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The Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
(ISAC) is a national institute of the National Research Council
(CNR) in Italy, whose goals are to carry on activities of research,
promotion and technology transfer in Meteorology and its
applications, Climate Change and Predictability, Atmospheric
Structure and Composition, and Earth Observations. ISAC
headquarters are located in Bologna, and other five units are in
Cagliari, Lecce, Padova, Roma, and Torino. Over 200 staff members,
postdoctoral researchers, and students are organised into four
divisions and focus on understanding atmospheric processes and
climate. The division of Dynamic Meteorology includes basic and
applied Meteorology, Dynamics of the Atmosphere and of the coupled
Atmosphere-Ocean system, Turbulence at different scales,
Predictability and Dynamic Climatology. The entire spectrum of
atmospheric scales of motion, from the Boundary layer to the
Planetary circulation, including Climate Dynamics, is considered.
Analytical and numerical methods are those typical of Geophysical
Fluid Dynamics. Applied research themes range from modelling of
Turbulence and of Dispersion of pollutants in the Planetary
Boundary layer, to modelling and data assimilation related to
numerical weather forecasting, and to applications of the
meteorological-climatological regional and global models, including
Atmospheric-Ocean coupled models. The program "Atmospheric
Chemistry-Climate Interaction" has the goal to study the physical
and chemical processes that involve atmospheric aerosols and
clouds, and to evaluate the effects of these processes on the
direct and indirect aerosol forcing on climate. Research is
organised in field and laboratory studies on the chemical
composition of aerosols and effects on cloud condensation nuclei
(CCN) activity, and development of parameterisations of aerosol and
cloud processes in mesoscale and global models.
Dr. Francesco
Tampieri is a
laurea degree in Physics,
Bologna University, in 1972. Since 1991,
director of research of CNR. Member of the Editorial Board of the
ERCOFTAC Bulletin (since 1989) and of Boundary Layer Meteorology
(since 2002). From 1995 to
2001: director of the Istituto per lo studio delle Metodologie
Geofisiche Ambientali of CNR and of the Istituto di Scienze
dell'Atmosfera e dell'Oceano of CNR. His
main scientific activity refers to environmental issues, with
specific interests in Fluid Dynamics and Atmospheric Physics. This
activity is documented by more than 60 papers on international
referred journals. He gives lectures in Italian Universities and in
International Schools.Since 2001 he has been teaching a course on
Planetary Boundary Layer and dispersion processes at the Science
Faculty, Bologna University. Some of his former students are
currently active in Universities, in research centres and in local
meteorological services.
Dr. Andrea Buzziis
a senior scientist. He got a laurea degree in Physics, Bologna
University, in 1972. 30 years of experience in Atmospheric Dynamics
and Dynamic Meteorology. This activity is documented by more than
60 papers on international refereed journals. Associated editor of
QJRMS. Principal Investigator of ALPEX and MAP (Mesoscale Alpine
Program) and many other international an national scientific
projects. Since 1998, director of research of CNR. Head of the
atmospheric dynamics group at the CNR-ISAC and coordinator of the
Dynamic Meteorology division.
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