ENSO Winter School 2025
A Winter Course on the Fundamental Dynamics of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation
hosted @ the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
March 15 - 23, 2025
The ENSO Winter School 2025 aims to inspire, educate, and empower the next generation of researchers in El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
Through a dynamic and immersive learning experience, students will be equipped with knowledge of the fundamental dynamics of ENSO through a hierarchical modeling approach, and will gain the practical skills needed to advance ENSO theory, prediction, and applications.
Our goal is to create the next generation of leaders in ENSO research, dedicated to advancing scientific understanding and addressing the challenges surrounding the response of ENSO to climate change and its complex impacts on global weather and climate.
The year 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of two milestone events of early ENSO research that involved Klaus Wyrtki of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, a pioneering oceanographer who made groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of El Niño/Southern Oscillation:
The publication of his seminal Journal of Physical Oceanography 1975 paper: “El Niño—The dynamic response of the equatorial Pacific Ocean to atmospheric forcing”, and the launch of the El Niño Watch Expedition to verify the first ever El Niño forecast based on a statistical model using the Southern Oscillation Index.
Scientific Organizing Committee:
Christina Karamperidou (chair; UH Mānoa, USA)
Antonietta Capotondi (NOAA PSL, USA)
Pedro DiNezio (CU Boulder, USA)
Shineng Hu (Duke, USA)
Sarah Larson (NC State, USA)
Regina Rodrigues (UFSC, Brazil)
Axel Timmermann (ICCP, South Korea)
Jerome Vialard (IRD, France)
Malte Stuecker (ex-officio; UH Mānoa, USA)
Lecturers and project leads (confirmed)
Antonietta Capotondi (NOAA PSL, USA)
Clara Deser (NCAR)
Pedro DiNezio (CU Boulder, USA)
Alexey Fedorov (Yale)
Shineng Hu (Duke, USA)
Soong-Ki Kim (Yonsei U, S. Korea)
Ben Kirtman (U Miami)
Sarah Larson (NC State, USA)
Michelle L'Heureux (NOAA)
Michael McPhaden (NOAA PMEL)
Regina Rodrigues (UFSC, Brazil)
Ken Takahashi (IGP, Peru)
Jerome Vialard (IRD, France)
Andrew Wittenberg (NOAA GFDL, USA)
Sen Zhao (UH Mānoa)
Local Organizing Committee:
Kellie Terada
Aimee Nakajima
Important Dates:
15 October 2024, 23:59 HST (Hawaii Standard Time):
Deadline to apply for admission
& financial support
November 2024:
Applicants notified of admission
December 2024:
Applicants for financial aid notified of funding availability
International Sponsors:
Local Sponsors:
