Surname: <b>Artale</b>
<br/>First Name: <b>Vincenzo</b>
<br/>address: ENEA, CR Casaccia,
<br/>I-00123 S. Maria di Galeria (Rome), Italy
<br/>phone  +39 0630483096
<br/>fax       +39 0630484072
<br/>email : vincenzo.artale@enea.it
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Education
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<li>         Laurea in Physics at the University of Rome (date 3/29/1979), with a thesis in physical oceanography : "A model of Messina Strait" with the grade 110 over 110;
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Work experience
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<li>         1983, visiting scientist at the University of Grenoble (France), Laboratoire de Mecanique des Fluid, host of the Prof. P.Germain;
</li><li>         1991-1993, visiting scientist at NCAR (Boulder, C0, USA), host of the Oceanography section, involved in the MECCA Project collaborating with W.R.Holland.
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Work Position
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<li>         2002-today: Head of the Oceanographic Modelling Unit of ENEA,
</li><li>         1999 to 2001: Head of the Climate Section of ENEA,
</li><li>         1995 to 1999: Director's Assistant of the  ENEA Climate Division ,
</li><li>         June 1984-today: Permanent position, as expert in physical oceanography, at ENEA.
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Research interests
<br/>         Vincenzo Artale specializes in ocean circulation and impact studies of climate change in the ocean, in particular in the Mediterranean Sea. His research interest cover in particular the following research area:
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<li>         Develop of Regional Climate Modeling to study the mechanism of climate variability, and projected scenarios analysis;
</li><li>         Numerical modeling: Ocean General Circulation Model and Ocean Regional Model of the Mediterranean Sea;
</li><li>         Development of analytical linear and non-linear model of the stratified flow, in order to study the generation and evolution of the internal waves, solitons, overflow and the physics of the straits;
</li><li>         Data analysis and modeling of buoys trajectories and Lagrangian diffusion;
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Research responsibility at international level
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<li>         2009 - today: Co-Chair of the LCS-RNet (International Research Network for Low Carbon Society) established on the initiative of the G8 Environment;
</li><li>2007 - today: Co-Convener, with Rixen, M  and Levitus, S,  of Ocean Session "Temporal variability of ocean temperature (heat content) and salinity (freshwater content)",  within EGU (European Geoscience Union) General Assembly, Vienna, Austria;</li>


<li>         2004-2007: Lead Authors of Chapter 5: Observations: Oceanic Climate Change and Sea Level of the AR4 (Fourth Assessment Report) IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) WG1 (Working Group 1: The Scientific Basis) Report,
</li><li>         1995-1997: Chairman of the ESF (European Science Foundation)-TAO programme (Transport processes in the atmosphere and oceans),
</li><li>         1995-1999: ENEA representative of the European Science Foundation (ESF) Marine Board previously known as European Marine &amp;Polar Science (EMaPS) Marine Board.
</li><li>         Referee of several international scientific journal (Journal of Geophysical Research, Geophysical Research Letters, Deep Sea Research, Journal of Climate and many others) or international organizations (e.g. European Science Foundation (ESF))
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Scientific coordinator in the following subtask of EU projects:
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<li>         2007-2011, responsible of WP2.2: "Climate evolution scenarios from regional models for the Mediterranean area" of the Project Circe (Climate Change and Impact Research: the Mediterranean Environment) in the European Sixth Framework Programme Priority 1.1.6.3 Global Change and Ecosystem;
</li><li>         1996-1999, Mast3, project Clivamp (CLImatic VAriability of Mediterranean Paleo-circulation), responsible subtask Thermoaline circulation simplified model;
</li><li>         1996-1999, MTP II- project MATER, responsible subtask: physical of the straits, Numerical study of the tidal fluxes at Gibraltar Strait;
</li><li>         1992-1995, MTPI, project MERMAIDS, responsible subtask numerical modelling of the Mediterranean Sea,
</li><li>         1989-1991, Mast I, project TEMPO: "Upper ocean structure and circulation and its response to atmospheric forcing", responsible subtask buoys data analysis.
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Scientific coordinator in the following subtask of national projects:
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<li>         1997-2003, Ambiente Mediterraneo; responsible subtask B:  Analysis and modelling assessment,
</li><li>         1999-2004, SINAPSI (Seasonal INterannual and decAdal variability of the atmosPhere, oceanS and related marIne ecosystems); responsible subtask B: climate variability in the Mediterranean area.
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Refereed Journal Publications
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<li>         V. Artale, D. Levi, E. Salusti, F. Zirilli: "On the generation of internal solitary marine waves", Il Nuovo Cimento, 7C, 1984, 365-377 ;
</li><li>         V. Artale, E. Salusti: "Hydrodynamic stability of rotational gravity waves", Physical Review A, 29, 1984, 2787-2788 ;
</li><li>         Erratum: "Hydrodynamic stability of rotational gravity waves", Physical Review A, 30, 1984, 3322-3323;
</li><li>         V. Artale, E. Salusti, R. Santoleri: "Lyapunov stability of solitary rotational water waves", Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dynamics, 37, 1986, 237-251;
</li><li>         V. Artale, D. Levi: "Nonlinear internal waves in one-dimensional channel", Il Nuovo Cimento, 10C, 1987, 61-76;
</li><li>         V. Artale, A. Provenzale, R. Santoleri: "A process of thermocline erosion on the Sicilian Continental Shelf", Il Nuovo Cimento, 11C, 1988, 653-665.
</li><li>         V. Artale, A. Provenzale, R. Santoleri: "Analysis of Internal Temperature oscillations on the Sicilian Continental Shelf",  Continental Shelf Research, 9, 1989, 867-888.
</li><li>         V. Artale, G.P. Gasparini: "Simultaneous temperature and velocity measurements of internal wave field in the Corsica Channel (Eastern Ligurian Sea)", Journal of Geophysical Research, 95, C2, 1635-1646,1990.
</li><li>         V. Artale, D. Levi: "Nonlinear surface and internal waves in stratified shear flow", Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dynamics, 54, 35-48, 1990.
</li><li>         V. Artale, D. Levi, S. Marullo, R. Santoleri: "Analysis of nonlinear internal waves observed by Landsat-TM" Journal of Geophysical Research, 95, C9, 16065-16074, 1990.
</li><li>         V. Artale, M. Astraldi, G. Buffoni, G.P. Gasparini: "Seasonal variability of gyre-scale circulation in the North Tyrrhenian sea", Journal of Geophysical Research, 99, NO.C7, 14127-14137, 1994.
</li><li>         V. Roussenov, E. Stanev, V. Artale and N. Pinardi: "A seasonal model of the Mediterranean Sea General Circulation",  Journal of Geophysical Research ocean, vol. 100, no. C7, 13515-13538, July 15, 1995.
</li><li>         V. Rupolo, B.L. Hua, A. Provenzale and V. Artale : `` Lagrangian velocity spectra at 700m in the western North Atlantic'', J. Phys.Oceanography , 26,8,1591-1607, 1996
</li><li>         Artale V., G. Boffetta, A. Celani, M. Cencini and A. Vulpiani;  Dispersion of passive tracers in closed basins: beyond the diffusion coefficient, Phys. of Fluids, 9, 3162. (1997)
</li><li>         Artale V., S. Calmanti and A. Sutera; North Atlantic THC sensitivity to Mediterranean waters, Tellus, Series A, Vol.54, Issue 2, 159-174. (2002)
</li><li>         V. Artale, D. Iudicone, R. Santoleri, V. Rupolo, S. Marullo, F. D'Ortenzio The role of surface fluxes in OGCM using satellite SST. Validation and sensitivity to forcing frequency of the Mediterranean thermohaline circulation, J. Geophy. Res C, Vol. 107, no. C8, 10.1029/2000JC000452, 2002.
</li><li>         Sannino, G.M., A. Bargagli, and V. Artale; Numerical modeling of the mean exchange through the Strait of Gibraltar, J. Geophy. Res C, Vol. 107, no. C8, 10.1029/2001JC000929, 2002.
</li><li>         Rupolo V., A. Babiano, V. Artale and D. Iudicone (2003); New space-time tracer diffusivity field for an OGCM. The Mediterranean Sea case, Il Nuovo Cimento C, 26 (4): 387-415, JUL-AUG 2003.
</li><li>         Napolitano E., G. Sannino, V. Artale and S. Marullo; Modelling the baroclinic circulation in the area of the Sicily Channel: the role of stratification and energy diagnostics, J. Geophys. Res., VOL. 108, NO. C7, 3230, doi:10.1029/2002JC001502, 2003
</li><li>         Sannino, G.M., A. Bargagli, and V. Artale; Numerical modeling of the semidiurnal tidal exchange through the Strait of Gibraltar, J. Geophys. Res.,Vol.109,No.C5, C05011, 10.1029/2003JC002057, 2004.
</li><li>         Lucarini V., S. Calmanti and V. Artale; Destabilization of the thermohaline circulation by transient perturbations to the hydrological cycle, Climate Dynamics 24 (2-3): 253-262 FEB 2005.
</li><li>         Sannino G.; A. Carillo, V. Artale, V. Ruggiero and P. Lanucara; Flow regimes study within the Strait of Gibraltar using an high performance numerical model, Il Nuovo Cimento C, Vol. 28 C, N.2, 97-104, DOI 10.1393/ncc/i2005-10177-2, 2005;
</li><li>         Calmanti S., Artale V and A. Sutera. North Atlantic MOC variability and the Mediterranean outflow: a box-model study; TELLUS A , 58A, 416-423, 2006;
</li><li>         Pisacane G., V. Artale, S. Calmanti and V. Rupolo; Decadal Oscillations in the Mediterranean Sea: A Result of the Overturning Circulation Variability in the Eastern Basin? Climate Research, Vol. 31, N. 2-3, July 27, 2006;
</li><li>         Sannino G., A. Carillo, V. Artale; Three-layer view of transports and hydraulics in the Strait of Gibraltar: A three-dimensional model study; JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS 112 (C3): Art. No. C03010 MAR 16 2007.
</li><li>         Lucarini V, Calmanti S, Artale V: Experimental mathematics: Dependence of the stability properties of a two-dimensional model of the Atlantic ocean circulation on the boundary conditions ; RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS 14 (2): 224-231 JUN 2007;
</li><li>         Fusco, G., Artale V., Cotroneo Y.; Thermohaline variability of Mediterranean Water in the Gulf of Cadiz over the last decades (1948-1999), Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, Volume 55, Issue 12, Pages 1624-1638, 2008;
</li><li>         Annarita Mariotti, Ning Zeng, Jin-Ho Yoon, Vincenzo Artale, Antonio Navarra, Pinhas Alpert and Laurent Z X Li , Mediterranean water cycle changes: transition to drier 21st century conditions in observations and CMIP3 simulations, Environ. Res. Lett. 3 044001, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/3/4/044001, 2008;
</li><li>         G. Sannino, M. Herrmann, A. Carillo, V. Rupolo, V. Ruggiero, V. Artale and P. Heimbach; An eddy-permitting model of the Mediterranean Sea with a two-way grid refinement at the Strait of Gibraltar; Ocean Modelling, Volume 30, Issue 1, Pages 56-72, 2009;
</li><li>         Artale, V. Calmanti, S., Carillo, A., Dell'Aquila, A., Hermann, M., Pisacane, G., Ruti, P., Sannino, G.,Struglia, M., Giorgi, F., Bi, X.and Pal, J., and Rauscher, S.: An atmosphere-ocean regional climate model for the Mediterranean area: assessment of a present climate simulation, Clim. Dyn., doi:10.1007/s00382-009-0691-8, 2009.
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Book chapters
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<li>         V. Artale, D. Levi: Solitons in Stratified Shear Flow in "Nonlinear Phenomena in Physics of Fluids and Plasma", Editors G.Maino, L.Fronzoni and M. Pettini, World Scientific Ed., 1991.
</li><li>         Hecht, M., W. Holland, V. Artale and N. Pinardi: `` North Atlantic Model sensitivity to Mediterranean water'', Assessing Climate Change: Results from the MECCA, Edited by W. Howe and A. Henderson-Sellers, Gordon &amp;Breach Science Publishers, Harwood Academic Publishers, Sidney, Australia, 169-191, 1997.
</li><li>         Artale V., F. D'Ortenzio , D. Iudicone, S. Marullo, V. Rupolo , R. Santoleri,; Assimilation of satellite AVHRR SST in  OGCM of the Mediterranean Sea; data processing, new parameterizations and physical results;  Proc. SPIE (The International Society for Optical Engineering), Vol. 3496, p.118-129, Earth Remote Sensing II, Giovanna Cecchi; Eugenio Zilioli; Eds. 1998..
</li><li>         N. Pinardi, W. Roether, A. Lascaratos, K. Haines, P. DeMey, S. Bassini, J. Baretta, I. Allen, R. Williams, P. Brasseur, A. Crise, S. Pierini, Y. Krestenitis, P.-Y. LeTraon, F. Raicich, A. Artegiani e V. Artale,: "Mediterranean Eddy-Resolving Modelling and InterDisciplinary Studies". E. Lipiatou, Ed., "Interdisciplinary research in the Mediterranean Sea: A synthesis of scientific results from the Mediterranean targeted project (MTP) phase I 1993-96", 69-90. European Commission EUR 17787, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 344 pp. 1997
</li><li>         Tsimplis, M.N., V. Zervakis, S. Josey, E. Peeneva, M.V. Struglia, E. Stanev, P. Lionello, P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, V. Artale, A. Theocharis, E. Tragou, and T. Oguz: Changes in the oceanography of the Mediterranean Sea and their link to climate variability. In: P. Lionello, P. Malanotte-Rizzoli &amp;R. Boscolo (Eds), Mediterranean Climate Variability, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 227?282.; (2006)
</li><li>         Artale, V., S. Calmanti,  P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, G. Pisacane, V. Rupolo  and M. Tsimplis: The Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea as connected systems. In: P. Lionello, P., Malanotte-Rizzoli &amp;R. Boscolo (Eds), Mediterranean Climate Variability, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 283-323; (2006)
</li><li>         Bindoff, N., J. Willebrand, V. Artale, A. Cazenave, J. Gregory, S. Gulev, K. Hanawa, C. Le Quere, S. Levitus, Y. Nojiri, C. K. Shum, L. Talley, and A. Unnikrishnan, 2007: Observations: oceanic climate change and sea level. Climate Change 2007: The Scientific Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Solomon, S., Ed., Cambridge Univ. Press, New York, 2007.
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Recent Invitation to conference
<ul><li>         12 March 2009, lecture on " Global and regional warming: the Mediterranean case from observation and modeling" Conference on Climate change, Global risks, Challenges and Decisions, Copenhagen , 10-12 March 2009;
</li><li>         June 20, 2008, lecture on "The climate change in the Mediterranean Region in the XXI century" at workshop Impatti del cambio climatico sul settore della pesca nel Mediterraneo, Parco Archeologico di Capocolonna, Crotone 20 Giugno 2008 organized by H2O European project at Isola Capo Rizzuto (Crotone Province, Italy);
</li><li>         June 13, 2008, Roma Vittoriano, lecture on the " The characteristic of the Mediterranean Sea in the framework of the climate change" at climate workshop organized by province (Lazio, Italy);
</li><li>          May 24., 2008, Two lectures on the 1) The coastal area and the warming world (physical point of view) and 2) Model improvement and the new numerical tools for the marine process representation (application in physical oceanography), ICTP Regional Course, Cuba
</li><li>         May 8, 2008, Sala delle Colonne al Parlamento, Rome, lecture on "Impact of the climate variability on the Mediterranean Region"at the workshop organized by EMA (European Medical Association);
</li><li>         24-25 April 2008, Beijing, lecture on "Mediterranean Climate Variability"  in the "Forum on Climate Change and Science &amp;Technology Innovation", Beijing, China, organized by the Chinese National Climate Centre and the China Meteorological Administration and other international organization.
</li><li>         23 April 2008, lecture at Chinese National Climate Centre;
</li><li>         March 26-27, 2008, Buenos Aires lectures on the "Modelos y efectos economicos para el cambio climatico" at the workshop on Impacto del cambio climático sobre el territorio y la economía (impact of climatic change on territories and economy) Promoted by Italian Embassy in Argentina Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, UBA - Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina,
</li><li>         March 4th, 2008, lecture Impatti dei cambiamenti climatici Novità dell'Ipcc-AR4 at the University of Rome "Sapienza", Physics Dept; 
</li><li>         February 11th, 2008, lectures at Istituto Superiore della Sanità (the Italian National Health Service);
</li><li>         November 27th, 2007, Venice (Italy), lecture at climate workshop organized by Science Academy of Venice (the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti),
</li><li>         September 8-9th, 2007, Mantova (Italy), two lectures at Mantova International Literature Festival: 8 september, and 9 september1,1:15, Salone Mantegnesco - Università, 
</li><li>         July 6th, 2007, Brusselles, lecture on the climate change at workshop on Climate change organized by Commission on Climate Change of the European Parliament;
</li><li>         May 24th, 2007, Savona, Italy, two lectures for PhD students organized by the University of Savona (CIMA);
</li><li>         April 30 - May 11, 2007, Two lectures on the ""Sensitivity of the thermohaline circulation to the intermediate water anomaly (Mediterranean Outflow Water)" and  on "The internal natural variability of the Mediterranean Sea as the result of combined causes", in "2007 Advanced School on Oceanography (ASO)",, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste. 
</li><li>         February 7th 2007, at Genoa 's Aquarium (Italy), lecture on "The results of the IPCC AR4" for scientists and local communities including two radio interviews;
</li><li>         May 24th, 2006, two lectures for PhD students organized by the University of Savona (CIMA);
</li><li>         Artale, V.: Some advances to understand what Mediterranean Sea circulation processes are relevant for climate variability; EGU General Assembly, Vienna  24-29 April 2005;
</li><li>         XC Congresso Nazionale della SIF (Società Italiana della Fisica), Brescia, 20-25 Settembre 2004, Artale, V., Recent advances in modelling the straits dynamics and its effects on the Mediterranean general circulation and climate.
</li><li>         World Climate Change Conference September 29 - October 3, Moscow, Russia, 2003: Artale, V., Recent advances in modelling the Mediterranean circulation and its effects on climate. 
</li><li>         International Summer School on Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences (ISSAOS), 10-14 September 2001: Artale, V. Variability of Mediterranean thermohaline circulation,
</li><li>         Summer School on "Dynamical Systems' Aspects of Transport and Diffusion in the Atmosphere and the Ocean" Bornö, Sweden, July 27 - August 1, 1998: Artale, V, Study of Lagrange data in the Mediterranean sea;
</li><li>         Training Programme on the Management and conservation of marine resources in the Mediterranean, 29 April 1991: Artale, V, "Problems in the use of satellite data for the study of the sea circulation. A comparison between remotely sensed and in situ data"
</li><li>         Artale, V, " Ruolo dell'oceano e del Mediterraneo nel clima globale: conveyor belt oceanica globale e del Mediterraneo"; giornata di studio "Il sistema climatico terrestre alle soglie del 2000" Accademia Ligure di Scienze e Lettere, Genova 9 novembre 1998
</li><li>         Artale ,V., "Lagrangian diffusion in the Ocean", in "Course on shallow water shelf sea dynamics", ICTP-UNESCO, Trieste, 7-25 April 1997.
</li><li>         Artale, V, "Problems in the use of satellite data for the study of the sea circulation. A comparison between remotely sensed and in situ data"; in Training Programme on the Management and conservation of marine resources in the Mediterranean, 29 April 1991.    
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