“Hasselmann legacy” symposium on stochastic thinking in climate science
The work of Klaus Hasselmann, founding director of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) and recipient of the Nobel prize in physics in 2021, continues to inspire climate research around the world. The "Hasselmann legacy" symposium on November 8th, 2024, brought together renowned researchers in this line of work at the MPI-M in Hamburg. It was organized by Lin Lin, Postdoctoral researcher at MPI-M under the Nobel Laureate Fellowship of Klaus Hasselmann, and Jin-Song von Storch, Deputy Director of the Climate Variability Department and leader of the Climate Energetics working group.
Klaus Hasselmann introduced the stochastic methodology to climate research: Using the tools of statistical physics, and considering the weather as random “noise” in the climate system, he managed to disentangle internal and external influences on climate and later to identify the human fingerprint in the climate system. The “Hasselmann legacy” symposium aimed to spark scientific innovation and future work in this spirit, particularly in defining the nature of stochasticity and distinguishing between signal and noise, which is an important aspect of climate modeling.
High-profile guests from abroad were Francis Zwiers from the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC) at the University of Victoria, Myles Allen from the University of Oxford and Nils Lid Hjort from the University of Oslo. From Hamburg and the metropolitan region, the renowned scientists Armineh Barkhordarian (University of Hamburg), Hans von Storch and Eduardo Zorita from Hereon as well as Lin Lin and Jin-Song von Storch from the MPI-M contributed to the agenda. The speakers and attendees were welcomed by Jochem Marotzke, Managing director of MPI-M.
Contact
Dr. Lin Lin
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
lin.lin@mpimet.mpg.de
Prof. Jin-Song von Storch
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
jin-song.von.storch@mpimet.mpg.de