A three-day training workshop “Spatial and temporal analysis of climate change using CORDEX regional climate models over South Asia” commenced on 18 February 2025 at the Holiday Inn Express, Kathmandu, Nepal. The Small Earth Nepal (SEN), in collaboration with SEN Services, Water Center 21 Pahal, Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN), Fulbright, IWMI Nepal, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), UNESCO Chair in Mountain Water Sustainability and the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) with the support from World Climate Research Program (WCRP)/CORDEX conducted the workshop accommodating both physical and online participants. The training concluded on 20 February.
The workshop aimed at building knowledge and skills necessary for analysing climate change projections using CORDEX regional climate model simulations for professionals, early career researchers and students in South Asia. The workshop was attended by 16 participants in-person and over 45 participants joining online. The workshop accommodated participants from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and the USA.
Dr. Mandira Shrestha, Water Expert from SEN services and Water Center 21 Pahal, provided background and objectives and set the context for the workshop. Chief Guest of the opening session, Professor Suresh Raj Chalise, former dean, Tribhuvan University and Advisor, SEN in his remarks highlighted the importance and complexities of climate models and suggested the participants to take those into consideration.
The workshop included a series of experts-led sessions and interactive discussions on Climate modelling, CORDEX related technical presentations, CORDEX data extraction and management for the analysis and bias correction.
Dr. Mandira Shrestha; Dr. Saurav Pradhanaga (IWMI Nepal); Dr. Dhiraj Pradhananga (Tribhuvan University and UNESCO Chair in Mountain Water Sustainability), Dr. Irene Lake (Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute), Dr. Nir Krakauer (City College of New York, USA), Dr. Ambarish Karmalkar (University of Rhode Island, USA) and Dr. Sabin Thazhe Purayil, Dr. Swapna Panickal & Mr. Sandip Ingle from IITM, India were the expert resource persons of the workshop.
