Workshops

The ICTP RegCNET workshops, both at the ICTP and in EDNs, create a forum for scientists from EDNs and EANs to present and discuss their research, as well as to introduce new scientists to the theory and application of regional climate and impacts modeling through lectures and hands-on training sessions. The international participation promotes mutually beneficial interactions for all scientists (both EDN and EAN). The workshops hosted in EDNs generate a greater sense of ownership and enthusiasm in the collaborative effort by identifying research questions and problems of specific interest to the region. In addition, they are important for understanding and addressing local infrastructural problems faced by the EDN scientists.

Future Workshops

• Workshop on Aerosol-Climate Interactions: Mechanisms, Monitoring, and Impacts in Tropical Regions, sponsored by ICTP, the Egyptian Meteorological Authority and Cairo University, Hurghada, Egypt, 11-15 February
• Fourth ICTP Workshop on the Theory and Use of Regional Climate Models: Applying RCMs to Developing Nations in Support of Climate Change Assessment and Extended-Range Prediction, ICTP, 3 March - 14 March
  

Past Workshops

• THIRD ICTP WORKSHOP ON THE THEORY AND USE OF REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS
  29 May - 9 June 2006
  Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics Trieste Italy
  see details below
  
• FIRST ICTP WEST AFRICAN WORKSHOP ON REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMPACTS
  16-20 January 2006
  University of Ghana, Accra Ghana
  announcement in pdf format
  
• Nepal (August 2005)
• FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON CLIMATE VARIABILITY OVER AFRICA
  15-26 May 2005
  Alexandria, Egypt
  
• SECOND ICTP WORKSHOP ON THE THEORY AND USE OF REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS
  31 May - 9 June 2004
  Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste Italy
• WORKSHOP ON REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELLING AND MIN-SYMPOSIUM ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN EUROPE
  11 November - 3 December 2004
  Prague, Czech Republic
  
• Pakistan (February 2004)
• FIRST ICTP WORKSHOP ON THE THEORY AND USE OF REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS
  26 May - 6 June 2003
  Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics Trieste Italy
  Workshop Photo
  

Research Projects

To help ameliorate scientific isolation of EDN scientists, one of the primary aims of the RegCNET is the development of research projects designed and led by EDN scientists and involving participants that have a wide range of scientific experience. The ICTP Physics of Weather and Climate (PWC) group sponsors visits to work on some of these projects.  An important measure of the success of the RegCNET is publication of scientific results in internationally peer-reviewed journals. Projects identified during the ICTP June 2003 kickoff workshop resulted in the upcoming publication of a special RegCNET issue of Theoretical and Applied Climatology.

Contents: Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Special Issue. 

1. Introduction to the special issue: The REGional Climate research NETwork, RegCNET: F. Giorgi, J. Pal, X. Bi, N. Elguindi, F. Solmon, L. Sloan

2. Simulation of west Africa monsoon using the RegCM3. Part I: Model validation and interannual variability: E.A. Afiesimama, J. Pal, B.J. Abiodun, W.J. Gutowski, A. Adedoyin

3. Simulations of the seasonal and diurnal climate of Southern Africa in the MM5 regional climate model: M. Tadross, W.J. Gutowski, B. Hewitson, C. Jack, M. New

4. Climate variability over the Greater Horn of Africa based on an NCAR AGCM ensemble: R.O. Anyah and F.H.M. Semazzi

5. Regional climate model domain choice in the tropics based on process considerations: S.A. Rauscher, A. Seth, J.-H. Qian, S.J. Camargo

6. Simulation of the summer monsoon circulation over South America by two regional climate models. Part I: Mean climatology: J.P. Reyes-Fernandez, S.H. Franchito, V.B. Rao

7. Simulation of the summer monsoon circulation over South America by two regional climate models. Part II: A comparison between 1997/1998 El Nino and 1998/1999 La Nina events: J.P. Reyes-Fernandez, S.H. Franchito, V.B. Rao

8. Extreme precipitation over the Maritime Alps and associated weather regimes simulated by a regional climate model: Present day and future climate scenarios: C. Boroneant, G. Plaut, F. Giorgi and X. Bi

9. On the analysis of uncertainties in frequencies and intensity of extremes in long term regional climate simulations - Comparison with real data from Czech Republic: T. Halenka, J. Kalvova, Z. Chladova, A. Demeterova, K. Zemankova, M. Belda

10. Comparison of regional climate model and statistical downscaling simulations of different winter precipitation change scenarios over Romania: A. Busuioc, F. Giorgi, X. Bi, M. Ionita

11. Effect of remote forcings on the winter precipitation of Central Southwest Asia. Part I: Observations: F. Syed, F. Giorgi, J. Pal

12. Impact of spring Tibetan snow depth on Indian summer monsoon circulation and rainfall: S.K. Dash, M.S. Shekar, G.P. Singh

13. Parameterization of thermal effects of sub-grid orography in a numerical model and its impact on the surface energy budget over East Asia: Zhang Yaocun, Huang Anning, Zhu Xinsheng

14. On the role of resolution and topography in the simulation of East Asia precipitation: Xuejie Gao, Ying Xu, Zhong Ci Zhao, J.S. Pal, F. Giorgi

15. Present climate simulation over Korea with a regional climate model using a one-way double-nested system: E.-S. Im, E-H. Park, W.-T. Kwon, F. Giorgi

16. Regional model simulation of summer rainfall over the Philippines: R.V. Francisco, J. Argete, F. Giorgi, J. Pal, X. Bi W. Gutowski

17. Sensitivity studies of the RegCM3 simulation of summer precipitation, temperature and local wind field in the Caribbean Region: D. Martinez-Castro, R. Porfirio ad Rocha, A. Bezanilla-Morlot, L. Alvarez-Escudero, J. Pablo-Reyes Fernandez, Y. Silva-Vidal and R.W. Arritt

18. A framework for regional modeling of past climates. Authors: L. Sloan