Numerical Weather and Climate Modeling: Now, and Vision of the Future

Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, September 24-25, 2026

A conference was held eight years ago by the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, the place where Milankovitch (or, Milanković) published his ground-breaking climate change book, but in 2018, addressing numerical weather and climate modeling. ’Now, and vision of the future’ was its suggested focus, for most readers probably hinting at the dynamical cores of models. Of which quite a variety exists. Architects of a number of leading modeling centers attended. Did some of the proclaimed visions of the future materialize? Have some been abandoned? One profoundly new approach today is one of the Artificial Inteligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML). Does the perhaps surprising skill of the AI/ML make the visions of some years ago obsolete? Some of the studies published recently point to skill of some models being better than that of others compared to. But skill of what model variables really matters? And are our models able to reflect the global warming that is taking place, in particular its acceleration of the several passed decades? Our real atmosphere has become darker. Have our model atmospheres become darker as well? If not, why not? There is an abundance of issues that we see as appropriate and deserving attention.

Extended abstracts are planned to be delivered to the attendees at registration. Participation in person is desirable, but some virtual presentation is foreseen.

Contact:

Fedor Mesinger
Serbian Academy of Science and Arts
SASA NWCM Conference Co-Chair
fedor.mesinger@gmail.com

Natasa Stevic
Serbian Academy of Science and Arts
SASA NWCM Conference
natasa.stevic@sanu.ac.rs

NWCM Conference Organizing Committee:

Fedor Mesinger, Zoran Knezevic, Co-Chairs; Jugoslav Nikolic, Katarina Veljovic Koracin, Ana Vukovic Vimic, Sin Chan Chou, Miodrag Rancic, Members

There is no registration fee. Attendees are expected to submit extended abstracts. Registration deadline is July 15, and extended abstracts are expected by July 20.