Seminar presentations

The first cohort of Climatematch Impact Scholars shared their work in a series of seminars chaired by scientists from our collaborating organizations, CMIP and LEAP.

These seminars were open to the public.

The last 30 minutes of each event were dedicated to networking sessions between the presenting scholars and scientists from CMIP and LEAP.

Seminar 1: 26th March, 10:00-11:30 UTC

Chaired by Julie Arblaster and Helene Hewitt

• Influence of ENSO on the coastal upwelling along Northwest Africa

• Oceanic oscillations and Congo River Basin climatology

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Seminar 2: 26th March, 13:00-15:00 UTC

Chaired by Birgit Hassler and Robert Pincus

• Impact of Interannual Variability on the Onset of Summer Monsoon over the Indonesia-Northern Australia Region

• Assessing Spatio-Temporal Precipitation Variability and Extreme Events in India

• Understand underlying mechanisms of ENSO and predicting its impact on the countries surrounding the Niño Region

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Seminar 3: 27th March, 16:00-18:00 UTC

Chaired by Douglas Rao and Isla Simpson

• Understanding historical and future impacts of El Niño on climate and food production in Colombia and Indonesia

• Preliminary observations on the AVHRR-VIIRS v5 daily NDVI data for the assessment of vegetation-climate dynamics in the Jubba-Shabelle watershed of East Africa

• Wildfires in Angola: Correlation of vegetation and meteorological variables with wildfire intensity

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Seminar 4: 27th March, 21:00-23:00 UTC

Chaired by Julius Busecke and Thea Hatlen Heimdal

• Understanding Land Cover Change in a Tropical Region due to Rapid Agricultural Increase: Interactions with Environmental and Socioeconomic Factors

• Assessment of fire events in Argentinian Andean-Patagonian Forests between 2002-2020

• Observing ECCO Model vs Tidal Gauges around Hurricane Maria