CLIVAR Overview
CLIVAR is the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) project that addresses Climate Variability and Predictability, with a particular focus on the role of ocean-atmosphere interactions in climate. It works closely with its companion WCRP projects on issues such as the role of the land surface, snow and ice and the role of stratospheric processes in climate.
The challenges for CLIVAR are to develop our understanding of climate variability, to apply this to provide useful prediction of climate variability and change through the use of improved climate models, and to monitor and detect changes in our climate system.
As CLIVAR science advances, it becomes increasingly important and possible to address all aspects of the climate system, including the role of biogeochemical cycles, and to build the application of CLIVAR science to societal applications and impacts. To enable the necessary scientific interactions, CLIVAR looks to partnership with other international programmes, especially the International Biosphere-Geosphere Programme (IGBP), the International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP) and the International Programme of Biodiversity Science (DIVERSITAS).
Position announcement
Director, International CLIVAR Project Office
The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the UK's National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) invite applications for the position of Director of the International CLIVAR Project Office (ICPO), located at NOCS. For more information, see the job advert.
Highlights
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28 Jul 2009
WCRP Survey on Model Evaluation and Improvement
WCRP is inviting modelers, analysts and process-study scientists to answer six targeted questions on model evaluation and improvement. The regional and global climate and NWP modeling community will benefit enormously from the input we receive and the synthesis of innovative observational, theoretical and process (observational and modeling) studies. The survey can be donloaded from WCRP survey . Any further information can be obtained by contacting Anna Pirani (apirani@princeton.edu).
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01 Jul 2009
12th Session of the VAMOS Panel
The 12th Session of the CLIVAR VAMOS Panel (VPM12) was held on 3-5 June 2009, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA. It was hosted by the Department of Physics of the University of Puerto Rico and the PR Space Grant Consortium from NASA with joint support from WCRP, NOAA/CPPA and US CLIVAR. The presentations given by the meeting participants are available at the meeting webpage (http://www.clivar.org/organization/vamos/Meetings/VPM12_meet.php). The meeting focused on the progress of the VAMOS projects, particularly the VOCALS Regional Experiment, ,the Monsoon Experiment South America, the Intra-American Seas study of Climate Processes (IASCLIP) and in the La Plata Basin. The panel also addressed the VAMOS contributions to the WCRP cross-cutting themes, other WCRP projects, such as GEWEX, and IGBP programs and activities. In particular, efforts by the VAMOS modeling group, the recently established VAMOS Extremes WG, and the group that is analyzing the current status of the Anthropogenic Climate Change related research for the Americas were evaluated. Following the recommendations of CLIVAR SSG-16, linkages with WGSIP, WGCM and the WCRP/WWRP Monsoon Task Force were also explored. The VAMOS panel meeting was preceded by an IASCLIP workshop, held on 2-3 June at the same venue. Further information about the meeting and VAMOS activities can be found at http://www.clivar.org/organization/vamos/vamos.php.
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16 Jun 2009
16th meeting of the CLIVAR Scientific Steering Group (SSG)
CLIVAR SSG-16 took place in the meeting rooms of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Madrid, Spain, from 19-22 May 2009. Some 35 delegates attended the the meeting was focused around building consensus on the near term imperatives for CLIVAR in terms of its science implementation over the coming 5 years as a contribution of CLIVAR to the WCRP?s plan for implementing it?s 10 year strategic framework overall. The SSG further considered reports from its panels and working groups outlining progress with CLIVAR science by these groups. It also heard, in particular, of developments in climate research at the Spanish Met Service (AEMET), which the SSG were pleased to have the opportunity of visiting, at the Institute of Geosciences, Universidad Complutense, Madrid and at the new Catalan Institute of Climate Sciences. Papers for the meeting can be found at http://www.clivar.org/organization/ssg/ssg16/ssg16.php and presentations at http://www.clivar.org/organization/ssg/ssg16/SSG16-presentations.php.
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