Workshop on Global Monsoons: Theory, Models and Observations

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Workshop on Global Monsoons: Theory, Models and Observations | (smr 4053)

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Monday, 20 January 2025
- 15:45 - 02:00
  - 15:45 Introduction to Workshop 15'
    
    Speaker: Jorge Zavala (UNAM, Mexico), David Adams (UNAM, Mexico), Adrian Tompkins (ICTP, Italy)
  - 16:00 Introduction to Thermodynamics 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Simona Bordoni (University of Trento, Italy)
  - 17:00 Introduction to Thermodynamics/Atmospheric Stability 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Simona Bordoni (University of Trento, Italy)
  - 18:00 Coffee Break 30'
  - 18:30 Introduction to Atmospheric Convection 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Adrian Tompkins (ICTP, Italy)
  - 19:30 Deep Convection in the Deep Tropics and North American Monsoon 1h0'
    
    Speaker: David Adams (UNAM, Mexico)
  - 20:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
  - 22:00 Physical mechanisms associated with North American Monsoon climate variability 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Cuauhtemoc Turent (UNAM, Mexico)
  - 23:00 Introduction to tropical general circulation and the global monsoons 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Spencer Hill (The City University of New York , USA)
  - 00:00 Ice Breaker 2h0'
Tuesday, 21 January 2025
- 16:00 - 00:00
  - 16:00 Modern theories of monsoons/ITCZ 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Simona Bordoni (University of Trento, Italy), Spencer Hill (The City University of New York , USA)
  - 17:00 Modern theories of monsoons/ITCZ 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Simona Bordoni (University of Trento, Italy), Spencer Hill (The City University of New York , USA)
  - 18:00 Coffee Break 30'
  - 18:30 Introduction to tropical waves and their importance for extreme events 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Alejandro Jaramillo (UNAM, Mexico)
  - 19:30 Influence of inverted troughs on the formation of mesoscale convective systems during the North American Monsoon 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Christian Dominguez (UNAM, Mexico)
  - 20:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
  - 22:00 The role of vegetation in monsoon dynamics and precipitation recycling 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Arturo Quintanar (UNAM, Mexico)
  - 23:00 Theories for past and future monsoon rainfall changes 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Spencer Hill (The City University of New York , USA)
Wednesday, 22 January 2025
- 16:00 - 00:00
  - 16:00 Parameterization of convection in NWP and climate models 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Adrian Tompkins (ICTP, Italy)
  - 17:00 Parameterization and convective aggregation 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Adrian Tompkins (ICTP, Italy)
  - 18:00 Coffee Break 30'
  - 18:30 Monsoons in NEXTGEMS k-scale global models, initial results 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Simona Bordoni (University of Trento, Italy)
  - 19:30 Delayed monsoon onsets in future climates 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Simona Bordoni (University of Trento, Italy)
  - 20:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
  - 22:00 Interannual variability in extreme daily monsoon rainfall 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Spencer Hill (The City University of New York , USA)
  - 23:00 Variability of precipitation in the Grijalva subbasin 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Jorge Zavala (UNAM, Mexico)
Thursday, 23 January 2025
- 16:00 - 03:00
  - 16:00 Overview of CDS and ERA5 1h30'
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    Speaker: Adrian Tompkins (ICTP, Italy), Alejandro Jaramillo (UNAM, Mexico)
  - 17:30 Basic analysis of the global monsoons 1h30'
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retrieve era5/obs precip, make monthly mean maps, make box averages over the monsoon areas, make seaonal cycle, make estimate of interannual variability in mean rainfall, extremes, onset and cessation, breaks
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    Speaker: Adrian Tompkins (ICTP, Italy)
  - 19:00 Coffee Break 30'
  - 19:30 Basic analysis of the global monsoons 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Adrian Tompkins (ICTP, Italy)
  - 21:00 Lunch Break 1h30'
  - 22:30 Statistical field significance testing 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Cuauhtemoc Turrent (UNAM, Mexico)
  - 23:30 The energy flux equator and onset indices 1h30'
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  - 01:00 Roundtable and reception 2h0'
Friday, 24 January 2025
- 16:00 - 00:30
  - 16:00 Monsoons forecasting in the CDS seasonal forecasts 2h30'
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  - 18:30 Coffee Break 30'
  - 19:00 Project time 1h30'
  - 20:30 Lunch Break 1h0'
  - 21:30 Project time 1h30'
  - 23:00 Coffee Break 30'
  - 23:30 Workshop summary, discussions and Closing 1h0'