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Nadia PINARDI
University of Bologna - DCC for Coastal Resilience
Associate Professor
Her interests range from ocean numerical modelling and predictions to data assimilation, numerical modelling of marine physical-biological interactions, and pollutants at sea. Her most recent research focuses on understanding uncertainties in ensemble forecasting, oil spill numerical modelling coupled with operational oceanographic forecasts, and the analysis of climate indices in the Mediterranean Sea, such as the Mediterranean Sea Overturning Circulation index.
She has devoted a major part of her career to the conceptual design and practical implementation of ocean forecasting systems across the global ocean. She began with the very first real-time ocean forecast experiment in the California Current system during her PhD, and later led the full development of monitoring, modelling, and data assimilation components for the Mediterranean, Marmara, and Black Seas. In addition, she has used forecasting system outputs to uncover new ocean dynamics in the Mediterranean Sea and to develop several innovative societal benefit applications.
She is a Member of the European Academy of Sciences and serves on the Scientific Council of the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe.
From 2012 to 2019, she was Co-President of the Joint Committee for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) of UNESCO-IOC and WMO, and from 2019 to 2023, she served as Vice-President of the Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems (Infrastructure Commission) of WMO.
She is currently the Chair of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development Programme “CoastPredict” and the Director of the UN Decade Collaborative Center on Coastal Resilience, hosted by the University of Bologna.
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