Events

Meeting organizer:

• European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2025: Session CL4-9: “New developments in Earth system modelling: model evaluation, benchmarking, and constraining”. Convener: B. Hassler. Co-conveners: L. Brunner, C. Bishop, N. Črnivec, C. O’Reilly, R. Séférian, R. Swaminathan.

Presentations

• European Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Ljubljana, Slovenia (09/2025, upcoming)
  Črnivec, N., A. Katzenberger, E. Galytska, K. Gemmell, J. S. Perez-Carrasquilla, P. Puthukulangara, C. Leclerc, I. Roy, A. Varuolo-Clarke, M. Tošić: “Developing guidelines for working with climate multi-model ensembles in CMIP7” (talk)
• Red Bull Basement Slovenia Conference, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia (05/2024)
  Črnivec, N.: “Researching clouds for more accurate weather and climate prediction” (talk)
• WCRP Fresh Eyes on CMIP Data Analysis Work Group Meeting, virtual (03/2024)
  Črnivec, N.: “Analysis of multi-model ensembles in climate science (literature review)” (talk)
• Joint Cloud Precipitation Center / Climate and Radiation Laboratory Seminar, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland (04/2023)
  Črnivec, N., G. Cesana, R. Pincus, A. Ackerman, B. Mayer, F. Jakub: “Shallow clouds, their interaction with atmospheric radiation and their role in the climate system” (talk)
• Ocean and Climate Physics Special Seminar, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia Universty, Palisades, New York (04/2023)
  Črnivec, N., G. Cesana, R. Pincus, A. Ackerman, B. Mayer, F. Jakub: “Shallow clouds, their interplay with atmospheric radiation and their critical role in the climate system” (talk)
• Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (research group of Prof. Luo), City University of New York, New York City, New York (03/2023)
  Črnivec, N., B. Mayer, F. Jakub, G. Cesana, R. Pincus, A. Ackerman: “Clouds, their interaction with solar and terrestrial radiation and their impact on climate” (talk)
• Seminar, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey (03/2023)
  Črnivec, N., G. Cesana, R. Pincus, A. Ackerman, B. Mayer, F. Jakub: “Shallow clouds, their interaction with atmospheric radiation and their role in the climate system” (talk)
• Lunch Seminar, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York City, New York (03/2023)
  Črnivec, N. and B. Mayer: “Towards an improved treatment of cloud-radiation interaction in weather and climate models” (talk) Video
• 7th Symposium of Slovene Researchers Abroad (Environmental Change Panel) organized by Association of Slovenes Educated Abroad and Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, virtual (12/2022)
  Črnivec, N.: “Clouds and Climate [In Slovene]” (invited talk) Video

Clouds are highly variable in space and time posing a real challenge to climate modelers, limiting our ability to reliably predict the amount of future global warming. At the Symposium of Slovene researchers Dr. Blaž Gasparini and I elucidate some of the contemporary problems in the field of clouds and climate science.

• Bjerknes Center for Climate Research Seminar, University of Bergen, virtual (11/2022)
  Črnivec, N. and B. Mayer: “Towards an improved treatment of cloud-radiation interaction in weather and climate models” (invited talk) Abstract
• Slovenian Meteorological Society Seminar, virtual (11/2022)
  Črnivec, N. and B. Mayer: “Cloud-radiation interaction problem in weather and climate models [In Slovene]” (invited talk) Video
• Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project (CFMIP) Meeting, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (07/2022)
  Črnivec, N., G. Cesana, R. Pincus, A. Ackerman: “Evaluating the representation of tropical stratocumulus and shallow cumulus clouds as well as their radiative effects in CMIP6 models using satellite observations” (poster presentation) Poster
• American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting & NASA GISS Clouds Research Group Meeting, virtual (12/2021)
  Črnivec, N., G. Cesana, R. Pincus, A. Ackerman: “Evaluating and constraining models’ stratocumulus and cumulus cloud feedbacks in the tropics using satellite observations to reduce uncertainties in future climate projections” (talk)
• NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Early Career Scientist Forum, virtual (11/2021)
  Črnivec, N., G. Cesana, R. Pincus, A. Ackerman: “Constraining tropical cumulus and stratocumulus cloud feedbacks in climate models using satellite observations” (lightning talk)
• Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project (CFMIP) Meeting, virtual (09/2021)
  Črnivec, N., G. Cesana, R. Pincus, A. Ackerman: “Constraining cumulus and stratocumulus cloud feedbacks in climate models using satellite observations” (poster presentation)
• 4th Symposium of Slovene Researchers Abroad (Climate Change Panel) organized by Association of Slovenes Educated Abroad and Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, Ljubljana, Slovenia (12/2019)
  Črnivec, N.: “Cloud-radiation interaction problem in weather and climate prediction [In Slovene]” (invited talk)
• Seminar, Meteorological Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany (02/2019)
  Črnivec, N. and B. Mayer: “Towards an improved treatment of unresolved cloud-radiation interaction in numerical models” (talk)
• Waves To Weather 4th Annual Meeting, Landau, Germany (11/2018)
  Črnivec, N. and B. Mayer: “B4-Workpackage 2: Radiative heating and cooling at cloud scale and its impact on dynamics” (poster presentation) Poster
• Waves To Weather Research Area B (Cloud-scale Uncertainties) Meeting, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany (03/2018)
  Črnivec, N. and B. Mayer: “Radiative heating and cooling at cloud scale and its impact on dynamics” (talk)
• Waves To Weather Early Career Scientists Workshop, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany (03/2018)
  Črnivec, N.: “Fortran with Code::Blocks IDE” (talk, tool presentation)
• Waves To Weather 3nd Annual Meeting, Kempten, Germany (11/2017)
  Črnivec, N., B. Mayer, I. Lerner, F. Jakub: “B4-Workpackage 2: Radiative heating and cooling at cloud scale and its impact on dynamics” (poster presentation)
• Waves To Weather Research Area B (Cloud-scale Uncertainties) Meeting, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany (05/2017)
  Črnivec, N. and B. Mayer: “1-D versus 3-D radiation from NWP perspective” (talk)
• Waves To Weather Early Career Scientists Workshop, Bad Tölz, Germany (04/2017)
  Črnivec, N.: “1-D radiation parameterizations and their problems related to clouds” (talk)
• Waves To Weather 2nd Annual Meeting, Speyer, Germany (11/2016)
  Črnivec, N. and B. Mayer: “Quantifying the bias of 1-D COSMO heating rates” (talk)
• Seminar, Meteorological Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany (11/2016)
  Črnivec, N. and B. Mayer: “Quantifying the bias of 1-D COSMO heating rates” (talk)
• Waves To Weather Research Area B (Cloud-scale Uncertainties) Meeting, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany (06/2016)
  Črnivec, N. and B. Mayer: “Does 3-D atmospheric radiation impact weather?” (talk)
• Waves To Weather Early Career Scientists Workshop, Kaub, Germany (06/2016)
  Črnivec, N. and B. Mayer: “Atmospheric radiation and its impact on weather” (talk)
• Waves To Weather Early Career Scientists Workshop, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany (12/2015)
  Črnivec, N.: “Tropical cyclone intensification” (talk, presentation skills training)
• Literature Seminar, Meteorological Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany (10/2015)
  Črnivec, N. and R. K. Smith: “The diurnal cycle of mature tropical cyclones” (talk) Slides
• Institutional seminar, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia (05/2013)
  Črnivec, N. and N. Žagar: “North Atlantic Oscillation [In Slovene]” (talk) Slides
• Dynamic Meteorology seminar, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia (01/2013)
  Črnivec, N. and N. Žagar: “Sutcliffe model of baroclinic development [In Slovene]” (talk)

Contributing author for the following presentations:

• European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria (05/2025)
  Katzenberger, A., N. Črnivec, P. Puthukulangara, E. Galytska, K. Gemmell, C. Leclerc, J. S. Perez-Carrasquilla, I. Roy, A. Varuolo-Clarke, and M. Tošić: “Guidelines for Working with Multi-Model Ensembles in CMIP” (talk) Abstract
• American Meteorological Society Conference on Climate Variability and Change, Denver, Colorado (01/2023)
  Cesana, G., A. Ackerman, N. Črnivec, R. Pincus, H. Chepfer: “A Novel Observation-Based Approach to Evaluate Tropical Stratocumulus and Shallow Cumulus Clouds and Feedbacks in CMIP Models” (talk) Abstract
• NOAA Climate Sensitivity Task Force Meeting, virtual (11/2022)
  Cesana, G., N. Črnivec, R. Pincus, A. Ackerman: “Evaluating and Constraining Models’ Stratocumulus and Cumulus Cloud Feedbacks in the Tropics using Satellite Observations to Reduce Uncertainties in Future Climate Projections” (talk)
• European Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, virtual (09/2021)
  Zaplotnik, Ž., L. Boljka, N. Črnivec, A. Slameršak: Project RESCCCUE: “REminding Slovenian authorities Climate Change Crisis requires Urgent Effort” (lightning talk) Abstract
• A Consortium for COnvection-scale modelling Research and Development (ACCORD) All Staff Workshop, virtual (04/2021)
  Pristov, N., B. Strajnar, J. Jerman, J. Cedilnik, M. Ličer, A. Fettich, M. Ličar, N. Črnivec, P. Smerkol: “NWP activities at ARSO (Slovenia)” (poster presentation) Poster
• European Working Group on Limited-Area Modelling (EWGLAM) and Short-Range Numerical Weather Prediction (SRNWP) Meeting, virtual (09/2020)
  Strajnar, B., N. Pristov, N. Črnivec, J. Cedilnik, P. Smerkol, V. Švagelj, J. Čampa, A. Fettich, M. Ličer, J. Jerman, M. Ličar: “ALADIN in Slovenia – 2020” (poster presentation) Poster
• American Meteorological Society Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, San Juan, Puerto Rico (04/2016)
  Smith, R. K., G. Kilroy, C. Schmidt, N. Črnivec, M. T. Montgomery: “Boundary Layer Control of Tropical Cyclone Intensification” (talk) Video

Other attended workshops & seminars:

• Analysis of Perturbed Parameter Ensembles in Atmospheric Research (APPEAR) Workshop, organised by the WCRP Earth System Modelling and Observations Project, virtual (10/2022)
• NOAA Climate Sensitivity Task Force monthly meetings, virtual (2021 – 2023)
• NASA GISS Clouds Research Group monthly meetings, virtual / GISS, New York City, New York (2021 – 2023)
• NASA Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) Science Team Meeting, virtual (10/2021)
• Academic Application Boot Camp, Columbia University, virtual (06/2021)
• Teach Climate Science with NASA Data, Endeavor STEM Teaching Certificate Project, NASA, virtual (06/2021)
• Field Photography Training, Columbia University, virtual (06/2021)
• Joint 30th ALADIN Workshop and HIRLAM (High Resolution Limited Area Model) All Staff Meeting, virtual (04/2020)
• The Role of Creativity in Scientific Research, event organized by American Slovenian Education Foundation (ASEF) & University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia (10/2019)
• Data Science Workshop: Introduction to network analysis in Python, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia (09/2019)
• Data Science Workshop on data analysis with R: summeRworkshop, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia (07/2019)
• Open Education Design Workshop, University of Nova Gorica, Vipava, Slovenia (07/2019)

Participants of the Open Education Design Workshop held at Lanthieri Mansion in Vipava.

• Waves To Weather Early Career Scientists Workshop on Machine Learning and Neural Networks, Zugspitze, Germany (09/2018)
• Workshop on Scientific Writing, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany (06/2017)
• COSMO Training Course, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Langen, Germany (03/2017)
• Summer School on Aerosol-Cloud Interactions, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy (06/2016)

Participants of the summer school on aerosol-cloud interactions held at ICTP in Trieste.

• Waves To Weather Visualization Workshop, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany (04/2016)
• NASA Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Science Team Meeting, NASA Ames Research Park, Mountain View, California (05/2015)
• Practical Training at Slovenian Environment Agency (Meteorological and hydrological office; Section for contol, flow and archive of data), Ljubljana, Slovenia (09/2012)