Description |
The aim of this activity is to comprehensively review current understanding of the nature and theory of the general circulation of the atmosphere and oceans on a wide range of space and time scales. The School will concentrate on both fundamental theories of the circulations, as well as on understanding and using the wealth of modern observational and reanalysis data sets of the atmosphere and oceans. The Conference will highlight current research questions on the mean and variability of the general circulation. Recent efforts at reanalysis of the atmosphere and oceans at a number of institutions around the world has allowed for the incorporation of both historical and modern observational data sets into the predictive framework of state-of-the-art numerical models. The multiplicity of these efforts can be used to better understand what is known firmly about the variability of the climate system (on time scales from hourly to centennial) and what is still unknown. This will be the focus of the Conference. Research topics and questions of interest may include: • Quantitative examination of the mass, salt, and heat transports that maintain the ocean mean state through the horizontal and overturning circulation processes • Understanding of the relationship of the ocean circulation to the surface momentum, heat, and freshwater exchange with the atmosphere. • To what extent can we assess the vertical structures of the atmospheric tropical circulation, particularly the relationships with diabatic heating? • New diagnostics for the analysis of extratropical circulation based on isentropic and potential vorticity coordinates; application to high-resolution simulations. • What is the nature of the “background” (i.e. beyond the Madden-Julian Oscillation) planetary wave variability in the tropics? • What are the causes of the mid-winter suppression of baroclinic instability in the Northern Hemisphere? Students in the School will benefit from “hands-on” training in diagnosis of the reanalysis, formulation of research hypotheses, and comparison to modern theories. They will have a unique opportunity to access multiple large reanalysis data sets, and to learn how the global circulation interacts with regional climate and weather of local practical concern. |
After you have Registered: Administrative Formalities (daily living allowances/travel reimbursements, bank transactions, etc.) at the E. Fermi Building - just above the Leonardo Da Vinci Bldg. (see General Info. Sheet for timings)
Location: | Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby |
Material: | Opening |
Speaker: | J. Shukla (IGES/COLA, USA) |
Material: | lecture notes |
Location: | Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace |
Speaker: | David Straus (COLA & GMU, USA) |
Material: | lecture notes |
Speaker: | C. Stan (COLA, USA) |
Material: | lecture notes |
Speaker: | Lynne Talley (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA) |
Material: | lecture notes |
Speaker: | Franco Molteni (ECMRWF, UK) |
Material: | lecture notes |
Location: | Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab. |
Speaker: | David Straus |
Material: | Projects |
Location: | Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab. |
Speaker: | Jennifer Adams (COLA, USA) |
Location: | Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab. |
Location: | Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab. |
Speaker: | J. Shukla |
Material: | lecture notes |
Speaker: | Cristiana Stan |
Material: | lecture notes |
Speaker: | David Straus |
Material: | lecture notes |
Location: | Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace |
Speaker: | Lynne Talley |
Material: | lecture notes |
Speaker: | Lynne Talley |
Material: | lecture notes |
Location: | Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria |
Location: | Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab. |
Speaker: | Jennifer Adams |
Speaker: | David Straus |
Material: | lecture notes |
Speaker: | David Straus |
Material: | lecture notes |
Location: | Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace |
Speaker: | Franco Molteni |
Material: | lecture notes |
Speaker: | Franco Molteni |
Location: | Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace |
Location: | Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab. |
Speaker: | Jennifer Adams |
Location: | Adriatico Guest House (Terrace) |
Speaker: | Brian Hoskins (Imperial College London, UK) |
Material: | lecture notes |
Speaker: | Brian Hoskins |
Speaker: | Cristiana Stan |
Material: | lecture notes |
Speaker: | Mike Wallace |
Material: | lecture notes |
Location: | Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace |
Location: | Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab. |
Speaker: | Jennifer Adams |
Speaker: | Lynne Talley |
Material: | lecture notes |
Speaker: | Alexey Fedorov |
Material: | lecture notes |
Location: | Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace |
Material: | Presentations |