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Description 
Regional climate models are very important climate research tools available to scientists from developing countries.  The ICTP Earth System Physics section maintains and distributes a state-of-the-art regional climate model (RegCM3), which is currently used by a wide research community for a range of studies. The community forms the basis of a regional climate research network (RegCNET) aimed at developing research projects related to climate change issues over different regions of the world.  This workshop is intended to provide lectures and hands-on sessions on the theory of regional climate change and regional climate modeling as well as the use of the RegCM3 modeling system.  This year's workshop will also cover aspects of climate impacts on agriculture, hydrology, and air quality. 

The workshop will cover the following topics:
 - The physical processes that regulate regional climates;
 - Climate change and seasonal prediction at the regional scale;
 - Regional climate information from global climate models;
 - Regional climate modeling and the ICTP RegCM3;
 - Biosphere-atmosphere interactions;
 - Climate impacts on agriculture, hydrology and air quality;
- Extreme events, floods and drought.

The workshop will also provide a forum for current and future participants to the RegCNET to review past projects and plan for future projects. A limited number of students are envisioned, with proven experience in atmospheric modeling and strong interest in regional climate studies

Material

Third ICTP Workshop on the Theory and Use of Regional Climate Models | (smr 1754)
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  • Monday, 29 May 2006
    • 08:30 - 10:30 REGISTRATION & Administrative Formalities (see below)
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 08:30 REGISTRATION & Administrative Formalities (see below) 2h0'
    • 10:30 - 11:00 OPENING - Prof. Filippo Giorgi & Dr. Jeremy Pal & Participant Introductions
      • 10:30 OPENING - Prof. Filippo Giorgi & Dr. Jeremy Pal & Participant Introductions 30'
    • 11:00 - 11:30 The ICTP RegCM3 and RegCNET: Regional Climate Modeling for the Developing World
      • 11:00 The ICTP RegCM3 and RegCNET: Regional Climate Modeling for the Developing World 30'
        Speaker: J. Pal (ICTP)
    • 11:30 - 12:00 Status of regional climate modeling: Some recommendations for RegCNET
      • 11:30 Status of regional climate modeling: Some recommendations for RegCNET 30'
        Speaker: W. Gutowski (Iowa State University, Ames)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 12:00 Lunch 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 14:30 Reanalysis and GCM driven regional model climatologies for South America
      • 14:00 Reanalysis and GCM driven regional model climatologies for South America 30'
        Speaker: A. Seth (University of Connecticut, Storrs)
    • 14:30 - 14:45 Seasonal simulation of extreme events over S. America using mixed physics ensemble approach
      • 14:30 Seasonal simulation of extreme events over S. America using mixed physics ensemble approach 15'
        Speaker: J.P. Reyes-Fernandez (Peru)
        Material: abstract
    • 14:45 - 15:00 Cloud & climate modeling and precipitation
      • 14:45 Cloud & climate modeling and precipitation 15'
        Speaker: D. Martinez-Castro (Cuba)
        Material: abstract
    • 15:00 - 15:15 Preliminary results of RegCM3 nested in the Hadley Center Model over South America: the actual climate
      • 15:00 Preliminary results of RegCM3 nested in the Hadley Center Model over South America: the actual climate 15'
        Speaker: R. Porfirio da Rocha (Brazil)
        Material: abstract
    • 15:15 - 15:30 Estimating the Precipitation Climate of a Remote Semiarid Region
      • 15:15 Estimating the Precipitation Climate of a Remote Semiarid Region 15'
        Speaker: R. Schiemann (Switzerland)
        Material: abstract
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Sub-seasonal rainfall statistics from a regional climate model for South America: Does improved resolution add value?
      • 16:00 Sub-seasonal rainfall statistics from a regional climate model for South America: Does improved resolution add value? 30'
        Speaker: S. Rauscher (ICTP)
    • 16:30 - 17:00 Impact of Eurasian/Tibetan snow on Indian monsoons: model simulations
      • 16:30 Impact of Eurasian/Tibetan snow on Indian monsoons: model simulations 30'
        Speaker: S. K. Dash (Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, IIT-Delhi)
    • 17:00 - 17:15 Precipitation Sensitivity to Sea Surface Temperature in a Regional Climate Model
      • 17:00 Precipitation Sensitivity to Sea Surface Temperature in a Regional Climate Model 15'
        Speaker: G.P. Singh (India)
        Material: abstract
    • 17:15 - 17:30 Multi-decadal scenario simulation over Korea using a one-way double-nested regional climate model system
      • 17:15 Multi-decadal scenario simulation over Korea using a one-way double-nested regional climate model system 15'
        Speaker: E.-S. Im (Korea)
        Material: abstract
    • 17:30 - 17:45 The parameterisation of cumulus cloud amounts
      • 17:30 The parameterisation of cumulus cloud amounts 15'
        Speaker: C. Papon (Canada)
        Material: abstract
    • 17:45 - 18:00 Performance of RegCM3 in Simulating Western Africa present time Climate
      • 17:45 Performance of RegCM3 in Simulating Western Africa present time Climate 15'
        Speaker: A. Sarr (Senegal)
        Material: abstract
  • Tuesday, 30 May 2006
    • 09:00 - 09:30 Regional climate change scenarios from the latest generation of AOGCM simulations
      • 09:00 Regional climate change scenarios from the latest generation of AOGCM simulations 30'
        Speaker: F. Giorgi (ICTP)
    • 09:30 - 09:45 Surface climatology and its variability in enhanced greenhouse warming experiments: results from the models participating in the IPCC diagnostic exercise
      • 09:30 Surface climatology and its variability in enhanced greenhouse warming experiments: results from the models participating in the IPCC diagnostic exercise 15'
        Speaker: J. Kamarcharya
        Material: abstract
    • 09:45 - 10:00 Bimodality of the North Atlantic Oscillation in Simulations with Greenhouse Gas Forcing
      • 09:45 Bimodality of the North Atlantic Oscillation in Simulations with Greenhouse Gas Forcing 15'
        Speaker: E. Coppola (University of L'Aquila)
    • 10:00 - 10:30 Extreme climate in the 21st century
      • 10:00 Extreme climate in the 21st century 30'
        Speaker: N. Diffenbaugh (Purdue University, Indiana)
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Downscaling regional climate model data for studies of small-scale severe weather phenomena
      • 11:00 Downscaling regional climate model data for studies of small-scale severe weather phenomena 30'
        Speaker: J. Trapp (Purdue University, Indiana)
    • 11:30 - 11:45 High Resolution, Regional Climate Modeling of the West African climate variability and change for applications to impact studies
      • 11:30 High Resolution, Regional Climate Modeling of the West African climate variability and change for applications to impact studies 15'
        Speaker: B. Sylla (Senegal)
        Material: abstract
    • 11:45 - 12:00 The Role of Land Use Changes in West African Drought
      • 11:45 The Role of Land Use Changes in West African Drought 15'
        Speaker: B.J. Abiodun (Nigeria)
        Material: abstract
    • 12:00 - 12:15 Simulating the Effects of Vegetation Change on Southern Africa's Climate
      • 12:00 Simulating the Effects of Vegetation Change on Southern Africa's Climate 15'
        Speaker: N. MacKellar (South Africa)
        Material: abstract
    • 12:15 - 12:30 Land Use Effects on Climate in China as Simulated by a Regional Climate Model
      • 12:15 Land Use Effects on Climate in China as Simulated by a Regional Climate Model 15'
        Speaker: X. Gao (National Climate Center, Beijing)
    • 12:30 - 12:45 Soil Moisture – Atmosphere interactions during the 2003 European summer heatwave
      • 12:30 Soil Moisture – Atmosphere interactions during the 2003 European summer heatwave 15'
        Speaker: E. Fischer (Switzerland)
        Material: abstract
    • 12:45 - 14:00 Lunch
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 12:45 Lunch 1h15'
    • 14:00 - 14:15 Cultural Landscapes Changing due to Human Influences and Threats to Mangrove Wetlands Ecosystems : A Case Study on the Sundarbans in Bangladesh
      • 14:00 Cultural Landscapes Changing due to Human Influences and Threats to Mangrove Wetlands Ecosystems : A Case Study on the Sundarbans in Bangladesh 15'
        Speaker: S. Islam (Bangladesh)
        Material: abstract
    • 14:15 - 14:45 Evaluation of RCM-results in the Alpine region
      • 14:15 Evaluation of RCM-results in the Alpine region 30'
        Speaker: H. Formayer (University of Natural Resources & Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna)
    • 14:45 - 15:00 RegCM performance in reproducing the characteristics of Romanian climate variability
      • 14:45 RegCM performance in reproducing the characteristics of Romanian climate variability 15'
        Speaker: A. Busioc (Romania)
        Material: abstract
    • 15:00 - 15:15 A high resolution climate change simulation over the Mediterranean region
      • 15:00 A high resolution climate change simulation over the Mediterranean region 15'
        Speaker: X. Gao (National Climate Center, Beijing)
    • 15:15 - 15:30 High-resolution simulation for the Alpine climate since 1958 – validation on monthly and daily timescales
      • 15:15 High-resolution simulation for the Alpine climate since 1958 – validation on monthly and daily timescales 15'
        Speaker: K. Proemmel (Germany)
        Material: abstract
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 16:00 - 16:15 Effects of a Subgrid-Scale Topography and Land Use Scheme (SUB-BATS) on the Simulation of Surface Climate and Hydrology
      • 16:00 Effects of a Subgrid-Scale Topography and Land Use Scheme (SUB-BATS) on the Simulation of Surface Climate and Hydrology 15'
        Speaker: R. Francisco (Philippines)
    • 16:15 - 16:30 TBA
      • 16:15 TBA 15'
        Speaker: M. Modka (Zimbabwe)
    • 16:30 - 16:45 Investigating RCM’s internal variability using an ageing tracer
      • 16:30 Investigating RCM’s internal variability using an ageing tracer 15'
        Speaker: P. Lucas-Picher (Canada)
        Material: abstract
    • 16:45 - 17:00 Transferability Experiments over Selected Climate Domains in Africa: Preliminary Results
      • 16:45 Transferability Experiments over Selected Climate Domains in Africa: Preliminary Results 15'
        Speaker: E. Gbobaniyi (South Africa)
        Material: abstract
    • 17:00 - 18:00 Project Proposals for the Second Week
      • 17:00 Project Proposals for the Second Week 1h0'
  • Wednesday, 31 May 2006
    • 09:00 - 09:30 Seasonal prediction activities in Europe: current status and future plans
      • 09:00 Seasonal prediction activities in Europe: current status and future plans 30'
        Speaker: F. Molteni (ECMWF, Reading & ICTP)
    • 09:30 - 09:45 Analysis of multi-model ensemble seasonal predictability
      • 09:30 Analysis of multi-model ensemble seasonal predictability 15'
        Speaker: J.H. Yoo (ICTP)
    • 09:45 - 10:00 Probabilistic climate forecasts from multi-thousand member ensembles
      • 09:45 Probabilistic climate forecasts from multi-thousand member ensembles 15'
        Speaker: C. Piani (ICTP)
    • 10:00 - 10:30 TBA
      • 10:00 TBA 30'
        Speaker: C. Brankovic (Croatian Meteorological & Hydrological Service, Zagreb)
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Regional climate forcing due to ozone and aerosols
      • 11:00 Regional climate forcing due to ozone and aerosols 30'
        Speaker: F. Stordal (University of Oslo)
    • 11:30 - 11:45 Aerosols
      • 11:30 Aerosols 15'
        Speaker: S. Seidou Ibrah (Niger)
    • 11:45 - 12:00 Aerosol Parameterization And Its Impacts in Regional Climate Model (RegCM3)
      • 11:45 Aerosol Parameterization And Its Impacts in Regional Climate Model (RegCM3) 15'
        Speaker: M. Kamel (Egypt)
        Material: abstract
    • 12:00 - 12:30 TBA
      • 12:00 TBA 30'
        Speaker: A. Konaré (Universite de Cocody, Abidjan)
    • 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 12:30 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:00 - 14:30 Development and testing of a desert dust module in a regional climate model
      • 14:00 Development and testing of a desert dust module in a regional climate model 30'
        Speaker: A. Zakey (ICTP)
        Material: abstract
    • 14:30 - 14:45 Spatial Distribution and Temporal Variability of Harmattan Dust Aerosol Over Nigeria
      • 14:30 Spatial Distribution and Temporal Variability of Harmattan Dust Aerosol Over Nigeria 15'
        Speaker: A. Anuforom (Nigeria)
        Material: abstract
    • 14:45 - 15:00 Climate and Air Pollution Modelling in South America
      • 14:45 Climate and Air Pollution Modelling in South America 15'
        Speaker: C. Teichmann (Germany)
        Material: abstract
    • 15:00 - 15:15 In situ studies of aerosols over land and ocean regions surrounding Indian subcontinent: Regional radiative impacts in a global perspective
      • 15:00 In situ studies of aerosols over land and ocean regions surrounding Indian subcontinent: Regional radiative impacts in a global perspective 15'
        Speaker: D. Ganguly (India)
        Material: abstract
    • 15:15 - 15:30 Ozone, solar UV radiation and climate change
      • 15:15 Ozone, solar UV radiation and climate change 15'
        Speaker: R. Piacentini (Argentina)
        Material: abstract
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Climate impacts on European ozone levels
      • 15:30 Climate impacts on European ozone levels 30'
        Speaker: F. Meleux (DRC/MECO-INERIS, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France)
    • 16:00 - 16:00 -
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 16:00 -
  • Thursday, 1 June 2006
    • 09:00 - 09:30 Simulating the impact of climate change on the hydrological cycle: scales and feedbacks
      • 09:00 Simulating the impact of climate change on the hydrological cycle: scales and feedbacks 30'
        Speaker: R. Harding (Centre for Ecology-Hydrology (CEH Wallingford), United Kingdom)
    • 09:30 - 10:00 CHyM model. Decription of Cellular Automata based algorithm for flow direction retrieval over an arbitrary domain with any resolution
      • 09:30 CHyM model. Decription of Cellular Automata based algorithm for flow direction retrieval over an arbitrary domain with any resolution 30'
        Speaker: M. Verdecchia (University of L'Aquila, Italy)
    • 10:00 - 10:15 Integrated Assessment of Climate Change & Variability in the Central Peruvian Andes. Resutls of a Pilot Study in the Mantaro River Basin
      • 10:00 Integrated Assessment of Climate Change & Variability in the Central Peruvian Andes. Resutls of a Pilot Study in the Mantaro River Basin 15'
        Speaker: Y. Silva (Peru)
        Material: abstract
    • 10:15 - 10:30 Comparisons of simulation by the coupled RegCM3-CLM for continent of China, with two initialization schemes
      • 10:15 Comparisons of simulation by the coupled RegCM3-CLM for continent of China, with two initialization schemes 15'
        Speaker: J. Zheng (China)
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Role of land-atmosphere coupling in regional climate change scenarios for the European continent
      • 11:00 Role of land-atmosphere coupling in regional climate change scenarios for the European continent 30'
        Speaker: S. Seneviratne (Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Zürich)
    • 11:30 - 12:00 Simulating multi-decadal variability of Caspian Sea level changes with RegCM
      • 11:30 Simulating multi-decadal variability of Caspian Sea level changes with RegCM 30'
        Speaker: N. Elguindi (University of California at Santa Cruz, USA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 12:30 Changes in the hydrological cycle over large European catchments as predicted by a multi-model ensemble
      • 12:00 Changes in the hydrological cycle over large European catchments as predicted by a multi-model ensemble 30'
        Speaker: S. Hagemann (Max Planck Institute for Meteorology - Hamburg)
    • 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 12:30 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:00 - 14:15 Implementation and Validation of various watershed Models (DHSVM, UBC) since 2004
      • 14:00 Implementation and Validation of various watershed Models (DHSVM, UBC) since 2004 15'
        Speaker: F. Saeed (Pakistan)
        Material: abstract
    • 14:15 - 14:30 The development of fine scale scenarios for the South Asian region using the regional climate model RegCM3
      • 14:15 The development of fine scale scenarios for the South Asian region using the regional climate model RegCM3 15'
        Speaker: S. Mehmood (Pakistan)
        Material: abstract
    • 14:30 - 14:45 TBA
      • 14:30 TBA 15'
        Speaker: T. Halenka (Czech Republic)
    • 14:45 - 15:00 TBA
      • 14:45 TBA 15'
        Speaker: C. Christensen (Oxford University, United Kingdom)
    • 15:00 - 15:15 TBA
      • 15:00 TBA 15'
        Speaker: C. Onime (ICTP)
    • 15:15 - 15:30 TBA
      • 15:15 TBA 15'
        Speaker: J. Insiful (Ghana)
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 16:00 - 18:00 Funding for EDNs
      • 16:00 Funding for EDNs 2h0'
  • Friday, 2 June 2006
    • 09:00 - 09:30 Results of Coupling a Crop Model with a Regional Climate Model
      • 09:00 Results of Coupling a Crop Model with a Regional Climate Model 30'
        Speaker: E. Takle (Iowa State University, Ames)
    • 09:30 - 10:00 TBA
      • 09:30 TBA 30'
        Speaker: S. Topcu (Cukurova University, Turkey)
    • 10:00 - 10:15 Climate & Weather Forecast Potentiality as a decision support system for Agriculture
      • 10:00 Climate & Weather Forecast Potentiality as a decision support system for Agriculture 15'
        Speaker: L. Costa (Brazil)
    • 10:15 - 10:30 Implication of Regional Climate Models (RCMs) climate change scenarios on agriculture over southern Africa
      • 10:15 Implication of Regional Climate Models (RCMs) climate change scenarios on agriculture over southern Africa 15'
        Speaker: S. Hachigonta (Botswana)
        Material: abstract
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Use of RCMs for Crop Yield Production
      • 11:00 Use of RCMs for Crop Yield Production 30'
        Speaker: A. Challinor (Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling, University of Reading)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:30 - 12:00 Climate Change: Impact on Agriculture and Building the Sustainable Adaptive Capacity
      • 11:30 Climate Change: Impact on Agriculture and Building the Sustainable Adaptive Capacity 30'
        Speaker: E. Lin (Agro Environment and SD Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 12:30 TBA
      • 12:00 TBA 30'
        Speaker: S. Libralato (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale - OGS, Trieste)
    • 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
    • 14:00 - 15:30 Project Proposals for the 2nd Week
      • 14:00 Project Proposals for the 2nd Week 1h30'
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 16:00 - 18:00 -
      • 16:00 - 2h0'
  • Monday, 5 June 2006
    • 09:00 - 09:30 Convective parameterization; monsoons
      • 09:00 Convective parameterization; monsoons 30'
        Speaker: R. Arritt (Iowa State University, Ames)
    • 09:30 - 09:45 TBA
      • 09:30 TBA 15'
        Speaker: M. Ashfan
    • 09:45 - 10:00 Surface climatology and its variability in enhanced greenhouse warming experiments: results from the models participating in the IPCC diagnostic exercise
      • 09:45 Surface climatology and its variability in enhanced greenhouse warming experiments: results from the models participating in the IPCC diagnostic exercise 15'
        Speaker: J. Karmacharaya (Nepal)
        Material: abstract
    • 10:00 - 10:15 TBA
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:00 TBA 15'
        Speaker: A. Shrestha (Nepal)
    • 10:15 - 10:30 Investigating West African Climate Variability Using RegCM3
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:15 Investigating West African Climate Variability Using RegCM3 15'
        Speaker: E. Afiesimama (Nigeria)
        Material: abstract
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
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