2009 ICTP Prize

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*2009 ICTP Prize*

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is awarded to

 

*Professor Marcelo Barreiro*

*Atmospheric Sciences Unit, School of Sciences,*

*Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay*

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* *in honor of

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*Edward Norton Lorenz*

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The Prize recognizes Professor Barreiro's important contributions in the 
field of tropical Atlantic variability, and the exploration of dynamical 
mechanisms to explain the paleo-climatic record in the last few million 
years. The results of his investigations have important implications for 
seasonal forecasting and the climate change debate.

 

*Edward Lorenz *(1917-2008) was a great American meteorologist and 
pioneer of chaos theory. As Lorenz studied weather patterns he began to 
realize that they did not always change as predicted. Minute variations 
in the initial values of variables in his weather model would result in 
grossly divergent patterns. This sensitive dependence on initial 
conditions is the hallmark of dynamical chaos. Lorenz explored the 
underlying mathematics and published his conclusions in a seminal work 
entitled "Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow", in which he described a 
simple system of nonlinear equations that resulted in a complex 
dynamical object now known as the Lorenz attractor.

 

*The 2009 ICTP Prize Committee*

P. Creminelli

L. Göttsche

F. Kucharski

M. Marsili (Chairman)

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