General information
| Course name | Project seminar: Wetter- und Zirkulationstypen unter Klimawandelbedingungen - Weather and Circulation Types under Climate Change |
| Course number | 7674 |
| Semester | WS 2024/25 |
| Current number of participants | 4 |
| expected number of participants | 24 |
| Home institute | Institut für Geographie |
| participating institutes | Physische Geographie mit Schwerpunkt Klimaforschung |
| Courses type | Project seminar in category Teaching |
| First date | Tuesday, 15.10.2024 17:30 - 19:00, Room: (1002/B) |
| Veranstaltung findet in Präsenz statt / hat Präsenz-Bestandteile | Yes |
| Hauptunterrichtssprache | deutsch |
| Miscellanea |
Recent climate change, driven by global warming, is very likely to be accompanied by an increase in extreme weather events. The concept of World Weather Attribution has been successfully employed to determine the probability that events such as heatwaves, heavy precipitation and floods, storm activity, or droughts are caused by climate change. However, it remains challenging to identify clear climate change signals in the frequency, duration, or sequencing of weather and circulation patterns. This project seminar addresses this challenge by developing and evaluating weather and circulation type classifications tailored to different regions. Participating students will learn how to create their own classifications using high-resolution reanalysis data and an efficient software package running on the Linux Compute Cluster Augsburg (LICCA). Each student will select a specific region, data configuration (including variables, seasons, atmospheric height levels, etc.), and one of the available classification methods (such as different types of cluster analysis, empirical orthogonal functions, index-based classifications, or machine learning techniques). They will then create an individual classification catalogue, which will be analyzed for significant signals using statistical methods provided during the seminar. The documentation and oral presentation of the (possibly preliminary) results to the seminar group will conclude the course. By the end of the seminar, students will have developed the skills necessary to create and analyze weather and circulation type classifications for various applications, particularly in the context of climate change. |
