PAGODA
PAGODA (Horyuji PAGODA in full) stands for “Hydrological cycle understanding via process-based global detection, attribution and prediction”.
Objectives of the PAGODA project:
PAGODA will address the uncertainties and inconsistencies in modelling the water cycle by:
- assessing and quantifying how the water cycle is changing
- evaluating, against observations at a process level, the representation of variability and changes in the water cycle in existing climate models
- identifying the processes in the atmosphere, land and oceans that are responsible for any divergence with observations and amongst existing climate models
- providing robust guidance to users about possible future changes in the water cycle.
Key project members of PAGODA
Principal Investigator:
Professor Pier Luigi Vidale, University of Reading
Co-Principal Investigators:
Dr Eleanor Blyth, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Professor Gabriele Hegerl, University of Edinburgh
Professor Mat Collins, University of Exeter
Dr Bob Marsh, National Oceanography Centre
Dr Tim Osborn, University of East Anglia
Co-Investigators:
Dr Richard Allan, University of Reading
Dr Steve Woolnough, University of Reading
Dr Eleanor Highwood, University of Reading
Professor Simon Tett, University of Edinburgh
Professor David Stephenson, University of Exeter (also affiliated to University of Edinburgh)
Research staff:
Dr Emily Black, University of Reading (Scientific Co-ordinator)
Dr Buwen Dong, University of Reading
Dr Thomas Toniazzo, University of Reading
Ms Marie-Estelle Demory, University of Reading
Dr Debbie Polson, University of Edinburgh
Dr David Lister, University of East Anglia
Dr Stan Yip, University of Exeter (also affiliated to University of Edinburgh)
Dr David Long, University of Exeter
Dr Chun Lei, University of Reading
Dr Nikolaos Skliris, National Oceanography Centre
PAGODA collaborators at partner institutions:
Dr Peter Stott, Met Office
Dr Sean Milton, Met Office
Dr Peili Wu, Met Office
Professor Joyce Penner, University of Michigan
Dr Francis Zwiers, Environment Canada
Dr Susan Wijffels, CSIRO
- ATREE
- BGS
- CEH
- Cranfield University
- Durham University
- FERAL
- Heriot-Watt University
- Imperial College London
- India Met Dept
- ICCSIR
- IISc
- IIT Delhi
- IIT Kanpur
- IIT Kharagpur
- IIT Roorkee
- IITM
- Lancaster University
- Hadley Centre
- NCBS, India
- NCMRWF
- NIT Hamirpur
- NIT Kurukshetra
- Newcastle University
- UNESCO
- UCL
- University of Dundee
- UEA
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Exeter
- University of Leicester
- University of Oxford
- University of Reading
- University of Southampton