High-resolution climate: observations, models and projections
3 - 8 September 2017
Congressi Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland
Scope
The 16th International Swiss Climate Summer School focuses on ‘High-resolution climate: observations, models and projections’. With the advent of satellites and high-performance computing, the resolution of climate information is dramatically increasing. This development is of critical importance from a societal point of view. It will improve the representation of key processes, weather systems and extreme events; reduce uncertainties in climate projections; and facilitate the use of climate information for mitigation and adaptation measures. Topics covered will include:
- What observational methodologies provide high-resolution data?
- How suitable are current global and regional climate models for high-resolution application?
- What is the role of high resolution in representing extreme events such as heat waves, droughts, wind storms and floods?
- How can we exploit the highly parallel and heterogeneous hardware architectures of emerging generations of high-performance supercomputers?
- How can high-resolution information be used to inform decision processes in the context of a changing climate?
Find more information:
https://c2sm.ethz.ch/education/previous-summer-schools/2017-summer-school.html
