Fwd: last call for International Summer School on Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

[Iannitti Lisa]

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> From: Summer School on Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences <issaos at aquila.infn.it>
> Date: 21 July 2010 14:13:07 GMT+02:00
> To: iannitti at ictp.it
> Subject: last call for International Summer School on Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
> 
> Dear colleague,
> This is to inform you about the 10th edition of the International Summer School on Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (ISSAOS 2010), organized by the CETEMPS – Center of Excellence for the Forecast of Severe Weather by Remote Sensing and Numerical Modelling- and hosted by the University of L’Aquila.
> http://cetemps.aquila.infn.it/issaos
> 
> Title of the school: CLIMATIC CHANGE AND IMPACTS ON NATURAL AND PROTECTED AREAS
> Period: 30 August – 3 september 2010
> Place: Auditorium Sericchi in via Pescara 2/A, L’AQUILA-ITALY
> Director: prof. Martin Beniston, University of Geneva, SWITZERLAND
> www,unige.ch/climate
> 
> The ISSAOS 2010 will provide a series of lectures presenting and discussing recent scientific advances in the characterization of climate change and its consequences for natural and semi-natural areas. These include environmental, modeling and impacts as well as analyses of extreme events. Lectures will be given in slots of 30-45 minutes, on the following topics:
> 
> Global change and mountain regions
> The climate system and impacts
> Climate modelling
> Hydrological modeling
> Extreme events
> Ecological impacts
> Impacts on forests
> Aquatic impacts
> Wildlife impacts
> 
> 
> There will be ample opportunity to sample interdisciplinary approaches to complex environmental problems and to exchange ideas and questions between the lecturers and the participants. A guided excursion to the Gran Sasso – Monti della Laga National Park is also scheduled. Visit our website for further details on topics, registration and other information: 
> http://cetemps.aquila.infn.it/issaos
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> DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION BY BANK TRANSFER: 10 AUGUST 2010 
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> 
> We look forward to seeing you in L’Aquila in August.
> 
> 
> Martin Beniston, course director, and the local organizing team in L’Aquila.
> email: issaos at aquila.infn.it
> URL: http://cetemps.aquila.infn.it/issaos
> SKYPE: ISSAOSaquila