The climate in the Venetian and North Adriatic region:
variability, trends and change

workshop

Venice, 27-29 October 2008

The aim of the workshop is to gather together leading experts with integrated expertise and discuss climate change issues at regional “North Adriatic” scale. The workshop aims to review and discuss the status of the present knowledge on the climate of this region and to provide recommendations and guidelines for the future research. The workshop is susteined by Ministry for Infrastructure and Transport - Venice Water Authority.

Temporary Program

Press Release

Comunicato Stampa finale

Topics

	Historical climatology and past climate
	Northern Adriatic sea level and circulation: variability and trends
	Land motions and relative sea level
	Storminess, waves and storm surge
	Regional climate change

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The following invited speakers confirmed their participation (click on the Title to read the abstract):

Invited Speaker	Title	Topic
Fabrizio Antonioli	Land-sea relative movements in Northern Italy
Carlo Barbante	The climate of the past: lessons learned from ice cores at regional and global scales
Andrea Bergamasco	Adriatic General Circulation and Climate Forcing
Reinhard Boehm	Regional climate reconstruction, trends and variability in the past 200 years
Dario Camuffo	Recovery of early period of long instrumental time series in the North – East of Italy
Laura Carbognin	Regional land movement : focus on the Venice coastal area
Luciana Fenoglio	Sea level variability and trends from satellite observations in the Adriatic and in the Mediterranean Sea in 1993 - 2008
Miro Gacic	Oceanographic Properties of the Northern Adriatic Sea: Variability and Trends
Filippo Giorgi	Climate projections for the northern Adriatic region
Piero Lionello	Present trends and variability of storm surge extremes
Piero Lionello	Extreme storm surges in future climate scenarios
Marta Marcos	Future sea level in the Mediterranean Sea
Christoph Matulla	On the evolution of storminess across Northern Italy and the Northern Adriatic Sea
Michele Brunetti, Maurizio Maugeri, Teresa Nanni	Projecting North East Italy temperature and precipitation secular records onto a high resolution grid
Hans-Peter Plag	Understanding Past and Predicting Future Local Sea Levels: The Contribution of Vertical Land Motion
Fabio Raicich	Sea level at Venice and Trieste: common features and differences
Giorgio Spada	Regional isostatic adjustment
Alberto Tomasin	Some remarks on the frequency of surges at Venice and on the effect of flooding
Michael Tsimplis	Sea level trends and variability in the Adriatic
Uwe Ulbrich	Trends and characteristics of cyclones affecting northern Italy

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WORKSHOP VENUE

The workshop will be held in Venice, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Palazzo Franchetti, Campo Santo Stefano 2847.

English is the official language of the workshop.


PARTICIPATION

The participation to the workshop is free of charge, however previous registration is required, until the available space will be filled.
The registration form must be sent BEFORE 20^th October by mail to giuponi@corila.it or by fax to +39 041 2402512 .

Registration form

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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE


Dr. Laura CarbogninISMAR CNR

Dr. Pierpaolo CampostriniCORILA

Prof. Paolo CesconUniversity Ca’ Foscari of Venice

Prof. Piero LionelloUniversità del Salento, Lecce, Italia

Prof. Franco ProdiISAC CNR

Prof. Antonio SperanzaNational Consortium of Universities for Atmosferic and Hydrosferic Physics

Prof. Alberto TomasinUniversity Ca’ Foscari of Venice