The Earth System Physics (ESP) section studies a wide spectrum of the Earth system, from its fluid components (oceans and the atmosphere) to the planet's interior. The ESP section maintains a range of models and datasets and coordinates the Regional Climate research NETwork (RegCNET), encompassing over 600 participants worldwide.
24 Jul 2022
ICTP Prize ceremony 27 July will honour two climate scientists
20 Jun 2022
International Year event on 23 June highlights climate extremes detected by AI
12 May 2022
ICTP celebrates International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development
27 Apr 2022
5 May event to focus on gender balance in local scientific and academic institutions
13 Apr 2022
For research in climate dynamics, climate variability and ocean-atmosphere interactions
Europe/Rome
2022-10-17 08:00:00
2022-10-28 22:00:00
*** CANCELLED *** Mechanics of the Earthquake Cycle | (smr 3683)
ICTP
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
17 Oct 2022
- 28 Oct 2022
» *** CANCELLED *** Mechanics of the Earthquake Cycle | (smr 3683)
Europe/Rome
2022-10-24 08:00:00
2022-10-28 22:00:00
Climate Information for Risk Assessment and Regional Adaption From Global Scale Climate Projections to Local Scale Climate Hazards, Bridging Across Temporal and Spatial Scales to Produce Impact and Risk Relevant Climate Information | (smr 3738)
Please note that the activity is cancelled for 2022 and is postponed to 2023
The advanced school builds on the latest IPCC reports on climate change, impacts, risks and adaptation. It addresses regional climate information and the comprehensive assessment for adaptation planning and increasing risk resilience of society and ecosystems.
This will be a unique opportunity to foster a collaborative discussion across different communities, with early career scientists in particular. It will foster future research through the use of state of the art methods in climate modelling and regional climate impacts and risk assessment. Participants will gain new knowledge on how to responsibly use climate and impact model outputs to effectively inform climate policies of countries, cities and settlements, and for different sectors.
The school will include talks on hot topics, followed by afternoon hands on training sessions. It will introduce the WGI Interactive Atlas to explore the datasets assessed in the report, including exploring in a tailor-made way the syntheses of regional climate information. Communications and visual representation of regional climate, impacts and risk will be addressed, including how to generate key figures from the IPCC assessment reports.
Topics:
Regional climate change
Climatic impact drivers
Climate and weather extremes
Attribution
Climate change hot topics e.g. sea level rise, heat waves, wildfires
Climate risk framework
Impacts and future risks in natural and human systems
Speakers:
J. M. GUTIERREZ, University of Cantabria, Spain
R. KOPP, Rutgers University, USA
G. KRINNER, Institute of Environmental Geosciences, France
V. MUCCIONE, University of Zurich, Switzerland
I. PINTO, University of Cape Town, South Africa
D. SCHMIDT, University of Bristol, UK
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.
In person participation: As regards the COVID-19 policy, we advise to follow the updated rules available on the ICTP page Access Guidelines for Visitors
ICTP
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
24 Oct 2022
- 28 Oct 2022
» Climate Information for Risk Assessment and Regional Adaption From Global Scale Climate Projections to Local Scale Climate Hazards, Bridging Across Temporal and Spatial Scales to Produce Impact and Risk Relevant Climate Information | (smr 3738)
Europe/Rome
2022-11-07 07:00:00
2022-11-11 21:00:00
*** CANCELLED *** Climate Data and Seasonal Forecast Analysis Techniques - II part | (smr 3747)
Harare - Zimbabwe
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
7 Nov 2022
- 11 Nov 2022
» *** CANCELLED *** Climate Data and Seasonal Forecast Analysis Techniques - II part | (smr 3747)
Europe/Rome
2022-11-21 07:00:00
2022-12-16 21:00:00
Climate Data and Seasonal Forecast Analysis Techniques | (smr 3691)
A collaboration with UNESCO, this online workshop will outline how to access and process gridded climate data.
Based on the eDX open-learning platform, the course will take the form of a series of pre-recorded, video-based lectures, each one focussed on a specific topic outlined below, with related exercises. The course assessment will consist of two larger assignments, which are assessed automatically. The successful completion of the assignments will lead to course certification. Once a week, the lecturer will be available for an interactive tutorial sessions to help with issues related to the course.
In this initial release of this course the focus is on basic analysis techniques of reanalysis and climate data, the extension to sub-seasonal and seasonal prediction will be contained in part 2 which will follow in 2023.
Topics:
Accessing state-of-the-art reanalysis climate data from the Copernicus Climate Data store
Extracting data for specific areas and locations
Calculating spatial and temporal statistics and anomalies
Calculating derived variables and indices for extreme weather and heatwaves.
Making your own ENSO and Indian-Ocean Dipole indices
Calculating the impact of ENSO on weather in your region of interest
Registration: There is no registration fee.
Online -
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
21 Nov 2022
- 16 Dec 2022
» Climate Data and Seasonal Forecast Analysis Techniques | (smr 3691)
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, biogeochemical cycles, the cryosphere, and land surface processes. The research of the group uses model tools such as the latest generation of the regional climate model REGCM and intermediate complexity global model SPEEDY to understand our climate, its natural variability and its response to anthropogenic forcings.
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 statistical modelling techniques to assess the socio-economic impacts of climate
variability and change, for example on energy, water and health. As with the climate models, the dynamical impact models CHYM and VECTRI are made available to the wider scientific community through regular workshops and training events.
