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Earth System Physics

Research Topics

ESP research activities can be broadly divided into the following main areas:



ESP research activities can be broadly divided into the following main areas:

climate change Climate Change

seasonal prediction Seasonal Prediction and Climate Variability

solid earth geophysics Solid Earth Geophysics

climate impacts Climate Impacts

oceanography Oceanography

aerosols Aerosols and atmospheric chemistry

Climate Change

This activity concerns itself with climate change of anthropogenic and natural origins.

 

Seasonal prediction and climate variability

This research line aims to understand the variability of the current climate and its predictability on subseasonal to decadal time scales

 

Solid Earth Geophysics

This research aims to improve the understanding of the way earthquake faults stick and slip in time and on aspects of how the Earth's Interior deforms with emphasis on the physics of crust-upper mantle interactions.

 

Climate Impacts

This research line aims concentrates on the impacts of the climate on the end-user. It includes agriculture, water resources and health impacts modelling over timescales ranging from months, seasonal through decades.

 

Oceanography

This research line examines the role of the oceans in climate predictability and climate change.

 

Aerosols and atmospheric chemistry

A first objective of our activity is to improve the understanding and modeling of the evolution of chemical compounds under the influence of climatic processes and anthropogenic activity (emissions).

 

ESP in numbers

In 2010, the ESP research group organised 11 training courses. The group provided 222 months of training to 820 course participants for an average length of stay of 8 days. They were lectured by 177 experts in the field.