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Tailored for undergraduate researchers, this calendar is a curated list of research seminars at the University of Illinois. Explore the diverse world of research and expand your knowledge through engaging sessions designed to inspire and enlighten.

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Seminar Speaker: ATMS Graduate Student, David Lafferty

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
Professor Deanna Hence
Location
2079 NHB
Virtual
wifi event
Date
Jan 29, 2024   3:30 - 5:00 pm  
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CliMAS colloquia

Challenges and opportunities of generating and using local-scale climate information

Climate change is a global phenomenon that manifests at local scales. Developing robust adaptation strategies thus requires reliable projections of how local climate and weather conditions may change in future. To this end, many impact and risk assessments rely on downscaled climate ensembles, where outputs from global simulations are post-processed with the aim of providing more accurate and high-resolution information. In this talk, I will summarize the rationale behind climate model downscaling, outline commonly used frameworks, and discuss the uncertainties and potential biases of this approach in relation to other methodological challenges related to climate risk assessments. I will present recent results showing that the uncertainty introduced by downscaling is often considerable, particularly for extreme heat and rainfall events that can drive large impacts on human and environmental systems. Finally, I will explore potential pathways forward, for both provisioners and users of downscaled climate ensembles, regarding how to confront the challenges raised and ensure adaptation decisions are robust to the full range of plausible climate futures.

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