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).
Highlights
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29 Jul 2008
ENSO Summer School - lectures and student projects available online
The summer school “ENSO Dynamics and Predictability” took place in the lush jungle of Puna on the Big Island of Hawaii June 14-24, 2008. Sixteen graduate students in oceanography, meteorology and geology from 12 countries gathered to learn from lecturers on a broad swath of ENSO-related topics. Details on the lectures and student projects can be found on http://iprc.soest.hawaii.edu/~axel/ENSOsummerschool.html |
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29 Apr 2008
First ESF-MedCLIVAR Summer School
The First ESF MedCLIVAR Summer School for post-graduate students on "Climate Variability over the Mediterranean area: Atmospheric and Oceanic Components" will happen at the Hydrobiological Station and Aquarium of Rhodes, Greece, on 17-27 September 2008. For more info, see: http://www.medclivar.eu/summerschool1.html |
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28 Apr 2008
Third WCRP International Conference on Reanalysis
Extended abstracts and poster presentations at the 3rd WCRP International Conference on Reanalysis that took place in Tokyo, Japan, 28 January-1 February 2008, are now available at: http://wcrp.ipsl.jussieu.fr/Workshops/Reanalysis2008/abstract.html |
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