Summer Colloquium 2011
Statistical Assessment of Extreme Weather Phenomena under Climate Change
June 6-24, 2011, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Researcher Application deadline is March 28, 2011
Organizers:
Eric Gilleland, Greg Holland, Rick Katz (NCAR), Arun Kumar (NOAA), Mike Patterson (US CLIVAR), Balaji Rajagopalan (CU Boulder)
Objective:
Training in use of extreme value analysis to assess how frequency, duration, and intensity of
extreme weather events could shift as part of global climate change. Topics:
- Analyzing how extreme events and their impacts evolve over time
- Extracting extreme events from coarse resolution models that cannot explicitly resolve extremes using techniques such as statistical downscaling
- Use of extreme value distributions (justified through statistical theory of extreme values)
- Special characteristics of meteorological processes
-- Estimating return levels under non-stationarity
-- Model resolution vs. scales where extreme events occur
-- Weather spells such as heat waves or droughts
-- Temporal and spatial clustering of extremes
- Two tutorials on extreme value analysis, one on basic statistical theory and another on its implementation using open source statistical language R
- Invited lecturers will discuss extreme value analysis from differing perspectives of atmospheric science, statistics, risk analysis, hydrology and other areas
- Students will work in groups on well-defined, but open-ended research projects
- Designed for graduate students who have completed at least one year of graduate-level study in atmospheric science, statistics, risk analysis, hydrology, or related field
- Ideally students should have some training in statistics, but no prior experience using extreme value analysis is required
- ASP will fund travel and local expenses for about 25 student participants
- More information regarding the researcher portion of this colloquium can be downloaded here, http://www.asp.ucar.edu/colloquium/2011/extremes-workshop-USCLIVAR.pdf
- A new component of the ASP Colloquium designed to explore science frontiers
- US CLIVAR will help organize to provide focus for research agenda on extremes
- Separate application process to fund travel and local expenses for 20 to 25 early career to senior researchers
- Students will attend both the Researcher and Student portions of the Colloquium
INFORMATION FOR ATTENDEES
Week 1 Agenda (updated 5/26/2011)
Week 1 Talks
Week 2 Agenda
Week 2 Talks
Logistical information
Transportation information
Frequently Asked Questions about the ASP Summer Colloquia.
For any questions regarding the colloquium not answered in the FAQ's please email:
asp-coll1@asp.ucar.edu
Poster link (for printing), poster.pdf
Co-sponsors of the Colloquium include:
