Principal Scientist
Institute for Earth System PredictionsDivision Director Earth System Modelling and Data Assimilation
via C. Berti Pichat 6/2 - 40127 Bologna, Italy
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Dr Gualdi is Senior Scientist at the Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC) where he leads the “Climate Simulations and Predictions” Division (CSP) and Primo ricercatore at the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV). He holds a degree in Physics from the University of Modena (Italy) and a PhD in Geophysics from the University of Hamburg (Germany) and has more than 25 years of experience in climate modeling and predictions. During this period, he has contributed to the development of a number of climate models (e.g., SINTEX, INGV–SXG, CMCC–CM), used to perform climate scenario simulations and projections (CMIP3, CMIP5), and has contributed to numerous EU–Project in the field of climate predictions (e.g., DEMETER, ENSEMBLES, CIRCE, COMBINE, EUCP, MEDSCOPE and many others). Since 2015 he is leading the CMCC contribution to the C3S operational, multi–model seasonal forecasting system. Dr. Gualdi is currently President of the Società Italiana per le Scienze del Clima (SISC)and he is author of 105 peer-reviewed publications (WOS h-index = 37).
LATEST PUBLICATIONS
- Nighttime heat waves in the Euro-Mediterranean region: definition, characterisation, and seasonal prediction
- Predicting Precipitation at Decadal Timescale — Developing a Climate Service for the Energy Sector in Southern Europe
- The Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) decadal prediction system
- Predicting precipitation on the decadal timescale: A prototype climate service for the hydropower sector
- Seasonal forecasting of subsurface marine heatwaves
- Tropical cyclone genesis potential indices in a new high-resolution climate models ensemble: Limitations and way forward.
- Country-level energy demand for cooling has increased over the past two decades.
- Attribution of multi-annual to decadal changes in the climate system: The Large Ensemble Single Forcing Model Intercomparison Project (LESFMIP)
- Mitigating Climate Biases in the Midlatitude North Atlantic by Increasing Model Resolution: SST Gradients and Their Relation to Blocking and the Jet
- Towards Useful Decadal Climate Services