Centre for Polar Observation & Modelling

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The Centre for Polar Observation & Modelling (CPOM) is a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Centre of Excellence that studies processes in the Earth's polar environments. [1] CPOM conducts research on sea ice, land ice, and ice sheets using satellite observations and numerical models. [1]

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CPOM comprises research groups and scientists based at the Universities of Leeds, Bristol, Reading, Lancaster, Swansea, Edinburgh, and University College London. [2] CPOM also has partnerships with several other institutions, including the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), the European Space Agency, and the Met Office. [3]

History

The Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling was founded in 2000 by Professor Sir Duncan Wingham. [4]

Directors

Sir Wingham was director of CPOM from 2000 to 2005, and his expertise in the study of Earth's ice sheets led to high impact publications on the widespread mass loss on the west Antarctic Ice Sheet. [5] He was also Project Scientist of the European Space Agency's CryoSat mission. [5] He has since been appointed as NERC Chief Executive. [4] Professor Sir Wingham was awarded a knighthood in 2019 for services to Climate Science. [6]

Sir Wingham was succeeded as CPOM Director by Professor Seymour Laxon. Professor Laxon was an expert on satellite radar altimetry, and his work pioneered the use of satellite altimetry to measure sea ice thickness and surface circulation in polar oceans. [7] This work would lead to the successful development of the European Space Agency's CryoSat mission. [7] Sadly, Professor Laxon died following an accident in 2013. [7]

The role of CPOM Director was succeeded by Professor Andrew Shepherd. [8] Professor Shepherd is an expert in remote observations of the Cryosphere, and is Principal Scientific Advisor to the European Space Agency's CryoSat mission, and co-leader of the Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise. [8]

Research

Recent notable publications from CPOM scientists that garnered significant media attention include:

References

  1. 1 2 CPOM2015. "Welcome to CPOM". CPOM. Retrieved 11 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ CPOM2015. "About CPOM". CPOM. Retrieved 11 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ CPOM2015. "Partnerships". CPOM. Retrieved 11 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. 1 2 "Professor Sir Duncan Wingham". www.ukri.org. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Professor Duncan Wingham appointed as Executive Chair Designate of the Natural Environment Research Council". GOV.UK. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Duncan WINGHAM | Knights Bachelor | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 UCL (3 January 2013). "In Memory of Professor Seymour Laxon". UCL Earth Sciences. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  8. 1 2 Environment. "Professor Andrew Shepherd | School of Earth and Environment | University of Leeds". environment.leeds.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  9. ↑ Braakmann-Folgmann, A.; Shepherd, A.; Gerrish, L.; Izzard, J.; Ridout, A. (1 March 2022). "Observing the disintegration of the A68A iceberg from space". Remote Sensing of Environment. 270: 112855. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2021.112855 . ISSN   0034-4257. S2CID   245858805.
  10. ↑ "COP26: Antarctic glacier is named in honour of Glasgow". BBC News. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  11. ↑ "Arctic sea ice thinning twice as fast as thought, study finds". the Guardian. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  12. ↑ Slater, Thomas; Lawrence, Isobel R.; Otosaka, Inès N.; Shepherd, Andrew; Gourmelen, Noel; Jakob, Livia; Tepes, Paul; Gilbert, Lin; Nienow, Peter (25 January 2021). "Review article: Earth's ice imbalance". The Cryosphere. 15 (1): 233–246. doi: 10.5194/tc-15-233-2021 . hdl: 20.500.11820/df343a4d-6b66-4eae-ac3f-f5a35bdeef04 . ISSN   1994-0416.
  13. ↑ "Ice sheets melting at 'worst-case scenario rate', research warns". Sky News. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  14. ↑ "Greenland and Antarctica ice loss accelerating". BBC News. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2022.


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