Reporting back from Rossby Centre’s 20th Anniversary
Rossby Centre, SMHI's climate modeling unit, celebrates 20 years in 2017. Since 1997 the Rossby Centre has grown from being a newly established center to being a recognized international player. The anniversary was celebrated with a conference for researchers and users of climate research and climate services on 13-14 September 2017.
Rossby Centre today
Today, Rossby Centre is Sweden's largest climate research and modeling group, developing both regional and global climate models. Its researchers are active in a number of national and international projects, building up knowledge in, for example, Africa, so that more research groups can stand on their own and produce climate information for their countries. The Rossby Centre has built an internationally wide spread user community, and now delivers detailed climate simulations not only for Sweden, but also for large areas of the world. These are increasingly presented in user-friendly climate services, which facilitate its use for climate change impact studies.
Group photo with current and former employees at Rossby Centre. A total of about 50 researchers have contributed to the center's success over the years.
The Conference
Rossby Centre’s 20th anniversary was celebrated with a two-day conference on 13-14 September 2017, held at the Arbetets Museum in Norrköping. The first day focused on climate modelling and research and the second on climate services and international cooperation. The presentations were organized in four distinct sessions and are available for download below.
SMHI research director Joakim Langner launches the conference.
Erik Kjellström mentioned Carl-Gustaf Rossby at his introduction about the Rossby Centre
SMHI research director Joakim Langner launches the conference.
Erik Kjellström mentioned Carl-Gustaf Rossby at his introduction about the Rossby Centre
Ralf Döscher went trhough Rossby Centre's history
Deliang Chen talked about the challenges and opportunities in climate science
Carin Nilsson stressed the need to listen to climate services demand
Hilppa Gregow shared experiences from supporting development of climate services in Finland
Fika time
State Secretary Eva Svedling, SMHI's GD Rolf Brennerfelt and Mattias Hjerpe from Linköping University, in a panel debate led by Erik Kjellström
Rossby Centre's conference audience
Grigory Nikulin has worked at Rossby Centre for the last ten years and Markus Meier from the center's early days.
Lotta Andersson on the opportunities and challenges in using climate scenarios for adaptation
Rámon F Franco presented is work on the role of roughness length on extra-tropical cyclones
Ulrika Willén confronted models with observations and vice-versa
Klaus Wyser on model tunning
Gustav Strandberg on temperature targets
Petter Lind presented Rossby Centre's local scale modelling for the Urban SIS project.
Erik Kjellström and "Who are we at the Rossby Centre"
Jens H. Christensen elaborated on the role of regional climate modelingin the next decade
Shuting Yang talked about the need for coupled model intercomparison projects
Stefan Sobolowski covered the sucesses and challenges of developing climate services in Norway.
Socializing during fika break
Rolf Brennerfelt in the pannel debate about Rossby Centre's role in Swedish climate issues
Erik Kjellström left the microphone to Sten Bergström, now retired from SMHI, who talked about the birth of the Rossby Centre
The first day of the conference ended with a mingle at the Arbetets Museum
Jonas Olsson talked about hydrological impact studies and climate services
Danijel Belusic presented his work on extreme Sahelian storms
Renate Wilcke talked about bias adjustment
Grigory Nikulin on the diferences between climate data, climate information and climate services
Lars Bärring presented climate services for the forest sector
Erik Kjellström and Ralf Döscher closed the conference with their view for the Rossby Centre in the future
Ralf Döscher went trhough Rossby Centre's history
Deliang Chen talked about the challenges and opportunities in climate science
Carin Nilsson stressed the need to listen to climate services demand
Hilppa Gregow shared experiences from supporting development of climate services in Finland
Fika time
State Secretary Eva Svedling, SMHI's GD Rolf Brennerfelt and Mattias Hjerpe from Linköping University, in a panel debate led by Erik Kjellström
Rossby Centre's conference audience
Grigory Nikulin has worked at Rossby Centre for the last ten years and Markus Meier from the center's early days.
Lotta Andersson on the opportunities and challenges in using climate scenarios for adaptation
Rámon F Franco presented is work on the role of roughness length on extra-tropical cyclones
Ulrika Willén confronted models with observations and vice-versa
Klaus Wyser on model tunning
Gustav Strandberg on temperature targets
Petter Lind presented Rossby Centre's local scale modelling for the Urban SIS project.
Erik Kjellström and "Who are we at the Rossby Centre"
Jens H. Christensen elaborated on the role of regional climate modelingin the next decade
Shuting Yang talked about the need for coupled model intercomparison projects
Stefan Sobolowski covered the sucesses and challenges of developing climate services in Norway.
Socializing during fika break
Rolf Brennerfelt in the pannel debate about Rossby Centre's role in Swedish climate issues
Erik Kjellström left the microphone to Sten Bergström, now retired from SMHI, who talked about the birth of the Rossby Centre
The first day of the conference ended with a mingle at the Arbetets Museum
Jonas Olsson talked about hydrological impact studies and climate services
Danijel Belusic presented his work on extreme Sahelian storms
Renate Wilcke talked about bias adjustment
Grigory Nikulin on the diferences between climate data, climate information and climate services
Lars Bärring presented climate services for the forest sector
Erik Kjellström and Ralf Döscher closed the conference with their view for the Rossby Centre in the future
