Paolo Davini

Phone
+39 011 3839836
Role
PRIMO RICERCATORE
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Research Activity

I am a climatologist with a physics background, at CNR-ISAC since 2017. My scientific interest is mainly devoted to the extratropical climate variability, with a special eye on the ability of Global Climate Models in reproducing spatial and temporal modes of variability (as atmospheric blocking or the North Atlantic Oscillation) and their related climate extremes. I participate in the development of the EC-Earth Earth System Model and I have been the CNR responsible for the EC-Earth CMIP6 integrations that will be part of the next IPCC report. Since 2022, I am involved in the Destination Earth initiative coordinating the model evaluation working package in the Climate Adaptation Digital Twin

Current interests involve: 

  • Mid-latitude climate variability, atmospheric blocking and extreme events.
  • Global climate model development, tuning and evaluation.
  • The role of surface drag in shaping the North Atlantic jet streams. 
  • Northern Hemisphere teleconnections (e.g. NAO, AMV, stratosphere-troposphere coupling) and their representation in climate models.
  • Snowboard and traveling aren't that bad, either.
  • An outreach project for the Italian audience, noncivuoleunascienza: funny drawings to explain science concepts!

If you don't have anything else to do, have a look at my Google Scholar profile and my Github account. 

 

NEWS:

  • Jun 2023: Our PRIN2022 EPOCHAL to explore with low resolution climate model the Eocene and other paleoclimate has been funded!
  • Oct 2022: We are part of the Destination Earth Climate Adaptation Digital Twin
  • May 2022: The role of orographic parametrizations in shaping mid-latitude climate is larger than we expected! A new WCD paper just showed it!
  • Oct 2021: Have you ever thought about the influence that climate variability might had on plants reproduction, also from an evolutionary perspective? A new amazing paper is out!
  • May 2021: How much the COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns impacted the climate? Our paper on GRL is here!
  • Feb 2021: The official EC-Earth3 paper is now on GMD here for discussion! 
  • Jan 2021: Our new work on seasonal predicton of atmospheric blocking in the ECMWF seasonal forecast is out here on QJRMS!
  • Aug 2020: Our new paper on atmospheric blocking in CMIP6 models is out here on Journal of Climate! 
  • Mar 2020: A scientific exercise to forecast the evolution of the COVID-19 outbreak is online here.
  • Nov 2019: All CMIP6 simulations are completed and published on the esgf-cnr.hpc.cineca.it archive.