studentutdannelse UiB-Kina (a la Bologna ) Store muligheter!

22 Nansen-Zhu International Research Centre (NZC) International symposium 2013" More and updated information: