The climate in the Venetian and the north Adriatic region:

variability, trends and change

Venice 27-29 Oct 2008


Monday 27


9:30 Welcome: P.Cescon, P.Campostrini, P.Lionello

10:00-11 00 Historical climatology and past climate

R.Böhm: Regional climate reconstruction, trends and variability in the past 200 years

T.Nanni, M. Maugeri: Projecting North East Italy temperature and precipitation secular records onto a high resolution

11:00-11:30 coffee break

11:30-12 30 Historical climatology and past climate (cont)

D.Camuffo: Recovery of early period of long instrumental time series in the North – East of Italy

Carlo Barbante: The climate of the past: lessons learned from ice cores at regional and global scales

Discussion


13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 15:30 Storminess, waves and storm surge

A.Tomasin Some remarks on the frequency of surges at Venice and on the effect of flooding

P.LionelloPresent trends and variability of storm surge extremes

C.Matulla: On the evolution of storminess across northern Italy and Northern Adriatic Sea

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 – 17:00 Storminess, waves and storm surge (cont)

U.Ulbrich Trends and characteristics of cyclones affecting northern Italy

Discussion

17:00 – 17:30 Northern Adriatic sea level and circulation: variability and trends

M.Gacic: Oceanographic Properties of the Northern Adriatic Sea: Variability and Trends



Thursday 28

9:30 – 11:00 Northern Adriatic sea level and circulation: variability and trends (cont)

L.Fenoglio: Sea level variability and trends from satellite observations in the Adriatic and in the Mediterranean Sea in 1993 – 2008

F.Raicich: Sea level at Venice and Trieste: common features and differences

M.Tsimplis: Sea level trends and variability in the Adriatic

11:00-11:30 coffee break

11:30 -12:00 Northern Adriatic sea level and circulation: variability and trends (cont)

Discussion

11:30 – 13:00 Land motions and relative sea level

F.Antonioli: Land-sea relative movements in Northern Italy

L.Carbognin: Regional land movement : focus on the Venice coastal area

H.P.Plag: Understanding Past and Predicting Future Local Sea Levels: The Contribution of Vertical Land Motion

13:00. – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15 00 Land motions and relative sea level (cont)

G.Spada Regional isostatic adjustment

Discussion

15:00 – 15:30 Regional Climate change

A.Bergamasco Adriatic General Circulation and Climate Forcing

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 – 18:00 Regional Climate change (cont)

M.Marcos: Future sea level in the Mediterranean Sea

P.Lionello: Extreme storm surges in future climate scenarios

F.Giorgi: Climate projections for the northern Adriatic region

Discussion


20:30 workshop Dinner



Wednesday 29

10:00-11:00 open discussion on future research and open cissues

11:00 11:30 Coffee break

11:30-12:30 Workshop conclusions P.Cescon, P.Campostrini, P.Lionello

16:00 – 17:00 Press Conference