ICTP RESEARCH SECTION

Earth System Physics

Studies a wide spectrum of the Earth system, from its fluid components (oceans and the atmosphere) to the planet's interior

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Solid Earth Geophysics

The researchers use seismology, space geodesy, tectonics and numerical experiments to understand the following topics: Mechanics of earthquakes and faulting, Structure and rheology of the…

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Climate applications

Climate extremes in the present day and in future decades can have severe implications, with the poorest members of societies being often the most vulnerable. The ESP group uses dynamical and…

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Earth System Modelling

Earth system models attempt to represent the key processes that determine the climate of our planet, such as the atmospheric and ocean circulations, aerosols and atmospheric chemistry,…

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Permanent Scientists

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Filippo Giorgi

Head
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Abdelkrim Aoudia

Senior Research Scientist
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Erika Coppola

Research Scientist
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Riccardo Farneti

Research Scientist/Coordinator Postgraduate Diploma Programme in Earth System Physics
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Graziano Giuliani

Scientific Staff
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Fred Kucharski

Senior Research Scientist/Head of External Activity Unit
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Adrian Mark Tompkins

Research Scientist
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Publications

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Journal article
2023
The coupled system response to 250 years of freshwater forcing: Last Interglacial CMIP6–PMIP4 HadGEM3 simulations
Climate of the Past (2023)
Maria Vittoria Guarino | Louise C. Sime | Rachel Diamond | Jeff Ridley | David Schroeder
Journal article
2023
Pan-Atlantic decadal climate oscillation linked to ocean circulation
Communications Earth and Environment (2023)
Nnamchi, H.C. | Farneti, R. | Keenlyside, N.S. | Kucharski, F. | Latif, M. | Reintges, A. | Martin, T.
Journal article
2023
Prevalence of Human and Animal Fasciolosis in Butajira and Gilgel Gibe Health Demographic Surveillance System Sites in Ethiopia
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease (2023)
Samson Wakuma Abaya | Seid Tiku Mereta | Fikirte Demissie Tulu | Zeleke Mekonnen | Mio Ayana | Musse Girma | Hannah Rose Vineer | Siobhan M. Mor | Cyril Caminade | John Graham-Brown
Journal article
2023
The Fifth Generation Regional Climate Modeling System, RegCM5: Description and Illustrative Examples at Parameterized Convection and Convection‐Permitting Resolutions
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (2023)
Filippo Giorgi | Erika Coppola | Graziano Giuliani | James M. Ciarlo` | Emanuela Pichelli | Rita Nogherotto | Francesca Raffaele | Piero Malguzzi | Silvio Davolio | Paolo Stocchi | Oxana Drofa
Journal article
2023
Predictability of Indian Ocean precipitation and its North Atlantic teleconnections during early winter
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science (2023)
Abid, M.A. | Kucharski, F. | Molteni, F. | Almazroui, M.
Journal article
2023
The fifth generation regional climate modeling system, RegCM5. Part I: Description and illustrative examples at parameterized convection and convection‐permitting resolutions
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (2023)
Filippo Giorgi | Erika Coppola | Graziano Giuliani | James M. Ciarlo` | Emanuela Pichelli | Rita Nogherotto | Francesca Raffaele | Piero Malguzzi | Silvio Davolio | Paolo Stocchi | Oxana Drofa
Journal article
2023
Is the Ollerenshaw fasciolosis forecasting model fit for the 21st century?
Veterinary Record (2023)
Alison Howell | Cyril Caminade | Franz Brülisauer | Sian Mitchell | Diana Williams
Journal article
2023
Effects of Land-Use and Environmental Factors on Snail Distribution and Trematode Infection in Ethiopia
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease (2023)
Seid Tiku Mereta | Samson Wakuma Abaya | Fikirte Demissie Tulu | Kebede Takele | Mahmud Ahmednur | Girma Alemu Melka | Mark Nanyingi | Hannah Rose Vineer | John Graham-Brown | Cyril Caminade | Siobhan M. Mor
Journal article
2023
Impacts of mid-latitude circulation on winter temperature variability in the Arabian Peninsula: the explicit role of NAO
Climate Dynamics (2023)
Saeed, S. | Kucharski, F. | Almazroui, M.
Journal article
2023
Climate Drivers of Malaria Transmission Seasonality and Their Relative Importance in Sub‐Saharan Africa
GeoHealth (2023)
Edmund I. Yamba | Andreas H. Fink | Kingsley Badu | Ernest O. Asare | Adrian M. Tompkins | Leonard K. Amekudzi
Journal article
2022
Weakening of the Atlantic Niño variability under global warming
Nature Climate Change (2022)
Lander R. Crespo | Arthur Prigent | Noel Keenlyside | Shunya Koseki | Lea Svendsen | Ingo Richter | Emilia Sánchez-Gómez
Journal article
2022
Oceanic Influence on Seasonal Malaria Incidence in West Africa
Weather, Climate, and Society (2022)
Ibrahima Diouf | Roberto Suárez-Moreno | Belen Rodríguez-Fonseca | Cyril Caminade | Malick Wade | Wassila M. Thiaw | Abdoulaye Deme | Andrew P. Morse | Jaques-André Ndione | Amadou T. Gaye | Anta Diaw | Marie Khemesse Ngom Ndiaye

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Joint Summer School on Modelling Tools for Sustainable Development | (smr 3852)
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Joint PhD Programme, Earth science, fluid dynamics and mathematics. Interactions and methods
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Physics PhD Programme, University of Trieste
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International Conference on Regional Climate ICRC-CORDEX 2023 | (smr 3878)
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High-Resolution Atmospheric Models for Regional Applications: a RegCM and WRF…
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Workshop on Mechanics of the Earthquake Cycle | (smr 3885)
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