[Todos] [FCEyN] Curso del ICTP en Exactas

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Se anuncia del siguiente curso organizado por el Abdus Salam 
International Centre for Theoretical Physics en nuestra Facultad.
Para aquellos interesados, se informa que tambien se tramitara ante la 
Comision de Doctorado el puntaje correspondiente. Sin embargo, la
inscripcion en el ICTP es necesaria para una mejor organizacion del curso.

"Workshop on the Interdisciplinary Science of Climate Changes: Basic 
Elements" Organized by: The Abdus Salam International Centre for 
Theoretical Physics
(ICTP). 12 March to 4 April 2007
Venue: Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Co-sponsored by: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory/NOAA, NOAA 
Climate Program Office, and Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales de la
Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Directors: G. Philander, I. Orlanski, F. Giorgi.
Local Organizers: C. Vera, S. Solman

Introduction:
Initial studies of global warming dealt mainly with the atmosphere, but 
today it is recognized that the climate system depends on interactions 
between the Earth's atmosphere, oceans, land surface, ice sheets and 
biosphere. Global warming will present different societal challenges in 
different parts of the world. What policies should we adopt to cope with 
global warming? How much confidence should we have in the scientific 
results that describe various scenarios corresponding to the most likely 
range of future conditions?
Addressing these questions requires an understanding of the methods 
scientists use to predict climate changes. Of central importance is an 
integration of what, at present, are separate branches of the earth 
sciences: meteorology, oceanography, geology, biology, etc. This 
exciting development, known as Earth System Science, facilitates the 
study of a variety of unexplored phenomena that raises new issues.
Planning to face the threat of global warming requires detailed 
predictions of climate changes in different parts of the world. This 
will involve using an array of models, from the global to the regional 
scale, to explore various scenarios of change, and associated 
uncertainties. Indeed, there are many uncertainties in our estimates of  
the future behavior of the climate system. These range from 
uncertainties in our basic understanding of processes (e.g. clouds and 
precipitation), to errors and limitations in the representation of such 
processes in climate models. To address these issues, a series of 
workshops on Climate Change will be presented on: biogeochemical cycles, 
the hydrological cycle, the role of the oceans, land surface, and 
cryosphere in the climate system, etc. This is the first workshop of the 
series and will focus on the "Basic Elements of Climate Change". In 
addition, there will be presentations on the "The Regional Impact of 
Climate Change" by participating scientists and students.

Programme:
A series of lectures are scheduled for each of the following topics: .
Models for Climate Change - F. Giorgi
The Chemistry of Greenhouse Gases - H. Levy
Mechanisms for Climate Variability and Change - I. Orlanski
The Role of the Oceans in Climate - G. Philander
Radiation and Climate Change - V. Ramaswamy

Students will be encouraged to complete small projects and report on 
them at the end of the workshop.

Participation:
The workshop is mainly intended for young researchers and PhD students 
working in the areas of Physics, Chemistry, Atmospheric Physics and 
Dynamics, Climatology and Oceanography, from countries in Africa and 
South America that are members of the United Nations, UNESCO or IAEA. 
The principal objective of the ICTP is to help researchers from 
developing countries through a programme of training activities within a 
framework of international cooperation. Participants should have an 
adequate working knowledge of English. Due to budget limitations, every 
effort should be made by candidates to secure either total or partial 
support for their expenses. However, limited funds are available for 
some participants who are nationals of, and working in, developing 
countries, and who are not more than 45 years old.
Participants are required to take part in all aspects of this activity 
for its entire duration. There is no registration fee.

The Application Form is available at:
http://agenda.ictp.it/smr.php?1877

Applications should be sent via e-mail, fax or post, to arrive no later 
than 30 November 2006, to:
Interdisciplinary Science of Climate Changes - smr1877 (c/o P. Malchose) 
the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics Strada 
Costiera 11, 34014 Trieste, Italy
Tel: +39 040 2240374
Fax: +39 040 2240449
smr1877 at ictp.it
http://www.ictp.it/



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