Descripción del proyecto
Formación de un grupo de expertos en fenómenos meteorológicos extremos
Los fenómenos meteorológicos extremos, como las precipitaciones intensas, las sequías, las temperaturas elevadas y los vientos de superficie fuertes, tienen un efecto negativo en la sociedad y la economía. El proyecto financiado con fondos europeos EDIPI tiene por objetivo mejorar nuestra comprensión de la dinámica, previsibilidad y consecuencias de los fenómenos meteorológicos extremos en Europa. Para ello, formará a un grupo de investigadores noveles mediante una combinación de mecánica estadística, teoría de sistemas dinámicos, gestión de riesgos, agronomía y epidemiología. En la formación se abordará, entre otras cosas, el uso de conceptos derivados de la mecánica estadística para generar grandes conjuntos de datos de tormentas invernales extremas simuladas o datos de redes sociales para realizar previsiones del número de víctimas provocadas por las temperaturas. El proyecto ofrecerá a los investigadores noveles una gran variedad de oportunidades profesionales en el sector académico, público y privado.
Objetivo
EDIPI (european weather Extremes: DrIvers, Predictability and Impacts) aims to further our holistic understanding of the dynamics, predictability and impacts of temperature, precipitation (including drought) and surface wind extremes over Europe. The three overarching scientific questions we will tackle are: Why does a specific type of weather extreme occur? How can we use this knowledge to better predict it? And finally, what are the likely impacts once it does occur?
Excellence in science will be achieved by a truly interdisciplinary approach. EDIPI will combine climate science, statistical mechanics, dynamical systems theory, risk management, agronomy, epidemiology and more to open unexplored avenues in the study of European weather extremes. Examples include the use of concepts from statistical mechanics to generate large datasets of simulated extreme winter storms, or of data from social networks to forecast temperature-attributable mortality. Excellence in training will be expressed by creating a cohort of weather extremes experts, who combine a physical understanding of high-impact weather extremes with a practical knowledge of predictability tools and an appreciation of user-relevant information required by the private sector. EDIPI will further place great emphasis on soft and transferrable skills, such as scientific programming, IPR, communication and stakeholder engagement, and on open science in accordance with the FAIR principle.
EDIPI’s scientific and training philosophy will ease the development of the project’s findings into products and services and provide a key contribution to enhancing European innovation capacity. It will further prepare the project’s ESRs for a broad range of careers, from academia to the private sector (e.g. insurers, risk managers, catastrophe modellers, financial institutions dealing with weather derivatives) to public bodies (e.g. national weather services, public health agencies, civil protection services).
Ámbito científico
- natural sciencesmathematicsapplied mathematicsdynamical systems
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagricultureagronomy
- social sciencessociologygovernancecrisis management
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesclassical mechanicsstatistical mechanics
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatology
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MSCA-ITN - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN)Coordinador
751 05 Uppsala
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