Saulo Freitas, Brazilian National Institute for Space Research

Abstract:

The increasing frequency of extreme meteorological and climatic events due to climate change has adversely impacted public health, the economy, and societal security. Predicting weather across various scales represents one of humanity's most significant technical and scientific challenges. Several countries have undertaken efforts to tackle this challenge, demonstrating the importance of having real-time and reliable information about current and future atmospheric conditions.
South America has a significant history of developing and applying weather and climate prediction models. However, these efforts are fragmented and dispersed among various groups and models, leading to a lack of interaction among them. Consequently, the predictions currently produced in the continent do not fully utilize the current state-of-the-art scientific knowledge in numerical modeling, methods, and data.
In this context, we possess enormous potential for advancement by concentrating efforts and expertise by adopting a community Earth System modeling approach that addresses all the relevant scales required by our society.
This talk introduces the MONAN (Model for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Prediction) Program. MONAN is a community program led by the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research that proposes a new paradigm on focus and organization for modeling the Earth System to bring the continent to the state-of-the-art in weather, climate, and environmental forecasting.

This colloquium will be on Zoom: https://psu.zoom.us/j/95574895094?pwd=yEI6YV90s9Uei9Q5JtHnirCBXSboB9.1