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Independent experts nominated by country party
Patricio Aceituno
Title
Mr.
First name
Patricio
Last name
Aceituno
Gender
M
Nominating Country
Date of Nomination
Other Disciplines
Atmospheric Sciences
UN languages spoken
Spanish
Job function
Vice-Director of Academic Affairs
Division
Department of Geophysics
Email
aceituno@dgf.uchile.cl
Telephone number
56 2 696 8790
Work experience
- Chairman of the Department of Geophysics, Universidad of Chile (1994-1997)_x000D_
- Vice-Director of Academic Affairs, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Universidad de Chile (1997)_x000D_
Director of the following research projects:_x000D_
- Mechanisms of deep convection over the South American Altiplano, Project Fondecyt No. 1930 - 789 (1993-95);_x000D_
- Seasonal Predictability of rainfall and temperature anomalies in northern and central Chile. Project Fondecyt No. 1961110 (1996-97);_x000D_
- Graphic visualization of global climatological information. Project No. 97-28. Conicyt-Explora (1997);_x000D_
- Development of meteorological and climatological forecast models with application to the hydroelectrical sector. Project Fondef No. 97-2028 (1998-2000);_x000D_
- Wind energy assessment for Chile, Project to CORFO, (1991-92).
- Vice-Director of Academic Affairs, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Universidad de Chile (1997)_x000D_
Director of the following research projects:_x000D_
- Mechanisms of deep convection over the South American Altiplano, Project Fondecyt No. 1930 - 789 (1993-95);_x000D_
- Seasonal Predictability of rainfall and temperature anomalies in northern and central Chile. Project Fondecyt No. 1961110 (1996-97);_x000D_
- Graphic visualization of global climatological information. Project No. 97-28. Conicyt-Explora (1997);_x000D_
- Development of meteorological and climatological forecast models with application to the hydroelectrical sector. Project Fondef No. 97-2028 (1998-2000);_x000D_
- Wind energy assessment for Chile, Project to CORFO, (1991-92).
Highest Academic achievement and qualification
- Electrical Engineering, Universidad de Chile, 1974_x000D_
- Ph.D. in Meteorology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, 1987
- Ph.D. in Meteorology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, 1987
Number of Publications
20
Publication titles
1. Aceituno, P., 1988: On the functioning of the Southern Oscillation in the South American sector Part I: surface climate. Mon. Wea. Rev. 116, 505-524;_x000D_
2. Aceituno, P., 1989: On the functioning of the Southern Oscillation in the South American sector Part II: upper-air circulation. J.Climate. Rev. 2.341-355;_x000D_
3. Aceituno, P., Fuenzalida H., and Rosenbluth, B., 1992: Climate along extratropical west cost of South America pp. 61-69 in Earth Systems responses to global change (Eds. H.A. Mooney, B. Kronberg and E.R. Fuentes). Academic Press;_x000D_
4. Aceituno, P., 1992: El Nino, the Southern Oscillation and ENSO: Confusing names for a complex ocean-atmosphere interaction. Bull.Amer. Meteor.Soc., 73.483-485;_x000D_
5. Aceituno, P., and Montecinos, A., 1996: Assessing upper limits of seasonal predictability of rainfall in central Chile based on SST in the equatorial Pacific. Exp.Long-Lead Forecast Bulletin 5(2), 37-40.
2. Aceituno, P., 1989: On the functioning of the Southern Oscillation in the South American sector Part II: upper-air circulation. J.Climate. Rev. 2.341-355;_x000D_
3. Aceituno, P., Fuenzalida H., and Rosenbluth, B., 1992: Climate along extratropical west cost of South America pp. 61-69 in Earth Systems responses to global change (Eds. H.A. Mooney, B. Kronberg and E.R. Fuentes). Academic Press;_x000D_
4. Aceituno, P., 1992: El Nino, the Southern Oscillation and ENSO: Confusing names for a complex ocean-atmosphere interaction. Bull.Amer. Meteor.Soc., 73.483-485;_x000D_
5. Aceituno, P., and Montecinos, A., 1996: Assessing upper limits of seasonal predictability of rainfall in central Chile based on SST in the equatorial Pacific. Exp.Long-Lead Forecast Bulletin 5(2), 37-40.
Other activities
1. Organiser of the Workshop: Interannual climate variability in Chile; forecast methods and associated impacts. Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 5-7 June 1997;_x000D_
2. Co-chair at the organizing committee of the 6th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, Santiago, Chile, 3-7 April 2000;_x000D_
3. Editor of the BOLETIN CLIMATICO (published monthly at the web site: www.dgf.uchile.cl;_x000D_
4. Member of the Editorial Committee of the journals Geofisica (Spain) and Meteorologica (Argentina);_x000D_
5. Member of the Climatology Committee of the World Meteorological Organisation;_x000D_
6. Member of the American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union.
2. Co-chair at the organizing committee of the 6th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, Santiago, Chile, 3-7 April 2000;_x000D_
3. Editor of the BOLETIN CLIMATICO (published monthly at the web site: www.dgf.uchile.cl;_x000D_
4. Member of the Editorial Committee of the journals Geofisica (Spain) and Meteorologica (Argentina);_x000D_
5. Member of the Climatology Committee of the World Meteorological Organisation;_x000D_
6. Member of the American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union.
Organisation name
Universidad de Chile
Organisation street address
Blanco Encalada 2085
Organisation city
Santiago
Organisation country
Chile