Department of
Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics

Climate Physics, Oceanography and Meteorology

The laboratory is dedicated to the study of the physics of climate, especially to the physical mechanisms inducing interannual to multidecadal variability in the ocean and in the atmosphere. A region of particular interest is the Mediterranean basin.
Research activities focus on:

  • Role of natural forcing in paleoclimate phenomena;
  • Numerical modelling of small-scale and mesoscale oceanic features;
  • Impact of climate variability on sea level in the lagoon of Venice;
  • Analyses of atmospheric and oceanic observations.
Research group

Publications

  • Rubino A., Gacic M., Bensi M., Kovacevic V., Malacic V., Menna M., Negretti M. E., Sommeria J., Zanchettin D., Barreto R. V., Ursella L., Cardin V., Civitarese G., Orlic M., Petelin B., Siena G. (2020). Experimental evidence of long-term oceanic circulation reversals without wind influence in the North Ionian Sea. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, vol. 10, ISSN: 2045-2322, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-57862-6
  • Rubino A., Zanchettin D., De Rovere F., McPhaden M. J. (2020). On the interchangeability of sea-surface and near-surface air temperature anomalies in climatologies. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, vol. 10, ISSN: 2045-2322, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-64167-1
  • Zanchettin, D. et al., Sea-level rise in Venice: Historic and future trends, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 21, 2643 - 26781, 2021
  • Zanchettin, D., T. Toniazzo, C. Taricco, S. Rubinetti, A. Rubino, Angelo; N. Tartaglione, Atlantic origin of asynchronous European interdecadal hydroclimate variability, Scientific Reports, 9,  2019

Research projects

PNRA18_00199_IPSODES Investigating the predictability of the Southern Ocean dynamics through ensemble simulation hindcasts

The IPSODES project aims at improving the understanding of the processes underlying the predictability of the dynamics of the Southern Ocean (SO) and the various fronts of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), which are known to be characterised by highly energetic variations over a wide spectrum of spatial and temporal scales. Since a substantial part of this variability is intrinsic, and thus fundamentally chaotic, predictability in this part of the ocean is particularly limited. IPSODES will use ensembles of numerical simulations, which will be analysed using various statistical methods supported by dynamic interpretations, with a focus on the interactions between processes at different time scales and the link between high-frequency (up to seasonal scale) and low-frequency (interannual scale and beyond) variations. The project will be completed by an application to the study of the transport of floating material in the SO.

PREFACE - Enhancing prediction of tropical Atlantic climate and its impacts

The project aims at improving the forecasting performance of climate models in the Atlantic. To this end, advanced statistical methods are being developed, based on the principles of Bayesian statistics.

Website: http://preface.b.uib.no/

Last update: 23/04/2024