www.clivar.org

We are excited to announce the publication of a new paper by the Marine Heatwaves in the Global Ocean Research Foci Group, titled:

                                                  "A Global Overview of Marine Heatwaves in a Changing Climate".

A member of the CLIVAR Tropical Basin Interaction Research Foci (TBI RF) recently published a paper that highlights the importance of coupled dynamics between the tropical Atlantic and Indian Oceans in shaping and intensifying super El Niño events. Their study, which utilizes a series of global climate model experiments, demonstrates that super El Niño events are driven by a complex interaction among the tropical Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. It was observed that while individual effects were weaker and more uncertain, the combined effects were significantly stronger and more reliable. Specifically, the joint influence of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans was found to more effectively drive tropical Pacific warming. This process is linked to the nonlinear characteristics of convective sensitivity: when both oceans impact the Pacific simultaneously, they more effectively promote the eastward expansion of the Pacific warm pool, enhancing tropical Pacific convection and strengthening the Bjerknes feedback loop, ultimately leading to the formation of a super El Niño event.

CLIVAR SSG member, Dr Roxy Mathew Koll of IITM Pune has been awarded the most prestigious award in India: the Rashtriya Vigyan Pusarkar: Vigyan Yuva Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2024 in Earth Science, for his outstanding contribution in the study of Indian Ocean warming and its implication on Indian Monsoon and marine productivity.  His work provides insight to build better networks and models for predicting monsoon extremes.

Dr Howard Cattle

We are saddened to hear of the passing away of Dr Howard Cattle, Director of the International CLIVAR Project Office (ICPO) from 2002 to 2010 while it was at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK. 

CLIVAR (www.clivar.org) is a Core Project of the World Climate Research Programme (http://www.wcrp-climate.org) dedicated to understanding the role of the ocean in the variability, predictability and change of climate and to the benefit of society and the environment in which we live. Each of the Core Projects has an International Project Office that acts as an extension of the WCRP Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, that has the overall responsibility for all the WCRP Core Projects.

CLIVAR is a Core Project of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) dedicated to understanding the role of the ocean in the variability, predictability and change of climate and to the benefit of society and the environment in which we live. The International CLIVAR Project Office (ICPO) serves as the executive arm of the CLIVAR Scientific Steering Group and its panel and working groups. The ICPO is based at the Ocean University of China (OUC), Qingdao, China. The OUC and WCRP invite applications for the position of ICPO Staff Scientist.

CLIVAR is a Core Project of the World Climate Research Programme dedicated to understanding the role of the ocean in the variability, predictability and change of climate, to the benefit of society and the environment in which we live.  The International CLIVAR Project Office (ICPO) serves as the executive arm of the CLIVAR Scientific Steering Group and its panel and working groups. The ICPO is based at the Ocean University of China (OUC), Qingdao, China.  The OUC and WCRP invite applications for the position of ICPO Senior Staff Scientist.

After being hosted by the First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources of China for almost nine years, the International CLIVAR Project Office (ICPO) is now being hosted by the Ocean University of China (OUC), which is also located in Qingdao, China.