Earth System Modeling at High Latitudes
The polar regions are changing faster than any other place on Earth. Permafrost degradation and retreating sea ice all made headlines in recent years. These changes have significant consequences for the United States' energy and national security, for instance through their impact on Alaskan energy infrastructure, or the navigability of Arctic waters. Understanding the processes that shape the changing high-latitude environments is critical for improving our projections of how these environments will evolve in the near-future, allowing for better-informed decision-making regarding, for instance, resource management in Alaska, and United States' security policy.
The HiLAT (High Latitude Application and Testing of Earth System Models) Science Focus Area (SFA) was created in 2015 to study the rapid changes that are taking place in the Arctic and --to a lesser extent, the Antarctic. HiLAT researchers apply global modeling and analysis capabilities to study the evolving high-latitude environments and their global connections. The HiLAT SFA is a collaboration between scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and several Academic partners.
In the current phase of the project, the HiLAT team is collaborating with the Regional Arctic System Model (RASM) project, based at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). Other Academic collaborators are affiliated with University of Washington, University of Colorado, Boulder, Indiana University Bloomington, Pennsylvania State University, and University of Alaska Fairbanks.
HiLAT-RASM is funded by the DOE Office of Science Regional and Global Model Analysis (RGMA) program area.
The HiLAT (High Latitude Application and Testing of Earth System Models) Science Focus Area (SFA) was created in 2015 to study the rapid changes that are taking place in the Arctic and --to a lesser extent, the Antarctic. HiLAT researchers apply global modeling and analysis capabilities to study the evolving high-latitude environments and their global connections. The HiLAT SFA is a collaboration between scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and several Academic partners.
In the current phase of the project, the HiLAT team is collaborating with the Regional Arctic System Model (RASM) project, based at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). Other Academic collaborators are affiliated with University of Washington, University of Colorado, Boulder, Indiana University Bloomington, Pennsylvania State University, and University of Alaska Fairbanks.
HiLAT-RASM is funded by the DOE Office of Science Regional and Global Model Analysis (RGMA) program area.
