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Europe/Rome 2019-06-10 08:00:00 2019-06-28 22:00:00 Joint Summer School on Modelling Tools for Sustainable Development - OpTIMUS | (smr 3299)       This school combines lectures and hands-on exercises in the use of open source modelling tools integrating climate, land-use, energy and water systems, electricity access and investment issues for model-informed policy formulation towards the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Geospatial data and software management: Introduction to the Spatial Data Infrastructure.              Leading academics and researchers working in the field of model-informed development strategies provide three weeks of intensive training of government officials from countries participating in projects on analysis and modelling capacity development sponsored by UKAID, World Bank Group and other development organizations. Participants perfect their modelling and analysis skills about the operation and extension of their national models, incorporate and test new and evolving policy issues and contribute to the practice of evidence-based policy formulation regarding national sustainable development policies.     The suite of OpTIMUS modelling tools includes the geospatial electricity access model OnSSET (OnSSET.org), the energy system and investment model OSeMOSYS (OSeMOSYS.org) and CLEWS - the integrated Climate, Land, Energy and Water System model (CLEWS.org). Topics: Climate variability and change Land use planning and change Energy systems Water resources Socioeconomic scenario modelling Integrated modelling for energy systems Geo-spatial modelling Medium to long term energy investment modelling Speakers: T. Alfstad, USA, UNDESA C. Rogate, USA, World Bank Group M. Howells, Sweden, KTH D. Konadu, UK, University of Cambridge D. Russo, Germany, IRENA T. Niet, Canada, BCIT E. Pereira Ramos, Sweden, KTH H. Rogner, Austria, OpTIMUS community  and IIASA. A. Shivakumar, UK, OpTIMUS community V. Sridharan, Sweden, KTH U. Gankhuyag, New York, UNDP Participation in this activity is by invitation only and no general applications can be accepted for this event. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it 10 Jun 2019 - 28 Jun 2019

Europe/Rome 2019-07-01 08:00:00 2019-07-12 22:00:00 2nd ICTP Summer School on Theory, Mechanisms and Hierarchical Modelling of Climate Dynamics: Convective Organization and Climate Sensitivity | (smr 3304) The school will focus on the organization of convection in the tropics and its possible implications for climate sensitivity. Some idealized convection permitting models show spontaneous clustering of convection can occur, drying the tropical atmosphere and increasing infrared emission to space. This effect could imply a strong negative feedback on the climate that may be missing or poorly represented in global climate models. However, there is open debate concerning the mechanisms involved, the implications for climate, the evidence in the observations, the role of shallow clouds and convection, the spatial scales of instability and the connection of this idealized aggregation to common examples of tropical organization such as the Madden Julian Oscillation or tropical cyclones. The event will consist of a one-week school, with some introductory lectures and the chance to work with observations and model output to address questions related to convective organization. In the second week, participants will benefit from open debate with over 20 of the world’s leading scientists in the field. Experts will work with student groups to summarize the debates in position papers, including results from the first week’s exercises. Topics: • Models of radiative-convective equilibrium • Convective organization in high resolution models • Evidence for organization in observations • Implications for climate and climate sensitivity • Representation in global models and their parameterization schemes • Connection to MJO, hurricanes and other examples of convective organization Invited speakers include: Biasutti, Michela, IRI Columbia U., USA Bony, Sandrine, LMD, France Bordoni, Simona, Caltech, USA Chaboureau, Jean-Pierre, Toulouse U./CNRS, France Cronin Timothy, MIT, USA Craig, George, LMU, Germany Emanuel, Kerry, MIT, USA Gezahegn, Addisu, LMD, France Grabowski, Wojciech, UCAR, USA Khairoutdinov, Marat, Stonybrook U., USA Khouider, Boualem, Victoria U., Canada Mapes, Brian, Miami U., USA Marshall John, MIT, USA Moncrieff, Mitch, UCAR, USA Pincus, Rob, NOAA, USA Randall, David, CSU, USA Sherwood,Steve, UNSW,Australia Stevens, Bjorn, MPIM, Germany Vallis, Geoff K., Exeter U., U.K. Yang, Da, Berkley U., USA Zuidema, Paquita, RSMAS Miami, USA ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it 1 Jul 2019 - 12 Jul 2019

Europe/Rome 2019-07-15 08:00:00 2019-07-19 22:00:00 ICTP-CLIVAR Summer School on Oceanic Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems | (smr 3312) IMPORTANT! Please note that the school will end on Friday, 19 July. This school will focus on coupled ocean-atmosphere dynamics in upwelling systems, their biogeochemical and ecological processes, and their sensitivity to climate variability and change. Afternoons will be devoted to practical sessions involving the use of circulation models, analyses of relevant data sets, and discussion of current research. Extended topics list: • Overview of upwelling systems and their physical and biological dynamics • Oceanic circulation and the upwelling process • Atmospheric circulation in upwelling systems • Biogeochemistry and ecosystems • Atmosphere-ocean coupled dynamics, air-sea interactions, and biogeochemical feedbacks • Natural and anthropogenic climate impacts on upwelling • Global climate modeling and biases • Model-data comparisons and data visualization Speakers: A. BRACCO, Georgia Inst. of Technology, USA F. CHAI, Second Institute of Oceanography, China M. DIAKATÉ, Cheikh Anta Diop Univ., Senegal M. GARCÍA-REYES, Farallon Inst., USA R. GARREAUD, Univ. of Chile, Chile A. LAZAR, Univ. Pierre and Marie Curie, France A. MILLER, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, USA R. RYKACZEWSKI, Univ. of South Carolina, USA M. SCHMIDT, Leibniz Inst. for Baltic Sea Research, Germany T. TONIAZZO, Univ. of Bergen, Norway J. VEITCH, South African Env. Obs. Network, South Africa P. ZUIDEMA, Univ. of Miami, USA 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 15 Jul 2019 - 19 Jul 2019

Europe/Rome 2019-07-20 08:00:00 2019-07-21 22:00:00 4th Session of ICTP-CLIVAR Eastern Boundary Upwelling System Research Foci | (smr 3383) ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it 20 Jul 2019 - 21 Jul 2019