Some of the topics that will be highlighted at The International Conference on Regional Climate (ICRC)-CORDEX 2019 are: benefits of downscaling, including biases and uncertainties; further development of earth system models; and the human factor and impacts and applications. The conference will also provide a platform for scientists and users from all parts of the globe to meet and advance capacity development, training and
knowledge exchange as well as to build new and enhance existing co-operations.
The EGU General Assembly 2020 will bring together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary and space sciences. The EGU aims to provide a forum where scientists, especially early career researchers, can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geoscience.
The International Soil Modeling Consortium (ISMC) aims to integrate and advance soil systems modeling, data gathering, and observational capabilities, through:
- bringing together leading experts in modelling soil processes within all major soil disciplines
- addressing major scientific gaps in describing key processes and their long term impacts with respect to the different functions and ecosystem services provided by soil
- promoting integration of soil modelling expertise in neighboring disciplines (climate, land surface, eco, hydro, and other models)
- performing soil model intercomparison studies at local to global scales
- consolidating soil and other data platforms for modeling purposes
- integrating societal and environmental considerations into soil and ecosystem functioning
Mountain regions cover about a quarter of the Earth’s land surface and are home to a quarter of the world’s population. They are important sources of freshwater and centres of biological and cultural diversity. Rising global temperatures are causing unprecedented changes and are accompanied by an increased risk of disasters.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is therefore convening a High Mountain Summit to foster high-level dialogue and engage decision-makers and local actors to develop a roadmap to science-based, user-driven knowledge and information systems supporting sustainable development and risk reduction in mountain and downstream regions.
All stakeholders are encouraged to attend this global event.
Integrating Global Change knowledge to decision-making processes: a transdisciplinary approach in the La Plata Basin: a transdisciplinary approach
The purpose of the graduate course and international seminar is to provide early career scientists in Master and Doctoral programs, as well as decision-makers, managers and other public/private sector professionals with scientific information, other types of knowledge, practical experiences, and inter and transdiciplinary approaches to address complex global environmental change problems of socio-economic relevance. The aim is to offer an integrated view of global change sciences combined with water resources, agriculture, and risk management to support better informed decisions towards sustainable environmental management in the La Plata Basin
The aim of this research school is to provide students with an overview of state-of the-art research in the Arctic from observations through process understanding and model development to application. The research school will have five sessions addressing:
- Observational capabilities: including in-situ measurements and satellite remote sensing, field campaigns and operational resources;
- Dynamics of the Arctic environment: what we know about the most important processes and how we include them in climate models;
- Surface coupling: a review of the multitude of surface coupling processes in the Arctic and current approaches to integrating this understanding in models at different scales;
- Climateprojectionandprediction:anthropogenically-forcedandnaturalclimatechangeintheArctic, perspective from the 21st century and opportunities with climate prediction;
- Modelling for Arctic applications: using climate model results in other domains with examples from simulating marine primary production, future shipping routes, and other industrial activities in ice covered waters.
IRS 2020 will provide a comprehensive international forum for presenting and discussing recent research achievements and technological developments on atmospheric radiation and related topics covering a wide spectrum of topics. Internationally recognized senior scientists, young scientists, and students will have a unique opportunity to discuss hot scientific issues, exchange new ideas and establish far-reaching collaborations
We invite Early Career Scientists (ECS) at PostDoc level for an ECS workshop to discuss how you address recent soil research challenges through ongoing research projects. Contributions from the fields but not limited to biogeoscience, climate, hydrological and critical zone science are welcome. After a short introduction, participants dissolve in groups of 4-5 people to identify and work on specific questions. With the skills and experience brought to the table, we identify common ground and shape a roadmap for solving state-of-the-art research questions. Participants will leave with a common understanding of research agendas and a path forward to develop a joint white paper.
The workshop nurtures future soil research talents through stimulating international collaboration beyond projects.
Event aim:
- Networking and experience exchange in a dynamic atmosphere
- Cross-fertilization of research projects
- Identify the most urgent gaps and research questions at the intersection of climate-land-biology
- AGU Preparation & follow-up activities
Join us at the Water Isotopes and Climate Workshop in Boulder, Colorado this October to develop new strategies for applying isotope ratios towards understanding and predicting the water cycle’s role in climate variability and change. Workshop topics are likely to include (but are not limited to):
- Performing paleoclimate data model comparisons for water-isotope based proxy systems, including paleoclimate data assimilation schema
- Improving observational networks for water isotopes in the ocean, biosphere and atmosphere
- Challenges and advantages of incorporating stable water isotope physics in GCMs
- Using water isotopes to evaluate and improve model physics and parameterizations
- Understanding the relationship between water isotopes and the large-scale circulation of the atmosphere and ocean
- Evaluating atmosphere-land surface and atmosphere-biosphere interactions
- Investigating the global hydrologic cycle, including continental recycling and atmospheric moisture transport
- Elucidating the roles of water vapor, clouds, and precipitation processes in controlling climate sensitivity
- Understanding internal climate variability from sub-seasonal to centennial time-scales.
- Integrating paleoclimate data sets with modern observations and climate models toward improved understanding of climate variability and change.
The workshop aims to bring together scientists to overcome the barriers in hydrological studies, including monitoring, modelling and forecasting. Both water quantity and quality issues will be discussed. We hope that covering the different facets of hydrology will help us to develop a more integrated understanding of the interactions between the water, energy and matter cycles, and the direct and indirect anthropogenic effects.
Objectives:
- to review recent scientific contributions to assess past, current and future changes of the water cycle,
- to share the experience of hydrological and hydrochemical monitoring, using different tools and approaches,
- to review recent developments in hydrological modelling in the Baltic Sea basin and neighboring domains, and
- to discuss water quality issues and waste water treatment projects in the Baltic Sea basin.
