Presentation
Numerical modeling of global physical climate change caused by increasing greenhouse gas concentrations has progressed tremendously in recent decades, with both model resolution and level of complexity rapidly improving. Simulations of the economic consequences of climate change have similarly gone through rapid transformation recently, and now represents a rapidly growing area in the field of economics. However, these two modeling efforts have so far largely existed in separate worlds, despite the obvious close connections and coupling between the processes and phenomena they seek to represent.
This presentation will introduce a pioneering effort to create a numerical modeling framework that joins the two worlds, by coupling a state-of-the-art model of the economic consequences of climate change with the Norwegian Earth System Model NorESM. The first results from a pilot of the modeling framework will be presented, and the wealth of research and teaching opportunities that the framework opens up will be discussed.
Speaker
Trude Storelvmo is a Professor in the Section for Meteorology and Oceanography at the University of Oslo. Her research focuses on the role of aerosol particles and clouds in Earth’s climate. She is particularly interested in how aerosol particles affect climate by acting as cloud condensation nuclei and ice nuclei.
Program
12:00 – Doors open and lunch is served
12:15 – "Global simulations of the interactions between climate and the economy" by Trude Storelvmo
13:15 – Mingling (and goodbye)
To participate, please fill out the registration form. This way, we will not be short on food and drinks! (Registration is not binding and you are welcome to join us anyway!)
This week's seminar is a collaboration with Joint Oslo Seminar, which is:
- Atmospheric and climate sciences have a stronghold in Oslo among the four institutions University of Oslo, the Meteorological Institute, CICERO and NILU.
- This joint seminar invites renowned international experts to contribute to an informal series of lectures, meant to create interaction with the Oslo atmospheric and climate science community on recent highlights and analysis in the field.
- Normally seminars will be held on Thursdays (12:15 pm -1pm).
Video recording
About the seminar series
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