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