Second Call for Abstracts – European WRF-Chem Workshop 2026
Mauro Morichetti
The European WRF-Chem Workshop 2026 will be held in Rijeka (Croatia) on May 12–14, 2026.
The workshop is open to researchers and PhD students using WRF-Chem and other online coupled atmospheric chemistry models to forecast and understand air quality, aerosol–chemistry–meteorology interactions, and Earth system processes.
!!! INVITED SPEAKERS !!!
We are pleased to announce a strong scientific program, including the in-person participation of two leading figures in the atmospheric modeling community:
🔹 Georg Grell
- “History, state of the art, and overview of WRF-Chem”
- “The new version of the GFL convective parameterization (former GF) in WRF and MPAS, including aerosol–convection interactions”
🔹 Mary Barth
- “NSF NCAR’s transition from WRF-Chem to MPAS-A with chemistry and aerosols”
Additional invited seminars by internationally recognized experts (in-person and online) include:
- “Improving operational weather forecasts: Incorporating smoke aerosol feedback in NOAA's numerical weather prediction models” – Ravan Ahmadov (online)
- “NOAA GSL experimental aerosol forecasting in MPAS-A” – Jordan Schnell (online)
- “Using WRF-Chem for air quality and pollen forecasting in RAP-Chem” – Jordan Schnell (online)
- “Modeling of volcanic eruptions using the WRF-Chem v4.8 model“– Alexander Ukhov (in person)
- “Implementation of a fully coupled atmosphere–aerosols–waves–ocean model based on the COAWST package and the WRF-Chem model: Application to the Medicane IANOS” – Umberto Rizza and Antonio Ricchi (in person)
!!! NEWS !!!
📌 In addition to WRF-Chem–focused contributions, the workshop will include a dedicated session for chemical, climate, and processed-based models other than WRF-Chem (e.g. MPAS-A, regional and global CTMs, coupled Earth system models etc.), with particular emphasis on models coupling, chemistry-atmosphere feedbacks, and operational applications.
📅 Abstract submission deadline: March 2nd, 2026 – 23:59 CET
🔗 Further information, abstract submission guidelines, and updates are available at:
https://european-wrf-chem-workshop.le.isac.cnr.it/
Please feel free to share this call with colleagues and students who may be interested.
We look forward to welcoming you in Rijeka!
2026 WRF-Chem Workshop – Organizing Committee
- Boris Mifka – Faculty of Physics, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
- Mauro Morichetti – Forest Modeling Laboratory, Institute for Agriculture and Forestry Systems in the Mediterranean, National Research Council of Italy, Unit of Perugia, Italy
- Umberto Rizza – Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council of Italy, Unit of Lecce, Italy
- Alexander Ukhov – Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- George Grell – NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
- Mary Barth – National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA
- Jordan Schnell – NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
- Ravan Ahmadov – NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
- Alessio Collalti – Forest Modeling Laboratory, Institute for Agriculture and Forestry Systems in the Mediterranean, National Research Council of Italy, Unit of Perugia, Italy
- Sorin Cheval – National Meteorological Administration, Bucharest, Romania