Curriculum Vitae
October 2015Strada Costiera 11, 34151 Trieste, Italy. Phone: +39 040 2240 307
Email: rfarneti@ictp.it
Research Interests
•Physical Oceanography, Ocean Modelling and Climate Dynamics.
•The role of the ocean in climate variability, predictability and change.
•Ocean-atmosphere dynamics and coupling.
•Development of ocean and coupled climate models.
Employment Record
2013 - Research Scientist. Earth System Physics (ESP) Section, ICTP, Trieste, Italy. 2011 - 2013 Senior Postdoctoral Fellow. ESP Section, ICTP, Trieste, Italy.
2010 - 2011 Visiting Scientist. ESP Section, ICTP, Trieste, Italy.
2009 - 2010 Research Scholar. Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University. NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), USA.
2006 - 2008 Post-Doc. Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University, NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), USA.
Education
2001-2005 Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography,
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton University, U.K.
1996-2001 Licenciatura Degree (MSc) in Marine Sciences - Physical Oceanography. University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
Awards
2013 Best paper Award. First Annual Conference of the Italian Society for Climate Sciences.
2011 ICTP Vilhelm Bjerknes Fellow in Earth System Physics.
2006-2008 Princeton University AOS Postdoctoral Fellowship.
2003 WUN Scholarship - SCRIPPS Institution of Oceanography.
2002 Fellowship to the GEFD Summer School at the University of Cambridge, U.K.
2001-2005 Southampton Oceanography Centre Ph.D. Studentship.
2000 Research Studentship at the Physics Dept., Univ. Las Palmas, Spain.
Teaching Activities
2015– To date Climate and Climate Change (Master on Global Change Ecology, Univ. Trieste) 2014– To date Earth System Dynamics and Modelling (ICTP Postgraduate Diploma)
2012– To date Fluid Mechanics (ICTP Postgraduate Diploma)
2010–2011 Introduction to Physics of the Earth System (ICTP Postgraduate Diploma)
Community Service
- International Collaborator SOCCOM project, Princeton University
- Member Academic Board of the PhD Program in Earth Science and Fluid Mechanics (ESFM) at the University of Trieste.
- Article reviewer for: Nature, J. Phys. Oceanogr., J. Climate, Climate Dyn., J. Atmos. Sci., Ocean Modell., J. Geophys. Res., Geophys. Res. Lett., Tellus, Progr. Oceanogr., Geosci. Model Dev., Ocean Science. - Proposal reviewer for: NOAA, NSF, NERC.
ICTP PostGraduate Diploma Thesis Supervised
2015 Ajayi Opeoluwa: “Hysteresis behaviour of the ACC” (now MSc student at Grenoble Univ.) 2013 Daniel Moukiibi: “Eddy saturation in a QG model” (now PhD student at Hamburg Univ.) 2012 Elzina Bala: “Meridional energy transport in present and future climates”
2011 Nguyen Chien Ngoc: “Climate change induced by the weakening of the MOC”
PhD Students (Co-)Supervised
2014 Marco Reale (ESFM, Univ. Trieste)
Post-Docs Supervised
2013–2015 Lina Sitz (Univ. del Sur, Argentina)
ICTP Associates Supervised
2013–2015 Suneet Dwivedi (Univeristy of Allahabad, India) 2014–2019 Nancy Villegas Bolanos (Univ. Nacional, Colombia) 2014–2019 Mohamed Elsayed Shaltout (Alexandria University, Egypt) 2015–2020 Elisee Toualy (University of Ivory Coast, Ivory Coast) 2015–2020 Marcelo Barreiro (Univ. de la Rep., Uruguay)
Workshops and Meetings Organized
2015 • Workshop on ‘Decadal Climate Variability and Predictability’. ICTP, Italy
• School on ‘Ocean Climate Modelling: Physical and biogeochemical dynamics of semi-enclosed seas. Ankara, Turkey
2014 • Workshop on ‘South Atlantic circulation variability and change: integrating models and.
observations. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• School on Parallel Programming and Parallel Architecture for HPC and Developer School for HPC applications in Earth Sciences - Symposium on HPC and Data-Intensive
applications in Earth Sciences. ICTP, Trieste, Italy.
2013 • School on ‘Fundamentals of Ocean Climate Modelling at Global and Regional Scales’. INCOIS, Hyderabad, India.
2012 • Workshop on ‘Variability in the western tropical Pacific: Mechanisms, teleconnections and impacts on sub-seasonal, interannual and interdecadal time scales’. ICTP, Italy.
• Workshop on ‘Climate Change in the Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas’. Guayaquil, Ecuador. 2011 • Workshop on ‘Hierarchical Modelling of Climate’,ICTP, Trieste, Italy.
Outreach Activities
2011 Lectures on Oceanography and Climate to primary and secondary schools
Personal Details
- Date and Place of Birth: Legnago (VR), Italy; August 30, 1975. - Nationality: Italian.
- Status: Married. Two children.
List of Publications Submitted
31 Nnamchi, H., J. Li, F. Kucharski, I-S. Kang, N. S. Keenlyside, P. Chang,R. Farneti (2016)
The Atlantic Ni˜no—an equatorial arm of the South Atlantic Ocean Dipole, Submitted toJ. Climate. 30 Molteni, F., R. Farneti, F. Kucharski, T. Stockdale (2016), Modulation of air-sea fluxes by extratropical
planetary waves and its impact on the recent warming hiatus. Submitted to Nature Clim. Change
29 Tseng, Y-h., ..., R. Farneti, ... (2016), North and Equatorial Pacific Ocean Circulation in the CORE-II Hindcast Simulations. Ocean Modell., in revision.
28 Danabasoglu, G., ...,R. Farneti, ... (2016), North Atlantic simulations in Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments phase II (CORE-II). Part II: Interannual to decadal variability.
Ocean Modell., in revision.
2015
27 Nnamchi, H., J. Li, F. Kucharski, I-S. Kang, N. S. Keenlyside, P. Chang,R. Farneti (2016) Thermodynamic control of Atlantic Ni˜no,Nat. Comm., In press.
26 Farneti, R., et al. (2015), An assessment of Antarctic Circumpolar Current and Southern Ocean Meridional Overturning Circulation during 1958–2007 in a suite of interannual CORE-II simulations,
Ocean Modell., 93, 84–120.
25 Downes, S.,R. Farneti, et al. (2015), An assessment of Southern Ocean water masses and sea-ice during 1988-2007 in a suite of interannual CORE-II simulations,
Ocean Modell., 94, 67-94.
24 Sitz, L., R. Farneti, S. M. Griffies (2015), Simulated South Atlantic transports and their variability during 1958-2007, Ocean Modell., 91, 70–90.
23 Kucharski, F., F. Ikram, F. Molteni, R. Farneti, I.-S. Kang, H.-H. No, M. P. King, G. Giuliani, K. Mogensen (2015), Atlantic forcing of Pacific decadal variability,
Climate Dyn., doi:10.1007/s00382-015-2705-zt.
2014
22 Farneti, R., S. Dwivedi, F. Kucharski, F. Molteni, S. M. Griffies (2014), On Pacific subtropical cell variability over the second half of the 20th century,J. Climate, 27, 18, 7102–7112.
21 Farneti, R., F. Molteni, F. Kucharski (2014), Pacific interdecadal variability driven by tropical-extratropical interactions,Climate Dyn., 42, 11–12, 3337–3355.
20 Griffies, S., ... ,R. Farneti, ... (2014), Global and regional sea level in a suite of interannual CORE-II hindcast simulations,Ocean Modell., 78, 35–89.
19 Danabasoglu, G., ... , R. Farneti, ... (2014), North Atlantic simulations in Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments phase II (CORE-II). Part I: Mean states,Ocean Modell., 73, 76–107.
2013
18 Farneti, R. and G. K. Vallis (2013), Meridional energy transport in the coupled atmosphere-ocean system: Compensation and partitioning,J. Climate, 26, 18, 7151–7166.
17 Farneti, R., S. Salon, A. Crise, R. Martinez. (2013), Climate change in Mediterranean and Caribbean seas: research experiences and new scientific challenges,Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.,94, ES89-ES92. 16 Fˇuckar, N. S., S.-P. Xie,R. Farneti, E. Maroon, D.W. Frierson (2013), Influence of extratropical
ocean circulation on the intertropical convergence zone in an idealized coupled general circulation model,J. Climate, 26, 13, 4612–4629.
15 Kwon, E. Y., S. Downes, J. Sarmiento,R. Farneti, C. Deutsch (2013), The role of seasonal cycle in the subduction rates of Southern Ocean mode waters,J. Phys. Oceanogr.,43, 1096–1113. 14 Kucharski, F., F. Molteni, M.P. King,R. Farneti, I.-S. Kang, L. Feudale (2013),
On the need of intermediate complexity general circulation models: a “SPEEDY” example,
Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 94, 1, 25–30.
13 Griffies, S. M., ...,R. Farneti, ... (2013), An assessment of global and regional sea level in a suite of interannual CORE-II simulations: a synopsis,Clivar Exchanges., 62, 18, 11–15.
2012
12 Meredith, M. P., A. C. Naveira Garabato, A. McC. Hogg,R. Farneti (2012), Sensitivity of the overturning circulation in the Southern Ocean to climate change,
J. Climate,25, 1, 99–110.
2011
11 Farneti, R. and G.K. Vallis (2011), Mechanisms of interdecadal climate variability and the role of ocean-atmosphere coupling,Climate Dyn., 36, 1, 289–308.
10 Farneti, R., P. R. Gent (2011), The effects of the eddy-induced advection coefficient in a coarse-resolution coupled climate model,Ocean Modell.,39, 135–145.
9 Griffies, S. M., M. Winton, L. J. Donner, S. Downes, R. Farneti, A. Gnanadesikan,
L. W. Horowitz, W. Hurlin, H.-C. Lee, J. B. Palter, B. L. Samuels, A. Wittenberg, B. L. Wyman, J. Yin (2011), GFDL’s CM3 coupled climate model: Characteristics of the ocean and sea ice simulations,J. Climate,24, 13, 3520–3544.
8 Downes, S. M., A. Budnick, J. L. Sarmiento,R. Farneti (2011), Impacts of wind stress on the Antarctic Circumpolar Current fronts and associated subduction,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L11605, doi:10.1029/2011GL047668.
7 Kucharski, F., I.-S. Kang, R. Farneti, L. Feudale (2011), Tropical Pacific response to 20th Century Atlantic warming, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L03702, doi:10.1029/2010GL046248.
2010
6 Farneti, R., T. L. Delworth (2010), The role of mesoscale eddies in the remote oceanic response to altered Southern Hemisphere winds, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 40, 10, 2348–2354.
5 Farneti, R., T. L. Delworth, A. J. Rosati, S. M. Griffies, F. Zang (2010), The role of mesoscale eddies in the rectification of the Southern Ocean response to climate change,
J. Phys. Oceanogr., 40, 7, 1539–1557.
2009
4 Farneti, R. and G.K. Vallis (2009), An Intermediate Complexity Climate Model (ICCMp1) based on the GFDL Flexible Modelling System, Geosci. Model Dev., 2, 1, 73-88.
3 Vallis, G. K. and R. Farneti(2009), Meridional energy transport in the coupled atmosphere-ocean system: Scaling and numerical experiments,Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 135, 644, 1643–1660.
2007–2005
2 Farneti, R. (2007), Coupled interannual Rossby waves in a Quasi-Geostrophic coupled model,
J. Phys. Oceanogr., 37, 5, 1192-1214.
1 Farneti, R. and P.D. Killworth (2005), The effects on oceanic planetary waves of coupling with an atmospheric energy balance model,Tellus, 57A, 742-757.
0 Farneti, R. (2005), Oceanic planetary waves in the coupled ocean-atmosphere system.
University of Southampton, Faculty of Engineering Science and Mathematics,
School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, PhD Thesis, 125pp.
Non Refereed Publications
1 Farneti, R.(2013), Pacific interdecadal variability driven by tropical-extratropical interactions.
Proceedings of the 2013 SISC Annual Conference, Lecce, Italy, 30–39.
2 Farneti, R.and G.K. Vallis (2008), An idealized ocean-atmosphere-land-ice coupled model:
Oral Presentations
24 Farneti, R. (July, 2015), An assessment of Antarctic Circumpolar Current and Southern Ocean Meridional Overturning Circulation during 1958–2007 in a suite of interannual
CORE-II simulations. IUGG General Assembly 2015, Prague.
23 Farneti, R. (July, 2015), Pacific interdecadal variability and the role of tropical-extratropical interactions. IUGG General Assembly 2015, Prague.
22 Farneti, R. (March, 2014), Meridional Energy Transport in the Coupled Ocean-Atmopshere System and its decadal variability. ENEA, Rome, Italy.
21 Farneti, R. (October, 2013), Pacific interdecadal variability driven by tropical-extratropical interactions. 2013 SISC Annual Conference, Lecce, Italy.
20 Farneti, R. (September, 2013), Meridional Energy Transport in the Coupled Ocean-Atmopshere System: Variability, Partitioning and Compensation. NACLIM General Meeting, ICTP, Trieste, Italy.
19 Farneti, R. (April, 2013), Southern Ocean 20th Century climate in a suite of forced global ocean-ice simulations. EGU2013-6416, EGU General Assembly 2013, Vienna.
18 Farneti, R. (November, 2012), Pacific interdecadal variability driven by tropical-extratropical interactions. Western Tropical Pacific Workshop, ICTP, Italy.
17 Farneti, R. (May, 2012), Meridional Energy Transport in the Coupled Ocean-Atmopshere System: Variability, Partitioning and Compensation. CMCC, Bologna, Italy.
16 Farneti, R. (Apr, 2012), Meridional Energy Transport in the Coupled Ocean-Atmopshere System: Variability, Partitioning and Compensation. EGU General Assembly 2012, Vienna.
15 Farneti, R. (Jan, 2012), The ICTP-MOM Ocean Model: CORE-I and CORE-II simulations.
10thSession of the CLIVAR Working Group on Ocean Model Development, Venice, Italy.
14 Farneti, R. (Sept, 2011), Meridional Energy Transport in the Coupled Ocean-Atmopshere System: Variability, Partitioning and Compensation. 14thSession of the CLIVAR-WGSIP, Trieste, Italy. 13 Farneti, R. (Dec, 2010), Mesoscale Eddies and the Southern Ocean Response to
Climate Change. CMCC, Bologna, Italy.
12 Farneti, R. (Aug, 2010), The role of the ocean in decadal climate variability: sensitivity to model formulation. Conference on Decadal Predictability, ICTP, Trieste, Italy.
11 Farneti, R. (Nov, 2009), Mechanisms of interdecadal climate variability and the role of ocean-atmosphere coupling. COLA, Maryland, USA. (Invited Talk)
10 Farneti, R. (Nov, 2009), Variability and compensation of the meridional energy
transport in the coupled atmosphere-ocean system. Workshop on Ocean-Atmosphere Energy Transport, Caltech, USA.
9 Farneti, R. (Oct, 2009), Mesoscale Eddies and the Southern Ocean Response to Climate Change.
AOS, Princeton, USA.
8 Farneti, R. (Nov, 2008), Mechanisms of Atlantic Interdecadal Variability in a Simplified
Climate Model. Conference on teleconnections in the atmosphere and oceans – ICTP, Trieste, Italy. 7 Farneti, R. (March, 2008), On interdecadal mechanisms of climate variability in a simplified
climate model. GFDL/NOAA, Princeton, USA.
6 Farneti, R. (Sep, 2007), Mechanisms of interdecadal climate variability: Coupled and uncoupled integrations with a simplified climate model. PAOC Sack Lunch Seminar, MIT, USA. (Invited Talk) 5 Farneti, R. (July, 2007), Decadal to centennial climate variability in a model of the coupled
ocean-atmosphere system. AMS 16th AOFD meeting, Santa Fe, NM, USA.
4 Farneti, R. and G.K. Vallis (June, 2007), Decadal to centennial climate variability in a model of the coupled ocean-atmosphere system. IUGG, Perugia, Italy.
3 Farneti, R. (July, 2005), Coupled interannual Rossby waves in a Quasi-Geostrophic coupled model, GFDL/NOAA, Princeton, USA.
2 Farneti, R. (June, 2005), Coupled interannual Rossby waves in a Quasi-Geostrophic coupled model. Dept. Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, USA. (Invited Talk) 1 Farneti, R. (March, 2003), The effects on Planetary wave properties of simple couplings
Posters
9 Farneti, R., F. Kucharski and F. Molteni (Apr, 2013), Pacific interdecadal variability driven by tropical-subtropical interactions,EGU2013-6423, EGU General Assembly 2013, Vienna. 8 Farneti, R., N.S. Fˇuckar, S.-P. Xie, E. Maroon and D.W. Frierson (Apr, 2012), Could changes
in the extratropical ocean circulation modify the mean tropical climate and ITCZ?,
EGU2012-4297, EGU General Assembly 2012, Vienna.
7 Farneti, R., F. Kucharski and F. Molteni (Apr, 2012), On the mechanisms of interdecadal Pacific oscillation-type variability,EGU2012-9584, EGU General Assembly 2012, Vienna. 6 Farneti, R.(Sep, 2010), The response of the meridional overturning circulation to decadal
strengthening of Southern Hemisphere winds: the role of mesoscale eddies and their parameterisation in climate models,WCRP WGOMD-GSOP Workshop on decadal variability, predictability and
prediction: understanding the role of the ocean, Boulder, USA.
5 Farneti, R.(Feb, 2010), The Role of Mesoscale Eddies in the Rectification of the Southern Ocean Response to Climate Change, and their remote implications,Ocean Sciences Meeting, AGU, USA. 4 Farneti, R., T. L. Delworth and A. J. Rosati (April, 2009), The role of mesoscale eddies in the
rectification of the Southern Ocean response to climate change,
WGOMD Workshop on Ocean Mesoscale Eddies, Met Office, Exeter, U.K.
3 Farneti, R.(November, 2006), A simplified coupled model of Atlantic climate variability,
Multidecadal to Centennial global climate variability, Clivar Workshop, Hawaii.
2 Farneti, R.and and P.D. Killworth (2005), Oceanic Planetary waves in a Q-G coupled model,
EGU05-A-04782, EGU General Assembly 2005, Vienna, Austria.
1 Farneti, R.and and P.D. Killworth (2003), The effects on Planetary wave properties of coupling with simple atmospheres,EAE-03-A-05460, EGS-AGU-EGU Joint Assembly, Nice, France.
