Interdisciplinary Workshop

Effects of climate change: coastal systems, policy implications, and the role of statistics

Workshop 18-20 March 2009, Preluna Hotel and Spa, Sliema, Malta

Intense course for young researchers on
Statistical software for climate research, 16-17 March 2009.

Workshop schedule
Talk slides for download
Poster presentations for download
Software course material



Sponsored by SEAMOCS, PIMS, STINT, ENCORA Quest4D

   

Organizers:

Peter Guttorp, University of Washington
Hans Hanson, Lund University
Ulla Holst, Lund University
Georg Lindgren, Lund University
Jaak Monbaliu, K.U. Leuven
Tarmo Soomere, Tallinn University of Technology

Topics:

The themes for the workshop are facts and uncertainties of  climate change and its effects on coastal systems and marine safety,  and the use of modern statistical tools to address some of these important issues.

Statistics and climate extremes

Climate change effects

Response of coastal systems to climate change

Structure of workshop

All Wednesday-Friday we will have invited talks with substantial time for discussion, as well as brief invitations to the afternoon poster sessions. At the end of every day we will try to summarize the main open questions and the suggestions made for attacking them. Schedule.

The workshop will be preceeded by one or two intense courses for young researchers. At present Eric Gilleland (NCAR) has agreed to give an intense course in the use of the statistical R-package for use with meteorological data. The course(s) will be held at the Preluna Hotel immediately before the workshop. It will start in the afternoon on Monday, March 16.

Practical details

A number of rooms have been pre-booked at Preluna Hotel (single and some doubles) for the participants. For practical information, contact Georg Lindgren, Mathematical Statistics, Lund.

Participants in the workshop are expected to arrive on Tuesday, March 17, and leave Saturday, March 21. Those who want to take part in the software course have a chance to arrive about noon on the Monday. For those who want to see more of Malta after the workshop some touristic program will be arranged.

Requests to participate

There will be some spaces reserved for non-invited participants. These are primaily intended for young researchers. Application details will be posted here when they become available.