DYCLEX
An ERC Consolidator Grant on compound climate extremes in the mid-latitudes
The Right Time for a Breakthrough
Gaining a deep understanding of compound extremes is highly societally relevant. However, it is not easily realised from a scientific standpoint. In DYCLEX (DYnamical drivers, predictability and trends of compound CLimate EXtremes), we will use an interdisciplinary knowledge base to provide a radically new perspective on the drivers, predictability and trends of compound climate extremes. The analysis framework we will develop is a flexible tool, applicable to a wide range of multivariate extremes in the Earth system and beyond.
News
May 2026: We welcome Anjali and Richard to the DYCLEX team!
May 2026: The ERC Consolidator Grant DYCLEX has officially started!
About
In DYCLEX, we aim to trigger a step-change in understanding the dynamical drivers, predictability and trends of compound climate extremes. The project builds on the hypothesis that the large-scale atmospheric circulation is a key control of many compound extremes and that, in combination with thermodynamic effects, it modulates trends in these extremes. Thus, elucidating its role can lead to major scientific and practical advances. Building on atmospheric dynamics, dynamical systems theory, statistical analyses and machine learning for the study of extreme events, DYCLEX will detect and quantify compound climate extremes and elucidate their link to different large-scale atmospheric circulation features. We will then leverage this to identify new predictability pathways for the compound extremes and to explain their long-term occurrence trends.
The DYCLEX project revolves around a core research team based at Uppsala University. We interact regularly with a broad network of national and international collaborators.
Gabriele Messori
Project PI
Uppsala University, Sweden
Anjali Thomas
Postdoc
Uppsala University, Sweden
Richard Leeding
Postdoc
Uppsala University, Sweden
All positions will be based at the Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University.
Location: Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Title: Postdoctoral position on databases of compound climate extremes
Position: 2-year, full-time position.
To Apply: The application period has closed.
Location: Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Title: Postdoctoral position on drivers of compound climate extremes
Position: 2-year, full-time position
To Apply: The application period has closed.
Publications
The DYCLEX Project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under ERC grant no. 101231771.
Image credits (from top): EUMETSAT, Global weather from space; Contemporary picture of the Burchardi flood, engraving, 1634, Wikimedia Commons.