in association with Bristol, Met Office, Exeter, Leeds & UCL

Event timeline

17 March 2021: Applications open for participants
Registration has closed
16 April 2021: Applications close
2–4 June 2021: Hackathon date

Scientists from the Universities of Bristol, Exeter and Leeds, and the Met Office are hosting a three-day hackathon on 2–4 June, open to all UK researchers in the field, to produce cutting-edge research using Climate Model Intercomparison Project 6 (CMIP6) data. We aim to showcase outputs from the hackathon at the upcoming COP26 delegation in November, and through peer-reviewed publications.

Researchers can sign up to topics ranging from climate change to oceanography, biogeochemistry, and more. Teams will be led by senior academics from a range of disciplines at the partner universities, but participating researchers can be from any UK academic institution. This opportunity is open to early career researchers^(?).

Participation is open to researchers from any UK academic institution, and we encourage contributions from early career researchers^(?), including PhDs and Postdocs.

Logistics

The event will take place virtually, using a combination of video conferencing (e.g. Zoom) for meetings and seminars, and discussion forums (e.g. Slack) for ongoing comms. Data holding and analysis will take place on JASMIN, the UK’s data analysis facility for environmental science, which also provides a copy of the CMIP6 data.

Outputs

By the end of the event, we hope to have two or three core figures per research question, that show new insight into the field, using CMIP6 data. The figures will form the basis of material for COP26, and for peer-reviewed publication.