Claudio Piani

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Claudio Piani

Professor

  • Department: Computer Science, Math and Environmental Science
  • Office: 
    L-108
  • Office Hours: 
    After class or by appointment. (06:00–21:00 Monday through Friday, all WhatsApp queries answered)

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Professor Piani studied oceanography and atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington, Seattle, funded by a comprehensive four-year Fulbright scholarship. He obtained his PhD in 2000 with a thesis on 3D modelling of atmospheric waves triggered by very intense thunderstorms. He went on to work as a post-doctoral researcher on ozone, mid-atmospheric dynamics and climate change at the University of Oxford in the Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics department. In 2006 he moved to The International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy, where he was awarded funds from the European Union for research in hydrological modelling. Piani remained at ICTP as a visiting scientist until joining The American University of Paris in 2012. His current research interests are bias-correction of climate model output, and climate driven evolution.



Education/Degrees

  • PhD, University of Washington, Seattle WA, USA
  • Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome Italy

News

Upcoming book chapter: Book title “Climate Extremes and their implications for impact modelling in different sectors” published by Elsevier. The book is supposed to describe challenges and opportunities for addressing the impacts of climate extremes across various sectors, particularly in impact modelling studies. Further, the book will also provide an overview and link between model-based and observations-based analysis.

Publications

Peer reviewed publications since 2010      
  • Ivimey-Cook, E., C. Piani, W. Hung, & E. C. Berg. Genetic and thermal variation influences adaptation to fluctuating temperature in the seed beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus. Published on bioXriv and accepted with revision at the Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.26.470113
  • Piani, C. et al., “Building a Signature General Education Program with Alignment and Assessment Among its Founding Principals.”, in: “Exemplars of Assessment in Higher Education, Volume Two Strategies for a Changing Higher Education Environment Edited By Jane Marie Souza, Tara A. Rose. by Routledge, 2023. ISBN 9781642675498 3
  • AJ Cannon, C Piani, S Sippel: Bias correction of climate model output for impact models. Climate Extremes and Their Implications for Impact and Risk Assessment, pp. 77-104, Elsevier. 2020
  • Akumaga U., A. Tarhule, B. Traore, A. Yusuf, and C. Piani: Utilizing Process-based Modelling to Assess the Impact of Climate Change on Crop Yields and Adaptation Options in the Niger River Basin, West Africa., Agronomy 8 (2), 11. 2018
  • Rauscher S. A., C. Piani, T. A. O'Brien, E. Coppola, F. Giorgi, W. D. Collins; A  Multimodel Intercomparison of Resolution Effects on Precipitation: Simulations and Theory. Clim. Dyn. (accepted with major revisions) 2016.
  • Haerter J. O., B. Eggert, C. Moseley, C. Piani, P. Berg, Statistical precipitation bias correction of gridded model data using point measurements. Geophysical Research Letters 42 (6), 1919-1926. 2015
  • Sultan B.a, K. Guan, D. Lobell, M. Biasutti , C. Piani , M. Kouressy, G. L. Hammer, and G. McLean: Robust future dipolar changes of rainfall pattern in West Africa and its impact on sorghum yield., Environmental Research Letters, vol 9(10), 2014
  • Planton, S., P. Lionello, V. Artale, R. Aznarr, J. Colin, L. Congedi, S. Gualdi, C. Piani, P. Ruti, S. Somot: The climate of the Mediterranean Region in Future climate Projections. Chapter 8 of: The Climate of the Mediterranean Region. Elsevier, London ,ISBN: 978-0-12- 398466-1, 2013.
  • Rowlands, D. J., C. Piani, et al., Broad range of 2050 warming from an observationally constrained large climate model ensemble. Nature Geoscience, 5, 256–260 , 2012.
  • Piani, C., and J. O. Haerter: Two dimensional bias correction of temperature and precipitation copulas in climate models. Geophys. Res. Lett., vol.. 39, LXXXXX, doi:10.1029/2012GL053839, 2012
  • Hagemann, S., C. Chen, J. O. Haerter, J. Heinke, D. Gerten, C. Piani, : Impact of a Statistical Bias Correction on the Projected Hydrological Changes Obtained from Three GCMs and Two Hydrology Models. J. Hydrometeor, 12, 556–578, 2011
  • Mariotti, L., E. Coppola, M. B. Sylla, F. Giorgi and C. Piani, Regional climate model simulation of projected 21st century climate change over an all-Africa domain: Comparison analysis of nested and driving model results., J. Geophys. Res, 116, D15111, 22 PP., 2011.
  • Chen, C., J. O. Haerter, S. Hagemann, and C. Piani, On the contribution of statistical bias correction to the uncertainty in the projected hydrological cycle, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, 2011.
  • Piani, C.; Haerter, J. O.; Coppola, E. 2010. Statistical bias correction for daily precipitation in regional climate models over Europe. Theor. and Appl. Clim., vol. 99, num. 1-2.2010.
  • Haerter, J. O., S. Hagemann, C. Moseley, and C. Piani. Climate model bias correction and the role of timescales. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 7, 7863–7898, 2010.
  • Rauscher S. A., E. Coppola, C. Piani and F. Giorgi, Resolution effects on regional climate model simulations of seasonal precipitation over Europe. Clim. Dynam. Vol. 35, Number 4, 685-711, 2010.
  • Piani, C., G.P. Weedon, M. Best, S.M. Gomes, P. Viterbo, S. Hagemann, and J. O. Haerter, Statistical bias correction of global simulated daily precipitation and temperature for the application of hydrological models, J. of Hydrol.,Vol. 395, 3-4, Pages 199-215, 2010.
  • Coppola, E., F. Giorgi, S. A. Rauscher, C. Piani, Model weighting based on mesoscale structures in precipitation and temperature in an ensemble of regional climate models. J. Clim. Res., Vol. 44, 121-134, 2010.

Conferences & Lectures

(selected recent, reverse chronological order)

  • C. Piani, MSCHE 2023 Annual Conference, Dec. 4-6 2023. Pannel: “Exemplars of Assessment in Higher Education”.
  • Panellist, MSCHE Sefl-Study Institute. Fall 2022.
    1. Session: Developing Working Group Lines of Inquiry. October 20, 2022
    2. Session: assessment Expectations within the Standards. October 27, 2022

    3. Session: Next Steps in the Self-Study Process. November 11. 2022

  • Co-Organizer and host: AUP Science Translation for Climate Action Conference (29 to 31 March 2019, AUP).

  • Piani, C., T Hung, E Berg Adaptation of seed beetles to fluctuating temperatures. Geophysical Research Abstracts 21, EGU General Assembly 2019, Vienna. 2019
  • Haerter, JB., Eggert, C Moseley, C Piani, P Berg Extracting gridded probability density functions for precipitation intensity from point measurements - EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 2016
  • Piani, C., The path to multivariate statistical bias correction of GCM output. Berlin workshop on bias correction in climate studies. Berlin Oct 4th to Oct. 6th 2016.
  • Piani, C., Conclusions from the IPCC AR5 break out group on bias correction. Berlin workshop on bias correction in climate studies. Berlin Oct 4th to Oct. 6th 2016.
  • Piani, C., Statistical Bias Correction of hydrological forcing fields from GCMs: basic concepts. 3rd Workshop on Water Resources in Developing Countries: Planning and Management in a Climate Change Scenario - 6-17 May 2015, Trieste, Italy.
  • Montroull, N., C. Piani, RI Saurral, Applying 2D Bias Correction Method to Gridded Simulations of Precipitation and Temperature over Southeastern South America. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. Abstract H13F-1172.
  • Piani, C., Statistical Bias Correction: operational challenges and common blunders, 3rd Workshop on Water Resources in Developing Countries: Planning and Management in a Climate Change Scenario - 6-17 May 2015, Trieste, Italy.
  • Piani, C., Statistical Bias Correction of hydrological forcing fields from GCMs: basic concepts. 2nd Workshop on Water Resources in Developing Countries: Planning and Management in a Climate Change Scenario - 6-17 May 2013, Trieste, Italy.
  • Piani, C., Statistical Bias Correction: operational challenges and common blunders, 2nd Workshop on Water Resources in Developing Countries: Planning and Management in a Climate Change Scenario - 6-17 May 2013, Trieste, Italy.
  • Sultan, B., DB Lobell, M Biasutti, K Guan, P Roudier, C Piani Evaluating climate change impacts and adaptation options for agriculture in West Africa: a multi-model comparison. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. Abstract GC11E-0604.
  • Piani, C., and J. O. Haerter (2012), Two-dimensional bias correction of temperature and precipitation copulas in climate models, AGU, San Francisco, 3-7 Dec. Abstract H41I-1274

Research Areas

  • Climate
  • Climate modeling
  • Hydrological modeling
  • Model output statistics

Curriculum Vitae