11th INTERNATIONAL MEETING on STATISTICAL CLIMATOLOGY

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND

JULY 12-16, 2010

The aim of IMSC is to promote good statistical practice in the atmospheric and climate sciences and to maintain and enhance the lines of communication between the atmospheric and statistical science communities.

NEWS

  • Abstract Submission: Please submit abstracts (one page max, in word or pdf) to imsc11@geos.ed.ac.uk before Feb. 15th, 2010 . Please specify to which session the abstract is to be submitted, and state in your email if you prefer an oral presentation or a poster, and if your talk is invited.
  • Notification of acceptance for abstracts for oral or poster presentation and their timing will occur in March.
  • Please download registration form, hotel and travel information HERE

    *** Block bookings with various B&Bs, see registration form; deadlines varying from feb 2 to June 1 ***

  • You may pay registration on-line using E-pay . Reduced rate for early registration.
  • Jan 31st 2010: abstract submission deadline and earlybird registration deadline
  • Please book your hotel youself using the information given on the registration sheet.

    Topics

  • Techniques for multimodel ensembles
  • Understanding recent climate change and predicting the nearterm future
  • Extreme events
  • Predictions of climate change relevant for impacts
  • Reconstructing and understanding climate change over the Holocene
  • statistical methods for climate data

    • Scheduling : The schedule for the conference will be available in April at the latest. Tentatively, sessions on Holocene and historical reconstructions will be held Monday and Tuesday, with invited section of other sessions Wednesday through Friday. Contributed sections will be held in the afternoons and in parallel sessions.

    Chair of the Scientific Program Committee of the 11IMSC: Gabriele Hegerl (U. Edinburgh)

    See a list of sessions here

    We would like to thank the National Centre for Atmospheric Sceinces, the International Centre for Mathematical Science and the Centre for Earth System Dynamics, part of the Scottish Alliance for Geosciences, Environment and Society, SAGES for their support.