2nd International School on Satellite Meteorology - ISSM 2025

Date

The Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ISAC) and the University of Naples “Parthenope”, with the technical support from Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) are delighted to announce the 2nd International School on Satellite Meteorology (ISSM) (1-5 September 2025 at CNR Territorial Research Area Conference Centre, Bologna, Italy).

Topics
The core program of the school, based on the theory of satellite remote sensing, satellite observation exploitation and next-generation satellite missions for meteorological applications, will be enriched by new advanced themes focused on computational schemes based on artificial intelligence (AI), high performance computing (HPC) for numerical weather forecast and the groundbreaking digital twins of the Earth system. Addressing current global societal problems requires such a wide range of expertise from remote sensing, machine learning algorithm development, and advanced computational skills. A visit to the European supercomputer Leonardo, hosted and managed by Cineca in Bologna, will be included in the school activity. Leonardo is one of the three pre-exascale systems announced by EuroHPC Joint Undertaking for applications in the field
of the mitigation and management of risks due to extreme situations, natural events, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic events, flash flood.

Applicants
ISSM aims to train the next generation of scientists and operational meteorologists to consider remote measurements from space as a key point for understanding and modeling meteorological phenomena. The initiative is open to Ph.D. students in physical, environmental, atmospheric, or related sciences, and early career operational meteorologists and researchers. Electronics, Aerospace and Astronautical Engineers who want to enrich their CVs are welcome.


Pre-registration (open till 28 FEBRUARY 2025)
The pre-registration is free! Through pre-registration applicants simply specify in advance their plan to participate to ISSM 2025. Each pre-register will be contacted to confirm and formalize the registration fee to ISSM 2025. Pre-registration offers then possibility to apply for a fee waiver application to ISSM 2025 (grant position). Grant positions will be assigned on the basis financial resources of the school and the merit of the candidate curriculum.

Registration and Costs (OPEN from 1 March to 30 June 2025)
The registration fee is 600 € and includes teaching material, coffee breaks, lunches, and social dinner.
The school’s fee also includes the excursion to the Italian Climate Observatory “Ottavio Vittori” on the top of Mount Cimone (2165 m).


Scientific Commitee
Sante Laviola (CNR-ISAC)
Elsa Cattani (CNR-ISAC)
Giorgio Budillon (University of Naples “Parthenope”)
Vincenzo Capozzi (University of Naples “Parthenope”)

Venue
CNR Territorial Research Area Conference Centre – Bologna (Italy)