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In September the CORDEX Science Advisory Team met in Santander, Spain and online for an extended meeting to move forward in the restructuring of CORDEX, including selecting new SAT members and defining responsibilities. There was also an open part of the meeting that aimed to involve the CORDEX community in the discussions on the newly established Task Forces, new scientific topics, challenges, collaborations with various WCRP activities as well as with non WCRP initiatives and future plans.

Read the report here

At the 4th International Vietnam Conference on Earth and Environmental Sciences (iVCEES-2024) in Quy Nhon, Vietnam during 26-28 November 2024, CARE for SEA Megacities and CORDEX-SEA had a special session.

The aim of the session was to coordinate and discuss updates on the empirical statistical downscaling (ESD), and land surface physics-based downscaling (LSP-DS) activities under the CARE for SEA megacities project and to coordinate and discuss updates on the CMIP6 downscaling activities of CORDEX-SEA and identify opportunities for collaboration with similar initiatives in Southeast Asia and also to provide a platform for engagement between climate researchers and stakeholders.

You can read the report from the session here:

The International Project Office for CORDEX would like to thank the CORDEX community for all the valuable work during 2024 and also wish all of you:
Happy Holidays!

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From 12-13 November, 2024, the Global Change and Sustainability Center (CCGS) in Villahermosa, Tabasco, hosted the II Workshop on Dynamical and Statistical Downscaling: Hydrological Applications in Mexico and Canada. The workshop brought together ten participants from esteemed institutions in Mexico and Canada, representing a gender distribution of three women and seven men.

Exploring the Climate-Hydrology Nexus

The event provided a platform to discuss state-of-the-art methods in climate modeling and their applications in hydrology. Key highlights included:

1. Climate Models and Their Importance for Mexico

Dr. Mercedes Andrade Velázquez explored the role of climate models in distinguishing natural climate variability from anthropogenic impacts. She emphasized statistical downscaling as an essential tool for enhancing the resolution of global climate models at local scales.

2. Pseudo Global Warming Methodology

Dr. José Antonio Salinas Prieto presented a case study using the Pseudo Global Warming (PGW) approach to analyze the energy dynamics of tropical cyclones and atmospheric disturbances.

3. Hydrological Modeling in Mexico and Quebec

Dr. Annie Poulin and Dr. Romero delved into uncertainty analysis in hydrological projections, aiming to improve flood risk assessments under climate change scenarios.

4. Evaluation of CMIP5 and CMIP6 Models

PhD student Alejandro Ordoñez Sánchez compared CMIP5 and CMIP6 climate models, highlighting advancements in the latter for accurately reproducing precipitation cycles in southeastern Mexico.

5. Innovative Tools and Techniques

Dr. Martín José Montero Martínez introduced Climate4R, a flexible, open-source tool for statistical downscaling, while Sergio Rodríguez Torres showcased neural network-based downscaling for northwest Mexico.

Collaborative Outlook and Capacity Building

The workshop underscored the importance of collaboration and capacity building, as participants conducted a SWOT analysis of the project. Key strengths included robust computing infrastructure, skilled personnel, and interdisciplinary expertise. Identified opportunities include integrating atmospheric sciences into academic programs and leveraging cloud platforms for collaboration.

The event concluded with a roadmap for delivering integrated climate-hydrology outputs by 2025. Participants highlighted the need to strengthen dynamical downscaling expertise and secure additional resources for continued project development.

Acknowledgments

The workshop was made possible through funding from CORDEX and the dedication of the organizing team at CCGS. Special thanks were extended to Dr. Andrade and Dr. Salinas for their leadership and contributions to the project.

Stay tuned for the next steps as this collaborative effort continues to drive advancements in climate modeling for hydrological applications in Mexico and beyond.

As of September, José Manuel Gutiérrez has been appointed as the new third co-chair for the CORDEX Science Advisory Team (SAT). José Manuel Gutiérrez is from the Institute of Physics of Cantabria a joint research center of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) and the University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain and has been a SAT member since 2019.
During the work with restructuring CORDEX it has been decided to enlarge the SAT and to have three co-chairs instead of two. José Manuel Gutiérrez will co-chair SAT together with the other two co-chairs, Silvina Solman and Daniela Jacob.

José Manuel Gutiérrez

In addition, new SAT members have been appointed to start in 2025 bringing new scientific and regional expertise. We would like to warmly welcome Dong-Hyun Cha, Erika Coppola, Faye Abigail Cruz, Ulrich Jacques Diasso, Alessandro Dosio, Jesús Fernández, Marcus Thatcher and Sabin TP as new members of the Science Advisory Team.

We would also like to thank the four SAT members stepping down at the end of 2024, Grigory Nikulin, Sanjay Jayanarayanan, Fredolin Tangang and John Cassano. Thank you all for your excellent contribution during the years!

Im Eun-Soon, Melissa Bukovsky and Csaba Torma invite abstracts to the regional climate modeling session at next year’s EGU General Assembly, 27 April – 2 May 2025 in Vienna.

CL5.4/Regional Climate Modeling, Including CORDEX

This session welcomes papers on methodological developments in regional climate modeling, performance analysis of RCMs, use of RCMs for regional processes studies, past and future climate projections as well as studies on extreme events and impact assessment. Additionally, the session encourages submissions related to the CORDEX program, including the analysis of CORDEX-CORE experiments and simulations within the framework of different CORDEX Flagship Pilot Studies. This year, in celebration of the past 15 years of CORDEX, we also welcome abstracts synthesizing domain specific achievements, progress, and challenges. We anticipate that this session will provide a platform for discussing the progress of RCM-related research and fostering future collaborations.

The abstract submission deadline is 15 January 2025, 13:00 CET. The General Assembly is being run as a hybrid conference, so you may still present in the session if you are not able to attend in person.