2017 Swiss Climate Summer School

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?

The Summer School invites young researchers from all fields of climate research.  The courses cover a broad spectrum of climate and climate impact research and fosters cross-disciplinary links.  Each topic includes keynote plenary lectures and workshops with in-depth discussion in smaller groups.  All Summer School participants are expected to present a poster of their research, and there will be ample opportunity for discussion.   

Lecturers for keynotes and workshops (confirmed)

C. Bretherton, U Washington, USA
S. Brönnimann, U Bern, OCCR, CH
V. Ducrocq, Meteo France, FR
A. Duguay-Tetzlaff, MeteoSwiss, CH
C. Frei, MeteoSwiss, CH
O. Fuhrer, MeteoSwiss, CH
U. Hamann, MeteoSwiss, CH
T. Hoefler, ETH Zurich, CH
S. Kotlarski, MeteoSwiss, CH
X. Lapillonne, MeteoSwiss, CH
M. Liniger, MeteoSwiss, CH
T. Palmer, U Oxford, UK
O. Romppainen-Martius, U Bern, OCCR, CH
C. Schär, ETH Zurich, CH
T. Schulthess, ETH Zurich, CSCS, CH
B. Stevens, MPI, DE
J. Trentmann, DWD, DE
P.L. Vidale, U Reading, UK
H. Wernli, ETH Zurich, CH