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Research areas:
- Numerical Weather Prediction and Earth System Science
- Land-Atmosphere Interaction and Predictability
- Climate-change and
- low-frequency Variability
Professional pathway:
- Senior scientist
- , Model Division/Physics, ECMWF, UK,
- 2009-2015.
- Scientist, Model Division/Physics, ECMWF, UK, 2006-2009.
- Visiting scientist at the Meteorological Service of Canada, RPN, Canada, 2004-2005.
- ALATNET young researcher at CNRM/Météo-France, GMAP, France, 2000-2003.
- Weather forecasting and land modelling at the ARPA-Piedmont, Italy, 1999-2002.
Academic pathway:
- Habilitation to Direct Research (HDR) in Meteorology (UPS, Toulouse-III), in 2012.
- Doctorate (PhD) in Meteorology (UPS, Toulouse-III and UNIGE, Genoa) in 2003.
- Physics degree (4-year "Laurea", UNITO, University of Torino, Italy) in 1999.
- Visiting student (BSc/MSc, University of Reading, Met. Department, UK) in 1997.
- Computer science ("Diploma", Peano Institute, Torino, Italy), in 1994.
Commitees & Projects:
.WMO/GCW 2013-2015 World Meteorological Organization (), Global Chryosphere Watch (), steering group
- EARTH2OBSERVE 2014-2017: Global Earth
- Observations for Integrated Water Resource Assessment.
- IMAGINES 2013-2015: Global Biosphere Monitoring via multi-sensor
- /multi-scale biophysical land variables exploiting Sentinel sensor data.
- GEOLAND I&II 2006-2012: Global Operational
- Land Surface Modelling and Data Assimilation for Vegetation state and Carbon dioxide exchange.
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About
I contribute to the development of the Earth surface component in the ECMWF Integrated Forecasting System. Representing soil, lakes, rivers, vegetation, snow at kilometric scale has great scientific and technological challenges and large scope to unleash enhanced predictive skills.
Contact
Dr. Gianpaolo Balsamo,
ECMWF, Shinfield Park, RG29AX, Reading, UK.
Telephone: +44(0)1189499246
Mobile: +44(0)7595331517
IM: gpbalsamo
Room: 001
E-mail: pad at ecmwf dot int
Last update: 2015