Scientific Calendar Event



Description
The workshop will provide both theoretical lectures and hands-on sessions on the theory of regional climate modeling and the use of regional climate models (RCMs), and more specifically the ICTP RegCM system, which is one of the most used in the world, especially by scientists from developing countries. This edition of the workshop will be focused on the description and use of the recently developed latest version of the ICTP RCM, RegCM5, which includes a number of improvements compared to the previous RegCM4 version, particularly in the area of model dynamics and numerics.


Topics of the workshop include:
  • The theory of regional climate modeling
  • Regional modeling at convection permitting resolutions
  • Regional climate change simulations
  • Climate extreme and hazards
  • The RegCM5 system 

The participants will be expected to complete group projects with the RegCM5 system during the workshop and to report the outcomes of the project on the last day. 

This activity supports the international program CORDEX, which has the goal, among others, to enhance the capability of developing country scientists to carry out climate modeling research.

It is expected that the participants to the 11th RegCM Workshop also attend the preceding International Conference on Regional Climate ICRC-CORDEX 2023, 25-29 Sept 2023; https://indico.ictp.it/event/10212/
Go to day
  • Monday, 2 October 2023
    • 09:15 - 17:30
      • 09:15 Registration 15' ( )
      • 09:30 Opening remarks 15'
        Speaker: Filippo Giorgi (ICTP)
        Material: Slides
      • 09:45 RegCM5 validation over CORDEX-CORE domains 45'
        Speaker: Erika Coppola (ICTP)
      • 10:30 coffee break 30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Terrace )
      • 11:00 RegCM5 model structure - stand alone, coupled, high resolution and more 45'
        Speaker: Graziano Giuliani (ICTP)
        Material: Slides
      • 11:45 The theory behind CP modelling 45'
        Speaker: Emanuela Pichelli (ICTP)
        Material: Slides
      • 12:30 lunch 1h30'
      • 14:00 RegCM5 tutorial 1h30'
        Speaker: Graziano Giuliani (ICTP)
      • 15:30 coffee break 30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Terrace )
      • 16:00 RegCM5 tutorial 1h30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Informatics Laboratory )
  • Tuesday, 3 October 2023
    • 09:30 - 20:30
      • 09:30 Microphysical parametrization in RegCM5 30'
        Speaker: Rita Nogherotto (OGS/ICTP)
      • 10:00 Coupled Model results 30'
        Speaker: Reale, Marco and Giuliani, Graziano (OGS and ICTP)
      • 10:30 coffee break 30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Terrace )
      • 11:00 Overview on the mostly used metrics for Validation and projection analysis 1h0'
        Speaker: Francesca Raffaele (ICTP)
        Material: Slides
      • 12:00 lunch 2h0'
      • 14:00 Lab session 1h30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Terrace )
      • 15:30 coffee break 30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Terrace )
      • 16:00 Lab session 1h30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Informatics Laboratory )
      • 18:00 Ice breaker 1h30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Terrace )
  • Wednesday, 4 October 2023
    • 09:30 - 17:30
      • 09:30 How can we attribute extreme events 30'
        Speaker: Lu Chen (ICTP)
        Material: Slides
      • 10:00 Tracking algorithm for tropical and extratropical cyclones 30'
        Speaker: Andrade Cardoso, Andressa and Michelle Reboita (ICTP and Universidade Federal de Itajubá, Brazil)
      • 10:30 coffee break 30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Terrace )
      • 11:00 From theory to practice: how to compute climatic indices relevant for risk assessment 1h0'
        Speaker: Natalia Zazulie (ICTP)
        Material: Slides
      • 12:00 lunch 2h0'
      • 14:00 Lab session 1h30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Informatics Laboratory )
      • 15:30 coffee break 30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Terrace )
      • 16:00 Lab session 1h30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Informatics Laboratory )
  • Thursday, 5 October 2023
    • 09:30 - 17:30
      • 09:30 Assessment of a RegCM5 Convection Permitting Simulation in a Complex Region of Southeast Brazil 30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Informatics Laboratory )
        Speaker: Michelle Reboita Simoes (IRN - UNIFEI, Itajuba, Brazil)
        Material: Slides
      • 10:00 Unprecedented late 21st-century increase in global wildfire risk in CORDEX-CORE simulations 30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Informatics Laboratory )
        Speaker: Moetasim Ashfaq (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)
        Material: Slides
      • 10:30 coffee break 30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Terrace )
      • 11:00 Paleoclimate experiments using RegCM5 30'
        Speaker: James Ciarlo (U. of Malta)
        Material: Slides
      • 11:30 Diurnal cycle of rainfall and convection in eastern Mexico during 2018 30'
        Speaker: Tereza Cavazos Perez (CICESE, Mexico)
        Material: Slides
      • 12:00 lunch 2h0'
      • 14:00 Lab session 1h30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Informatics Laboratory )
      • 15:30 coffee break 30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Terrace )
      • 16:00 Lab session 1h30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Informatics Laboratory )
  • Friday, 6 October 2023
    • 09:30 - 17:30
      • 09:30 Project presentations 1h0'
      • 10:30 coffee break 30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Terrace )
      • 11:00 Project presentations 1h30'
      • 12:30 Closing session 30'