Starts 26 Oct 2026
Ends 30 Oct 2026
Central European Time
2nd Workshop on Organisation and Maintenance of Tropical Convection and the Madden Julian Oscillation | (smr 4243)
ICTP
Giambiagi Lecture Hall (AGH)
Adriatico Guest House Riva Massimiliano e Carlotta, Grignano I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
The call for applications will be open soon
Endorsed by the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) of the WMO
The first workshop on Organisation and Maintenance of Tropical Convection and the Madden Julian Oscillation was held at ICTP in March 2006. It is the right time, 20 years after, to reflect the past accomplishments and lessons learned, identify remaining challenges, and outline future work.
Speakers:
Boualen Khouider, University of Victoria
Endorsed by the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) of the WMO
The first workshop on Organisation and Maintenance of Tropical Convection and the Madden Julian Oscillation was held at ICTP in March 2006. It is the right time, 20 years after, to reflect the past accomplishments and lessons learned, identify remaining challenges, and outline future work.
The workshop will address the following questions:
- What are the current gaps in our understanding of tropical multi-scale organised convection, the MJO and its global impact?
- What are the major barriers to advancing predictions of tropical multi-scale organised convection, the MJO and its global impact?
- What would be the most effective and efficient ways to integrate often siloed efforts of observations and modeling in the study of tropical multi-scale organised convection, the MJO and its global impact?
- What would be the optimal ways to use the modern technologies of observations, AI/ML, and HPC to advance information gathering, understanding, and model improvement of tropical multi-scale organised convection, the MJO and its global impact?
The workshop will cover the following topics:
- Observation of the Madden Julian Oscillation and field campaigns
- Modeling the Madden-Julian Oscillation (simple theoretical models, comprehensive Earth system models, and AI/ML models)
- MJO prediction and predictability from days to years, including interaction with other modes of variability
- MJO’s global and regional impacts
Speakers:
Boualen Khouider, University of Victoria
Franco Molteni, Italia Meteo
Mitchell Moncrieff, NCAR (retired)
Andrew Robertson, Columbia University
Kunio Yoneyama, JAMSTEC
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.
**DEADLINE: 31/03/2026**
Organizers
Kim Daehyun (SNU, Republic of Korea), Vitart Frederic, Pol, Volusien (European Centre for medium-Range Weather Forecasts), Aida Diongue-Niang (Agence Nationale de l'Aviation, Senegal), Alice Grimm (Universidade Federal do Parana (UFPR), Brazil), Kim Hyemi (EWU, Republic of Korea), Joseph Mani Neena (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, India), Adrian Tompkins (ICTP, Italy), Da Yang (University of Chicago, USA), Zhang Chidong (PMEL), Local Organiser: Adrian Tompkins (ICTP)