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Europe/Rome > > IMPORTANT: THE SCHOOL IS POSTPONED TO 2019 < < West African climate is characterized by complex atmospheric dynamics and growing anthropogenic pressures. These pressures, combined with climate change and variability, have many environmental impacts. Regional climate models include now capabilities such as interactive coupling with oceans, surface hydrology, atmospheric chemistry and biogeochemical cycles. Combined with process study and observation analysis, such systems are interesting frameworks for impact assessments over West Africa. However their complexity is such that they require high computing power and appropriate “know-how”. This point has motivated the recent development of a supercomputing center at the University of Abidjan. In this context, the school proposes theoretical and practical computing sessions on regional climate and environmental modeling. It is co-organized with the final conference of the DACCIWA project (https://www.dacciwa.eu/) so that participants can benefit from both of these events. Participants are required to have a pre-existing background in Atmospheric / Earth system science and be familiar with Linux/Unix environment. English will be the spoken language during theoretical and practical sessions. Topics: Basis of regional climate and Earth System modeling Examples of climate and Earth system studies over sub-Saharan Africa Extensive hands-on regional climate and Earth system modeling sessions using HPC facilities Review and discussion of on-going projects involving climate and Earth system modeling over sub-Saharan Africa Beyond the school : Identification of regional working groups, projects and networks Abidjan - Cote d'Ivoire ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

11 Mar 2019 - 15 Mar 2019

@ Abidjan - Cote d'Ivoire

Earth System Physics

School on Climate and Environmental Modelling in the West African Region | (smr 3243)

Secretary: Federica Delconte

Organizer(s): Fabien Solmon (ICTP), Abdourahamane Konare † (FHB Abidjan University), Catherine Liousse (Laboratoire d'Aerologie / CNRS), Graziano Giuliani (ICTP), ICTP Scientific Contact: Riccardo Farneti

Cosponsor(s): Université Félix Houphouët-Boignyufhb, The National Center for Scientific Researchcnrs, Atos.netatos, Laboratoire d'Aerologieaero

Support E-Mail: smr3243@ictp.it

**DEADLINE: 15/10/2018**

Activity

29 Apr 2019 - 3 May 2019

@ KIgali - Rwanda

Earth System Physics

ICTP-Rwanda Joint School on Subseasonal to Seasonal Weather and Climate Prediction | (smr 3140)

Secretary: Pandora Malchose

Organizer(s): Omololu Akin-Ojo (EAIFR), Bonfils Safari (University of Rwanda-East Africa Institute for Fundamental Research), ICTP Scientific Contact: Adrian Tompkins

Cosponsor(s): The University of Rwandaur, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysicsiugg4

**DEADLINE: 15/03/2019**

Europe/Rome The main objective of the workshop is to enhance the capability of young scientists from developing countries to analyze and document scientific issues concerning regional climate modeling and projections, allowing them to provide stronger input to international programs such as the IPCC. As part of the CORDEX-CORE initiative, a set of regional climate change projections for continental regions worldwide are being completed with different RCMs, including the ICTP RegCM. These will be the basis for input into the upcoming IPCC report, which is based on published scientific articles. It is important that developing country scientists are directly involved in this process, and this workshop will provide a forum to exchange ideas on the analysis of the CORDEX-CORE experiments, and to plan for a series of scientific publications. The workshop will also include a special event on 30 years of Regional Climate Modeling. Specific topics include: Processes of regional climate change  Key issues in regional climate modeling (e.g. added value)  Distillation of robust information from ensembles of experiments  Uncertainty analysis  Tools for analysis of model output  Approaches to writing effective scientific paper ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

6 May 2019 - 10 May 2019

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

Paper-writing Workshop on the Analysis of CORDEX-CORE Climate Projections | (smr 3282)

Address: Via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Susanne Henningsen

Organizer(s): Xuejie Gao (IAP, China), Tereza Cavazos (CICESE, Mexico), Erika Coppola (ICTP), Local Organiser: Filippo Giorgi

**DEADLINE: 15/03/2019**

Europe/Rome The GEWEX program is the leading one of the WCRP Grand Challenge on Water Availability that is focusing on how the fresh water availability will shift due to climate change in many food producing regions of the world. The fresh water availability can be different in time because precipitation or ground water change or because snow melt effecting local runoff can experience reduction or increase. Climate extremes are one factor that can influence the intensity of precipitation in time, the snow melt timing and the exchange of water with land and therefore the storage. All these make unavoidable the effort of understanding and predicting precipitation variability and change. To this aim the climate model community and in particular the regional climate community from one side is moving toward very high resolution simulation ensemble effort down to the scale of the convective permitting resolution (1-3 km); and from another side is working to implement fully coupled Earth System models to be able to understand the role of coupled water cycle and land atmosphere interaction in understanding local climate response. This will open new frontiers for the hydrological model community because will bridge the spatial scale gap between regional climate models and impact models (hydrological models, ecosystem models, etc.) community; and will in turn affect the quality of the prediction of the hydrological cycle across several scales, from catchments to regional to global. This workshop will focus on the state of the art of: Precipitation measurements: what we can use to validate precipitation coming from the model output? Ensemble of high resolution regional climate model outputs.: how can those be used as input of an hydrological model? Regional Earth System model: which is the role of the coupled water cycle? Uncertainty in global and regional climate projections: how can this uncertainty be taken into account for hydro-climate simulation? ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

27 May 2019 - 7 Jun 2019

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

Fifth Workshop on Water Resources in Developing Countries: Hydroclimate Modeling and Analysis Tools | (smr 3294)

Address: Via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Susanne Henningsen

Organizer(s): Soroosh Sorooshian (University of California, Irvine, USA), Marco Verdecchia (University of L'Aquila, Italy), Anil Mishra (UNESCO IHP, France), Local Organisers: Erika Coppola, Fabio di Sante

**DEADLINE: 01/03/2019**

Europe/Rome ***DEADLINE for applications is 1 FEBRUARY 2019*** Organizers: E. Gordov Institute for Monitoring of Climate and Ecological Systems, SB RAS, Russia V. Khan Hydrometcentre of Russia, Russia M. Tolstykh Marchuk Institute of Numerical Mathematics RAS and Hydrometcentre of Russia ICTP Contact/Organizer: A. Tompkins, ICTP, Trieste, Italy The theme of the School is subseasonal to decadal (S2D) weather and climate predictions. The school will cover aspects from the modeling and data assimilation to forecast information delivery and relevant practical applications. Recently, The accuracy of S2D predictions have significantly advanced, exploiting potential sources of atmosphere predictability, such as interactions of the atmosphere with the ocean, sea-ice, land surface, and internal atmosphere modes of variability such as the MJO and QBO. The event comprises of a one-week School with lectures given by leading experts from the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Working Group on Subseasonal to Interdecadal Prediction (WGSIP), introducing systems from some of the world’s leading operational centers. The lectures will be complemented by lab exercises using open-access data of near-real time and historical forecasts. In the second week, the Computational Information Technologies for Environmental Sciences Conference will take place. More information on the Conference, including abstract requirements, is available at: http://www.scert.ru/en/conferences/cites2019/ Topics: • Subseasonal prediction; • Seasonal prediction; • Interannual prediction; • Earth system modelling; • Practical applications of long range forecasts. Speakers include: L. Batte, Meteo-France, France L. Ferranti, ECMWF, UK D. Hudson, BoM, Australia V. Khan, Hydrometcentre of Russia Li, June-Yee, University of Pusan, Korea B. Merryfield, CCMA, Canada R. Saural, CIMA, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina A. Tompkins, ICTP, Trieste, Italy M. Tolstykh, INM RAS, Russia The School invites applications from PhD students, early career scientists and national meteorological services specialists. A working knowledge of English language is required and a motivation letter in English forms part of the application process. Participants are expected to know how to handle NetCDF data and to visualize them. Moscow - Russian Federation ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

27 May 2019 - 5 Jun 2019

@ Moscow - Russian Federation

Earth System Physics

International Young Scientists School and Conference on Computational Information Technologies for Environmental Sciences: “CITES-2019” | (smr 3339)

Secretary: Doreen Sauleek

Organizer(s): Eugeni Gordov (Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological Systems), Valentina Khan (North Eurasia Climate Centre (NEACC, RCC WMO)), Doug Smith (The Met Office (UK)), Mikhail Tolstykh (INM RAS, Hydrometcentre of Russia), Bill Merryfiled (Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis), ICTP Scientific Contact: Adrian Tompkins

Activity

10 Jun 2019 - 28 Jun 2019

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

Joint Summer School on Modelling Tools for Sustainable Development - OpTIMUS | (smr 3299)

Address: I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Week 1 and 2: Giambiagi; Week 3: day 4 and 5 Budinich; Week 1, 2 and partial of 3 (from 10 to 26 June): Lundqvist

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Petra Krizmancic

Organizer(s): Mark Howells (KTH), Local Organiser: Adrian Tompkins

Europe/Rome 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 Bordoni, Simona, Caltech, USA Bretherton, Chris, Seattle U., USA Chaboreau, Jean-Pierre, Toulouse U./CNRS, France Craig, George, LMU, Germany Emanuel, Kerry, MIT, USA Grabowski, Wojciech, UCAR, USA Jakob, Christian, Monash, Australia Khairoutdinov, Marat, Stonybrook U., USA Khouider, Boualem, Victoria U., Canada Mapes, Brian, RSMAS Miami, USA Moncrieff, Mitch, UCAR, USA Neelin, David, UCLA, USA Pincus, Rob, NOAA, USA Randall, David, CSU, USA Semie Gezahegn, Addisu, LMD, France Sherwood,Steve, UNSW,Australia Stevens, Bjorn, MPI, Germany Stirling, Alison, Met Office, U.K. Vallis, Geoff K., Exeter U., U.K. Wing, Allison, FSU, USA Woolnough, Steve, Reading U., U.K. Yang, Da, Berkley U., USA Zuidema, Paquita, RSMAS Miami, USA ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Activity

1 Jul 2019 - 12 Jul 2019

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

2nd ICTP Summer School on Theory, Mechanisms and Hierarchical Modelling of Climate Dynamics: Convective Organization and Climate Sensitivity | (smr 3304)

Address: Via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Susanne Henningsen

Organizer(s): Sandrine Bony (LMD, France), Cathy Hohenegger (MPI, Germany), Chris Holloway (Reading University, U.K.), Caroline Muller (LMD, France), Fred Kucharski (ICTP), Riccardo Farneti (ICTP), Local Organiser: Adrian Tompkins

Cosponsor(s): WCRP - World Climate Research Programmewcrp

**DEADLINE: 01/03/2019**

Europe/Rome 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

Activity

15 Jul 2019 - 21 Jul 2019

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

ICTP-CLIVAR Summer School on Oceanic Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems | (smr 3312)

Address: Via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Petra Krizmancic

Organizer(s): Annalisa Bracco (Georgia Institute of Technology), Alban Lazar (Univesity Pierre and Marie Curie), Ryan Rykaczewski (University South Carolina), Thomas Toniazzo (Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen), Local Organiser: Riccardo Farneti

Cosponsor(s): CLIVARusclivar2, IOC-UNESCOwestpac

Activity

19 Aug 2019 - 23 Aug 2019

@ Sao Paulo - Brazil

Earth System Physics

Advanced School on American Monsoons - Progress and Future Plans | (smr 3307)

Secretary: Susanne Henningsen

Organizer(s): Iracema F.A.Cavalcanti (National Institute for Space Research), Alice M. Grimm (Parana University), ICTP Scientific Contact: Fred Kucharski

Activity

2 Sep 2019 - 14 Sep 2019

@ ICTP

Earth System Physics

Advanced Workshop on Earthquake Fault Mechanics: Theory, Simulation and Observations | (smr 3319)

Address: Via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

Room: Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)

Secretary: Monica Ancuta, Petra Krizmancic

Organizer(s): Jean Paul Ampuero (Université Côte d'Azur and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology), Local Organiser: Abdelkrim Aoudia

Activity

2 Dec 2019 - 6 Dec 2019

@ Manila - Philippines

Earth System Physics

Workshop on Distilling Climate Information for Sectoral Applications | (smr 3315)

Secretary: Susanne Henningsen

Organizer(s): Charlotte Kendra Gotangco (Ateneo de Manila University), ICTP Scientific Contact: Adrian Tompkins

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Forthcoming Activities

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Earth System Physics

School on Climate and Environmental Modelling in the West African Region | (smr 3243)

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Earth System Physics

ICTP-Rwanda Joint School on Subseasonal to Seasonal Weather and Climate Prediction | (smr 3140)

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Earth System Physics

Paper-writing Workshop on the Analysis of CORDEX-CORE Climate Projections | (smr 3282)

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Earth System Physics

Fifth Workshop on Water Resources in Developing Countries: Hydroclimate Modeling and Analysis Tools | (smr 3294)

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Earth System Physics

International Young Scientists School and Conference on Computational Information Technologies for Environmental Sciences: “CITES-2019” | (smr 3339)

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Earth System Physics

Joint Summer School on Modelling Tools for Sustainable Development - OpTIMUS | (smr 3299)

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Earth System Physics

2nd ICTP Summer School on Theory, Mechanisms and Hierarchical Modelling of Climate Dynamics: Convective Organization and Climate Sensitivity | (smr 3304)

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Earth System Physics

ICTP-CLIVAR Summer School on Oceanic Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems | (smr 3312)

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Earth System Physics

Advanced School on American Monsoons - Progress and Future Plans | (smr 3307)

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Earth System Physics

Advanced Workshop on Earthquake Fault Mechanics: Theory, Simulation and Observations | (smr 3319)

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Earth System Physics

Workshop on Distilling Climate Information for Sectoral Applications | (smr 3315)

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