SCIENTIFIC TOPICS. Better understanding of the intense events: processes and contribution to the trend

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2 The Mediterranean basin: - A region prone to high-impact events related to water cycle - Water resources: a critical issue - One of the two main hot spot regions of the climate change - A unique highly coupled system (Ocean-Atmosphere-Continent) HYMEX OBJECTIVES To improve our understanding of the water cycle, with emphasis on hydrometeorological natural hazards, by monitoring and modelling the Mediterranean atmosphere-land-ocean coupled system, its variability from the event to the seasonal and interannual scales, and its characteristics over one decade ( ) in the context of global change To progress in the predictability of high-impact weather events and their evolution with global change To assess the social and economic vulnerability to hydro-meteorological natural hazards in the Mediterranean and the adaptation capacity of the territories and populations

3 SCIENTIFIC TOPICS Better understanding of the intense events: processes and contribution to the trend Better understanding of the long-term water cycle over themediterranean basin: variability and trend Multi-disciplinary (oceanic, atmospheric, hydrological and social sciences) Seamless (from climate to event scales) Observation and modelling research activities

4 White Book International Science Plan International Implementation Plan Phase 1 Phase 2 International June Scientific International Steering Workshop in Committee Bologna (CNR) Field campaigns LOP EOP SOP1 SOP2 HyMeX Preparation HyMeX Operations

5 International involvement and endorsement More than 20 countries with 350 scientists INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC STEERING COMMITTEE Prof. Piero LIONELLO, University of Salento, Italy (CHAIR) Dr. Philippe DROBINSKI, IPSL/LMD, France (VICE-CHAIR) Dr. Véronique DUCROCQ, CNRM, France (CHAIR EXECUTIVE ISC) Dr. John T. ALLEN, National Oceanography Centre, U.K. Prof. Pinhas ALPERT, Tel Aviv University, Israel Dr. Emmanouil ANAGNOSTOU, Univ. Connecticut, USA & HCMR, Greece Dr. Isabelle BRAUD, CEMAGREF, France Dr. Silvio DAVOLIO, ISAC-CNR, Italy Dr. Andreas DÖRNBRACK, DLR, Germany Dr. Noureddine FILALI BOUBRAHMI, CNRM, Morocco Dr. Jordi FONT, Institut de Ciencies del Mar, Spain Dr. Jim FREER, School of Geographical Sciences, U.K. Dr. Miro GACIC, OGS, Italy Dr. Silvio GUALDI, INVG, Italy Dr. Vanda GRUBISIC, Desert Research Institute, USA Dr. Holger HOFF, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany Dr. Víctor HOMAR SANTANER, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain Dr. Christoph KOTTMEIER, IMK, Germany Prof. Alberto MONTANARI, University of Bologna, Italy Dr. Emin OZSOY, Institute of marine sciences, Turkey Dr. Branka Ivancan PICEK, Meteorological and Hydrological Service, Croatia Dr. Catherine PRIGENT, LERMA, France Prof. Rich ROTUNNO, NCAR, Boulder, U.S.A. Dr. David SAURI, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain Dr. Isabelle TAUPIER-LETAGE, LOB, France Dr. René THERRIEN, Université Laval, Québec, Canada Dr. Joachim TINTORE, Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies, Spain Pr. Remko UIJLENHOET, Wageningen University, The Netherlands Pr. Heini WERNLI, ETH, Switzerland

6 ITALIAN PARTICIPATION Participation to the International Scientific Steering Committee (ISSC) Piero Lionello (Univ. Salento) CHAIR Silvio Davolio (ISAC CNR) Silvio Gualdi (INGV) Alberto Montanari (Univ. Bologna) Miro Gacic (OGS) Participation to the Executive Committee: Silvio Davolio (ISAC CNR) Rossella Ferretti (Univ. Aquila-CETEMPS) Paolo Di Girolamo (Univ. Basilicata) Katrin Schroeder and Jacopo Chiggiato (ISMAR CNR) Participation to several Task Teams aimed at the organization of the Special Observing Period (SOP): many Italian scientists are coordinating the activities of Task Teams National coordination - HYMEX ITALIA (Coord. S. Davolio ISAC-CNR) ( Endorsement letters by several Directors of Italian Research Institutes: CNR: ISAC, ISMAR, IRPI, IBIMET, IMAA, IRSA, IFAC; ENEA (Roma), OGS, CETEMPS, ISPRA

7 LOP: Long Observation Period ( ) EOP: Enhanced Observation Period ( ) SOP: Special Observation Periods SOP1: 5 Sept.- 6 Nov Heavy rainfall and flash-floods Ocean state prior the dense water formation Dense water propagation for SOP1.2 SOP2: March-April Dense water formation and convection formation Cyclogeneses and severe regional winds Aircraft over the NW-Med Sea Le Provence THETYS Urania SAFIRE/F20, 5 Sept-6 Nov. 2012, 50h KIT DO Sept-13 Oct. 2012, 100 h SAFIRE/ATR-42 5 Sep.-6 Nov. 2012, 50h On alert Ship of Opportunity carrying the SEOS (meteo) Box + GPS receiver + thermosalinometer Short R/V cruises

8 SOP1: Heavy precipitation and flash-flooding - 5 Sept - 6 Nov 2012 Italian hydro-meteorological sites: 1) Liguria-Tuscany (LT) 2) Central Italy (CI) 3) North-Estern Italy (NEI) Italian upstream site: Lampedusa Besides Research Institutions, also operational/civil protection agencies involved in SOP activities: 1) National Civil Protection Department (DPC): provides radar and ground stations observations 2) Regional Hydro-Meteorological Centres or Centri Funzionali: provides ground/radar and model data (up to now: Friuli VG, Emilia Romagna, Liguria, Tuscany, Abruzzo, Calabria, Campania, Puglia, Prov. Trento, Prov. Bolzano, waiting for many others) 3) ENAV will set up the Italian Operational Centre during the SOP for coordinating the field campaign activities. Collaboration with NASA (GPM mission) for the deployment of disdrometers and micro-rain-radar in CI and NEI

9 CENTRAL ITALY Coordinator: CETEMPS, IMAA In the Central Italy site advanced instrumentation will be specifically deployed (IDRAX field campaign - DPC; HYMEX SOP) more than 100 surface stations 7 disdrometers 10 hydrometers 2 radiosonde launching stations 4 weather C-band radars 2 weather X-band radars 4 lidars 2 sodars several microwave and solar radiometers lightning sensors 7 (video and laser) disdrometers provided by NASA GPM collaboration Further instrumentation available from ISAC, UniRoma, DIETSAP, UniBas, but requires specific funding

10 LIGURIA-TOSCANA Coordinators: ARPAL, CIMA, LaMMA, CNR Ground station network Meteorological Radar Hydrological measurements ODAS data Radiosoundings available (ISMAR and LAMMA), but require specific funding 3 X-band RADAR (RESMAR) ODAS-Italia1 Ligurian Sea

11 SOP: Special Observing Period HYMEX CRUISE November 2012 Coordinated by CNR-ISMAR Hydrological and Meteorological measurements Water currents

12 NORTH-EASTERN ITALY Coordinators: North-Eastern Italy HydroMeteorological Observatory (NEI HMO), CNR Hydro-meteorological operational network Radar data (Veneto, Trento, Friuli VG) Collaboration with NASA: deployment of 3 disdrometers and a X-POL radar Radiosoundings available (ISMAR), but require specific funding Paloma Gulf of Trieste Acqua Alta North Adriatic Sea

13 LAMPEDUSA upstream site Coordinator: ENEA STRUMENTO PARAMETRI MISURATI RESPONSABILE Stazione meteorologica P, T, RH, velocità e direzione del vento, quantità di pioggia lorenzo.desilvestri@enea.it Piranometro Irradianza solare, daniela.meloni@enea.it spessore ottico delle nubi Pirgeometro Irradianza infrarossa daniela.meloni@enea.it Radiometro a microonde Temperatura di brillanza, profilo di temperatura e umidità, giandomenico.pace@enea.it contenuto colonnare di acqua liquida e vapore SODAR Profilo verticale delle componenti orizzontali e verticale del vento damiano.sferlazzo@enea.it LIDAR Profilo del vapor d acqua, del coeff. di backscattering dell aerosol, base delle nubi, nubi di spessore ottico minore di circa 2 marco.cacciani@uniroma1.it Radiosonde Profili di P,T, RH, velocità e direzione del vento lorenzo.desilvestri@enea.it MFRSR Spessore ottico di nubi e aerosol alcide.disarra@enea.it Sky camera Copertura nuvolosa damiano.sferlazzo@enea.it Radiometro infrarosso Stima della base della quota delle nubi giandomenico.pace@enea.it Cimel Spessore ottico e proprietà degli aerosol, acqua colonnare daniela.meloni@enea.it Specific funding needed

14 OPERATIONAL WEATHER FORECASTING ACTIVITY Several Centres will provide operational weather forecasts to the Hymex Operational Centre and to the Italian Virtual Operational Centre (at ENAV) in order to support the field campaign activity and to select appropriate flight tracks INSTITUTE MODELS CONTACT PERSON ISAC CNR BOLAM, MOLOCH Silvio Davolio ISAC-ISE CNR WRF Mario Marcello Miglietta ISPRA BOLAM Stefano.Mariani Consorzio LAMMA WRF-ARW Francesco Pasi ARPA-SIMC COSMO-LEPS Andrea Montani ARPAL BOLAM, MOLOCH Davide Sacchetti Univ. Aquila, CETEMPS MM5, WRF Rossella Ferretti Several researcher will participate to the operational activity at the Virtual Operational Centre (ENAV) Specific funding needed