Scientific Calendar Event



Description An ICTP Hybrid Meeting

Over the past several decades various international and national academic and research centres have placed high priorities on global water resources issues which are facing many nations as how to address the variability and trends in regional availability and predictability of changing patterns of water supply and shifts in demand.

Programs such as the such as the GEWEX, CORDEX and CMIP under the WCRP umbrella and UNESCO initiatives such as G-WADI program have been addressing the Grand Challenges of how the freshwater availability will shift due to climate change in many food producing regions of the world as well as the supply needs of the growing number of Mega urban areas. The freshwater 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.

To this aim the climate and hydrologic modelling communities have been moving toward very high resolution simulations 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 course will provide the participants with up to date knowledge of advances in both modeling and hydroclimatological data available for regional water resources analysis.

Lecturers:
A. AGHACOUCHAK, University of California, USA
S. BACER, ARPA FVG, Italy
T. BOAS, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany
G. BONAFE’, ARPA FVG, Italy
E. COPPOLA, ICTP, Italy
M. GARCÍA-VALDECASAS OJEDA, University of Granada, Spain
D. GIAIOTTI, ARPA FVG, Italy
K. GOERGEN, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany
H.-J. HENDRICKS-FRANSSEN, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany
W. S. LOGAN, International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management, USA
A. MINIGHER, ARPA FVG, Italy
D. P. NGUYEN, University of California, USA
R. NOGHEROTTO, OGS and ICTP, Italy
S. POLL, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany, Germany
P. RIGOR, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany
S. SOROOSHIAN, CHRS University of California, Irvine, USA

Call for Contributed Abstracts: All applicants are encouraged to submit an abstract for a poster presentation and a contributed talk. Abstract templates are available below for download.

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.


Go to day
  • Monday, 20 May 2024
    • 08:30 - 09:30
      • 08:30 Registration formalities 1h0' ( Adriatico Guest House - Registration desk (Lower Level 1) )
        REGISTRATION: Upon arrival, Visitors not staying in the ICTP Guest Houses, are kindly requested to complete registration formalities at the Adriatico Guesthouse - Registration Desk (Lower level) from 08:30 to 9:30.
    • 09:30 - 18:30
      • 09:30 Welcome Remarks 30'
        Speaker: Soroosh SOROOSHIAN (CHRS University of California, Irvine, USA), Erika COPPOLA (ICTP, Italy), Dario GIAIOTTI (ARPA FVG, Italy), Nicole LEGHISSA (Hyphae, Italy)
      • 10:00 Hydrologic Modeling Requirements: Calibration and parameter Estimation (Part I) 1h0'
        Speaker: Soroosh SOROOSHIAN (CHRS University of California, Irvine, USA)
        Material: Slides
      • 11:00 Group photo 5'
      • 11:05 Coffee break 25'
      • 11:30 Satellite precipitation estimation at CHRS UCI: Algorithm Development & Challenges 45'
        Speaker: Phu NGUYEN (University of California, USA)
        Material: Slides
      • 12:15 The low-resolution secrets of high-resolution statistical downscaling 45'
        Speaker: Moetasim ASHFAQ (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)
        Material: Slides
      • 13:00 Lunch break 1h30'
      • 14:30 Lab - UC-Irvine CHRS’s global satellite precipitation products and tools 1h30'
        UCI hands on session - Phu NGUYEN instructor 
        Material: Slides
      • 16:00 Coffee break 30'
      • 16:30 Lab - Applications of PERSIANN data and CHRS web-based interfaces 1h30'
        UCI hands on session - Phu NGUYEN instructor 
        Material: Slides
      • 18:00 Ice breaker activity 30'
        Speaker: Nicole LEGHISSA
    • 18:30 - 20:30
      • 18:30 Get-together drink 2h0' ( Adriatico Guest House - Cafeteria )
        All participants are cordially invited to the Welcome Reception.
  • Tuesday, 21 May 2024
    • 09:00 - 18:00
      • 09:00 Hydrologic Modeling Requirements: Data Requirement issues (Part II) 1h0'
        Speaker: Soroosh SOROOSHIAN (CHRS University of California, Irvine, USA)
        Material: Slides
      • 10:00 Coffee break 30'
      • 10:30 A Hands-on Introduction to Hydrologic Modeling. Part I: Step-by-Step Model Development 50'
        Speaker: Amir AGHACOUCHAK (University of California, USA)
        Material: Slides
      • 11:20 A Hands-on Introduction to Hydrologic Modeling. Part II: Model Evaluation and Application 1h5'
        Speaker: Amir AGHACOUCHAK (University of California, USA)
      • 12:25 Climate Change Adaptation at Nile Basin Initiative 15'
        on-line
        Speaker: MODATHIR ABDALLA HASSAN ZAROUG (Nile Basin Initiative Secretariat, Uganda)
      • 12:40 Lunch break 1h50'
      • 14:30 A Hands-on Introduction to Hydrologic Modeling. Part III: Lab Practice 1h30'
        Speaker: Amir AGHACOUCHAK (University of California, USA)
      • 16:00 Coffee break 30'
      • 16:30 Lab - Bias adjustment of PERSIANN-CCS estimates using rain gauge observation 30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1) )
        UCI hands on session - Phu NGUYEN instructor 
        Material: Slides
      • 17:00 Poster session 1h0'
        Posters to be presented in person:
        
        1. 	AFFRAM Grace
        2.	ABEBE Berhanu Wegayehu
        3.	AISSAOUI Baya
        4.	AKBARY Rashid
        5.	CHUKWUDUM Queensley
        6.	DA SILVA Maria
        7.	JADIYAPPA MADOLLI Mallappa
        8.	KENFACK Kévin
        
        
        Posters to be presented online:
        1.	ABEGAZ Nuredin Teshome
        2.	AGGARWAL Anubha
        3.	ALASOW Ahmed Abdiaziz
        4.	ANANDHARAJ NAVAMANI ROBIN Whelinta Sherin
        5.	ANDRADE UZIEDA Marko Jorge
        6.	ARREY Ivo Agbor
        7.	BATI Hirpo Gudeta
        8.	BUILES JARAMILLO Luis Alejandro
        9.	CHEBUDE Endaweke Assegide
        10.	DEMEKO YEMIH Patience
        11.	FLORIAN VERGARA Carolina
        12.	GURMESSA Yomi Degu
        13.	HATIYE Samuel Dagalo
        14.	IBRAR Hina
        15.	KADIR Mokrane
        16.	KOMI Kossi
        17.	MAHMOUDI Peyman
        18.	MALLA Mani Kanta
        19.	MANALO John
  • Wednesday, 22 May 2024
    • 09:00 - 18:00
      • 09:00 Climate change impact on the hydrological cycle: instruments, uncertainty and applications 1h0'
        overview talk
        Speaker: Erika COPPOLA (ICTP, Italy)
        Material: Slides
      • 10:00 Coffee break 30'
      • 10:30 Impact of climate change on the hydrological cycle of Italy by means of regional climate convection permitting high resolution simulations and CHyM simulations 30'
        Speaker: Luiza VARGAS-HEINZ (ICTP, Italy)
        Material: Slides
      • 11:00 Hydrological and hydraulic modelling for flood map estimation: a case study 30'
        Speaker: Rita NOGHEROTTO (OGS and ICTP, Italy)
        Material: Slides
      • 11:30 Impacts of climate change on extreme river flows: is bias correction advisable for analysis? 30'
        Speaker: Matilde GARCÍA-VALDECASAS OJEDA (University of Granada, Spain)
        Material: Slides
      • 12:00 Comparative assessment of hydrological response of Upper Godavari Sub basin under CORDEX and CMIP6 climate models scenarios 15'
        Speaker: Sourav CHOUDHARY (Indian Institute of Technology, India)
      • 12:15 A systematic analysis of Regional Climate models in determining Flooding at Basin Scale using Global Hydrodynamic model 15'
        on-line
        Speaker: Hrishikesh SINGH (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India)
      • 12:30 Lunch break 1h30'
      • 14:00 Lab - The CHyM hydro modelling & CORDEX-CORE climate projections and CHyM discharge ensemble projections 1h30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1) )
        ICTP hydro hands on session
        Material: Slides
      • 15:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 16:00 Lab - The CHyM hydro modelling & CORDEX-CORE climate projections and CHyM discharge ensemble projections 2h0' ( Adriatico Guest House - Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1) )
        ICTP hydro hands on session
  • Thursday, 23 May 2024
    • 09:00 - 18:00
      • 09:00 Developing and implementing a Digital Twin of the environment, at local scale 1h0'
        Speaker: Dario GIAIOTTI (ARPA FVG, Italy)
        Material: Slides
      • 10:00 Coffee break 30'
      • 10:30 “Hydrological measurements and modelling in FVG” 1h0'
        Speaker: Giovanni BONAFE’ (ARPA FVG, Italy)
        Material: Slides
      • 11:30 Combined impact of future climate and land use changes on streamflow in Lhasa River Basin, Tibetan Plateau 15'
        Speaker: Huanghe GU (Hohai University College of Hydrology and Water Resources, China)
      • 11:45 From Abundant to Scarce: Unraveling the Impacts of Climate Change on Water Demand 15'
        on-line
        Speaker: Muluneh Legesse EDAMO (Arba Minch University Water Technology Institute, Ethiopia)
      • 12:00 Past and future hydrological extremes analyses over the Senegal River Basin (West Africa) 15'
        on-line
        Speaker: Mamadou Lamine MBAYE (Université Assane SECK de Ziguinchor, Senegal)
      • 12:15 Implication of bias correction on quantification and allocation of uncertainties on hydropower projections under different Global Warming Levels 15'
        on-line
        Speaker: Rodric Merime NONKI (National Higher Polytechnic School of Douala, Cameroon)
      • 12:30 Lunch break 1h30'
      • 14:00 Lab - “The sensitivity of shallow water hydrodynamic simulations to hydrological boundary conditions" 1h30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1) )
        ARPA FVG hands on session - Groups A
        Speaker: Alessandro MINIGHER (ARPA FVG, Italy), Dario GIAIOTTI (ARPA FVG, Italy)
      • 15:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 16:00 Lab - “The estimate of the river discharge using the fitted rating curves” 1h0' ( Adriatico Guest House - Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1) )
        ARPA FVG hands on session - Groups B
        Speaker: Giovanni BONAFE’ (ARPA FVG, Italy), Sara BACER (ARPA FVG, Italy)
      • 17:00 Poster session 1h0'
        Posters to be presented in person:
        1. 	DARA Rooha Blessy
        2. 	DEKONGMEN Benjamin Wullobayi
        3. 	HASHEMI TAMEH Masoumeh Alsadat
        4.	KHALIL Asma
        5.	MANA Tegegn Takele
        6.	ROSALES Daira Anahí
        7.	SADIO Pierre Malang
        8.	SANTIAGO AYALA Victor Hugo
        9.	SENIGALLIESI Vincenzo
        10.	SHRESTHA Asmita
        11.	VERMA Aashna
        12.	YETIK Ali Kaan
        
        Posters to be presented online:
        1.	MISHRA Ashish
        2.	MISNAWATI 
        3.	MOHAMMED ALI BERAMA Siddig
        4.	MUTTAQIEN Furqon Hensan
        5.	NDIAYE Mame Diarra Bousso
        6.	NGUVAVA Mariam Melikizedeki
        7.	OLOWE Jesufemi Peter
        8.	RAVINDRANATH GUPTHA Aakash
        9.	RODRÍGUEZ GONZÁLEZ Marta Paola
        10.	SALAS PARRA Hernán Dario
        11.	SHIRU Mohammed Sanusi
        12.	SINGH Gagandeep
        13.	SWAIN Sabyasachi
        14.	SYAFARINA Inna
        15.	TANDON Aayushi
        16.	TRIPATHI Vaibhav
        17.	WAMBA TCHINDA Claudin
        18.	WELDEGERIMA Tesfay Mekonnen
        19.	YADAV Alka
        20.	YIBRIE Esubalew Adem
        21.	YIMER Alemeshet Kebede
  • Friday, 24 May 2024
    • 09:00 - 18:00
      • 09:00 “WRF-Hydro hydrological model and its use in ARPA FVG” 1h0'
        Speaker: Sara BACER (ARPA FVG, Italy)
        Material: Slides
      • 10:00 Coffee break 30'
      • 10:30 The role of hydrological boundary conditions in hydrodynamic coastal modeling: the experience of ARPA FVG” 1h0'
        Speaker: Alessandro MINIGHER (ARPA FVG, Italy)
        Material: Slides
      • 11:30 Coupling EM-DAT Reported Flash Floods with IMERG Precipitation Data 15'
        Speaker: Leonardo QUIRINO OLVERA (University of Bern, Switzerland)
      • 11:45 Future changes in hydrological drought characteristics Over Pra River basin, Ghana 15'
        on-line
        Speaker: Martin ADDI (Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute, Ghana)
      • 12:00 Projection of Climate Changes and Numerical Modeling of Climate in the Rheris Watershed-Morocco 15'
        on-line
        Speaker: Abdelmoumen BENCHATTOU (Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Morocco)
      • 12:15 Integrated Approach for Ensuring Sustainable Water Resources in Narmada River Basin under Land Use and Climate Change Scenarios 15'
        on-line
        Speaker: DEEN DAYAL (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India)
      • 12:30 Lunch break 1h30'
      • 14:00 Lab - “The sensitivity of shallow water hydrodynamic simulations to hydrological boundary conditions" 1h30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1) )
        ARPA FVG hands on session - Groups A
        Speaker: Alessandro MINIGHER (ARPA FVG, Italy), Dario GIAIOTTI (ARPA FVG, Italy)
      • 15:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 16:00 Lab - “The estimate of the river discharge using the fitted rating curves” 2h0' ( Adriatico Guest House - Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1) )
        ARPA FVG hands on session - Groups B
        Speaker: Giovanni BONAFE’ (ARPA FVG, Italy), Sara BACER (ARPA FVG, Italy)
  • Monday, 27 May 2024
    • 09:00 - 18:00
      • 09:00 Lab session: Introduction to land surface processes and land surface modelling 1h0'
        Speaker: Harrie-Jan HENDRICKS-FRANSSEN (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany)
        Material: Slides
      • 10:00 Coffee break 30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1) )
        FZJ hands-on session
      • 10:30 Technical Introduction to JSC 1h0'
        Speaker: Paul RIGOR (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany) and all
      • 11:30 Land surface modelling and eCLM 1h0'
        Speaker: Harrie-Jan HENDRICKS-FRANSSEN (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany)
        Material: Slides
      • 12:30 Lunch break 1h30'
      • 14:00 Lab session: Introduction to eCLM, first test case 2h0' ( Adriatico Guest House - Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1) )
        FZJ hands-on session
        Speaker: Theresa BOAS (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany) and all
      • 16:00 Coffee break 30'
      • 16:30 Lab session: Running regional cases with eCLM, Analysis of model output 1h30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1) )
        FZJ hands-on session
        Speaker: Theresa BOAS (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany) and all
  • Tuesday, 28 May 2024
    • 09:00 - 18:00
      • 09:00 The coupled TSMP, towards a RESM for water cycle research: Features, basic principles, application examples, and current developments 1h0'
        Speaker: Klaus GOERGEN (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany), Stefan POLL (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany, Germany) and all
        Material: Slides
      • 10:00 Group photo 5'
      • 10:05 Coffee break 25'
      • 10:30 Lab session: Getting started with TSMP1, building TSMP, first experiments 2h0' ( Adriatico Guest House - Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1) )
        FZJ hands-on session
        Speaker: Stefan POLL (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany, Germany) and all
      • 12:30 Lunch break 1h30'
      • 14:00 Lab session: TSMP1 pan-European fully coupled real data case 2h0' ( Adriatico Guest House - Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1) )
        FZJ hands-on session
        Speaker: Stefan POLL (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany, Germany) and all
      • 16:00 Coffee break 30'
      • 16:30 Lab session: TSMP1 pan-European fully coupled real data case 1h30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1) )
        FZJ hands-on session
        Speaker: Stefan POLL (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany, Germany) and all
  • Wednesday, 29 May 2024
    • 09:00 - 18:00
      • 09:00 Integrating downscaled CORDEX-South Asia regional climate models in urban flood modeling to quantify human health risk from contaminated floodwaters 15'
        Speaker: Rahul DEOPA (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India)
      • 09:15 Evaluating the Effects of Climate Change on Water Availability using Water accounting Plus (WA+) Framework in the Wardha River Basin: Insights from a Spatially Calibrated Hydrologic Model 15'
        on-line
        Speaker: Praveen KALURA (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India)
      • 09:30 Flash Drought Identification in Awash River Basin, Ethiopia using Evaporative Stress and Evaporative Demand Drought Indices 15'
        Speaker: Yitea Seneshaw GETAHUN (Debre Berhan University, Ethiopia)
      • 09:45 Analyzing Historical and Projected Seasonal Climate Variability and Its Influence on Natural Surface Waterbodies: A Case Study of Coastal City Khulna, Bangladesh 15'
        on-line
        Speaker: Fariha Islam MOU (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh)
      • 10:00 Coffee break 30'
      • 10:30 Lab session (participants preparing the final presentations) 2h0'
      • 12:30 Lunch break 1h30'
      • 14:00 Lab session (participants preparing the final presentations) 2h0'
      • 16:00 Coffee break 30'
      • 16:30 Lab session (participants preparing the final presentations) 1h30'
  • Thursday, 30 May 2024
    • 09:15 - 18:00
      • 09:15 Advancing Water Resource Modeling through Generative AI Technologies 15'
        on-line
        Speaker: Joseph Wambua NYINGI (Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Kenya)
      • 09:30 Combined impacts of climate and land use changes on water resources in Kenya, A Case study of Kisii County River Basins. Part 1: Contemporary Period 15'
        on-line
        Speaker: Vincent Owanda OTIENO (The Technical University of Kenya, Kenya)
      • 09:45 How Far Can We Rely on CORDEX RCMs to Quantify Climate Change Impacts on Flood Risk- A Hydro-climatic Modeling Approach over a Severely Flood-Prone Coastal Multi-Hazard Catchment in India 15'
        on-line
        Speaker: Dev Anand THAKUR (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India)
      • 10:00 Group photo 5'
        online participants
      • 10:00 Coffee break 30'
      • 10:30 Lab session (participants preparing the final presentations) 2h0'
      • 12:30 Lunch break 1h30'
      • 14:00 Lab session (participants preparing the final presentations) 2h0'
      • 16:00 Coffee break 30'
      • 16:30 Lab session 1h30'
  • Friday, 31 May 2024
    • 09:30 - 13:00
      • 09:30 Project Participants presentation 30'
      • 10:00 Coffee break 30'
      • 10:30 Project Participants presentation 2h0'
      • 12:30 Workshop closing 30'