CLIVAR Imperatives

Imperatives: Enabling science to achieve the goals of the Scientific Frontiers

Imperative 1: Improved atmosphere and ocean component models of Earth System Models 
Reduce the negative impact of biases in model representations of atmospheric and oceanic processes 

Imperative 2: Data synthesis, analysis, reanalysis and uncertainty
Provide credibility to climate projections by understanding the past and present state of the ocean

Imperative 3: Ocean observing system
Maintain over many decades a sustained ocean observing system capable of detecting and documenting global climate change

Imperative 4: Capacity building