Climate modelers improve novel methods to corral uncertainty
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 06:41
in Earth & Climate
Riffing on the theory that two heads are better than one when tackling a tough problem, it was all hands on deck for nearly 70 scientists and students from some 30 countries around the world attending a five-day workshop in Trieste, Italy. Gathered at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), they got right down to sharing insights and strategies to quantify uncertainty in climate model projections. The outcome was ambitious but attainable: assess the reliability and quantify the uncertainty of climate change information for decision-making and map out the path toward next-generation climate modeling. The workshop was designed and organized by researcher Dr. Yun Qian at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.