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Europe/Rome 2019-08-19 08:00:00 2019-08-23 22:00:00 Advanced School on American Monsoons - Progress and Future Plans | (smr 3307) For ICTP-SAIFR school website click here ATTENTION: FRAUD ATTEMPT Dear speakers and organizers of american monsoons conference,   We have been informed by one of the participants at our activities that a fake travel agency  is contacting participants and pretending to handle their travel and accommodation. Please be aware that ICTP-SAIFR does NOT hire any travel agency or company to handle our travel/accommodation arrangements and please do not provide your personal data to anyone except the ICTP-SAIFR staff, whose contact information is available on our website (www.ictp-saifr.org).     Also, please let us know if any travel agency contacts you by email or telephone about our activities.  Thank you,    Best regards,    -- Jandira Oliveira http://www.ictp-saifr.org The Advanced School and Workshop will bring together scientists and students for presenting and discussing the progress in research on the American monsoons and their role in the global monsoon system, and for planning future activities. The American monsoons are important components of the global monsoon system. A very high percentage of the annual precipitation over most of South America occurs during the summer monsoon, including subtropical regions. The economy, agriculture, water and energy resources and, consequently, the livelihoods of the great majority of South America population are heavily dependent on the summer monsoon. Also the North American monsoon provides crucial water resources for Mexico, Central American countries, several island nations in the Caribbean and parts of the southwest USA. Predicting the intensity of American monsoon rainfall is not only a regional challenge, but is also relevant in the framework of a global sub-seasonal to seasonal forecasting system. The Advanced School and Workshop are fostered by the Working Group on American Monsoons, one of the regional monsoons working groups established under the coordination of the CLIVAR/GEWEX Monsoons Panel. Topics to be covered include: Global context, main features, life cycle of the American monsoons; Variability on diurnal, mesoscale and synoptic time scales; sub-seasonal to seasonal variability; Variability on interannual and decadal/interdecadal time scales; modulation of extreme events by climate variability; longer term variability and climate change; Predictability and prediction (weather, sub-seasonal, seasonal and longer lead times); modelling studies; Impacts on society; future challenges; plans for observational studies, diagnostic analyses, and modelling activities. Discussions on future collaboration.   Participation The targeted audience includes scientists and advanced undergraduate and graduate students, interested in the American monsoons and their role in the global monsoon system. There is no registration fee, but the number of participants is limited. Participants are encouraged to make a presentation. If interested, please submit a short abstract of the contribution in the online registration form. As a rule, support for travel and subsistence expenses should be secured by the participants. However, limited funds are available for graduate students and early career researchers (PhD obtained within the last 5 years) who are nationals of, and working in, a developing Latin American country, subject to selection by the activity organizers. Such support is available only for those who attend the entire activity. Those applying for support are requested to submit an abstract. As the activity will be conducted in English, participants should have an adequate knowledge of that language.   Confirmed Speakers Pedro Silva Dias - University of São Paulo, Brazil Marcelo Barreiro - Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay Cecilia Hidalgo – University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Leila Carvalho - University of California at Santa Barbara, USA Francina Dominguez - University of Illinois at Urbana, USA Rong Fu - University of Texas at Austin, USA Tereza Cavazos - CICESE, Mexico Alice M. Grimm - Federal University of Parana, Brazil Iracema F. A. Cavalcanti - National Institute for Space Research, Brazil Manoel Gan - National Institute for Space Research, Brazil     Sao Paulo - Brazil ICTP pio@ictp.it 19 Aug 2019 - 23 Aug 2019

Europe/Rome 2019-09-02 08:00:00 2019-09-14 22:00:00 Advanced Workshop on Earthquake Fault Mechanics: Theory, Simulation and Observations | (smr 3319) The school will focus on earthquake dynamics covering theory, simulations and observations also highlighting the most important areas where significant progress has been achieved recently. The programme will involve a series of lectures, seminars, discussions, practical and computer exercises. TOPICS: Theoretical earthquake dynamics Computational earthquake dynamics Earthquake cycle modeling Connecting earthquake models to observations Kinematic earthquake source inversion Dynamic source inversion Rupture imaging Applications and recent progress GRANTS: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it 2 Sep 2019 - 14 Sep 2019

Europe/Rome 2019-12-09 01:00:00 2019-12-14 11:00:00 Workshop on Distilling Climate Information for Sectoral Applications | (smr 3315) There is an urgent need to enhance the resilience of developing countries to climate and weather shocks in order to foster sustainable development. Better management of current climate variability can help societies better adapt to future climate change. For example, effective use of sub-seasonal to seasonal forecasts of rainfall hold the promise of effective early warning systems for floods and droughts, and actionable information for decision makers in agriculture, water management, and public health. Meanwhile, robust use of climate change scenarios can inform longer term policy decisions on time-scales of decades. For these applications, it is essential to build capacities for researchers, policy-makers and practitioners in developing countries to appropriately use climate information for evidence-based planning, and to apply a systems thinking lens towards discerning how climate considerations weave into interconnected sectoral issues. This one-week workshop therefore highlights the need for mainstreaming the integration of climate information into systems across sectors. Researchers and policy-makers need to understand the basics of climate data and their sources and uncertainties, and to become familiar with simple techniques for processing and distilling these into useful information for different scenarios or contexts. To achieve this, a lectures combined with hands-on exercises will be implemented. Participating researchers and practitioners will guided towards the application of concepts and techniques learned towards specific applications in their respective sectors, which will serve as the culminating activity of the workshop. TOPICS: Sources of climate data (e.g. IPCC Climate Atlas, Copernicus C3S, ERA5, CMIP, CORDEX, hydro-met agencies) Basic Linux-based techniques for processing climate data Use of RS-GIS for climate-related applications Systems approach to the climate-land-energy-water nexus Manila - Philippines ICTP pio@ictp.it 9 Dec 2019 - 14 Dec 2019