International CLIVAR Project Office
National Oceanography Centre
European Way
Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
Phone: +44-2380 596777
Fax: +44-2380 596204
Email: icpo@noc.soton.ac.uk
CCl/CLIVAR/JCOMM
Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices
Terms of reference
1. Provide international coordination and help organize collaboration on climate change detection and indices;
2. Further develop and publicize indices and indicators of climate variability and change and related methodologies, from the surface and
subsurface ocean to the stratosphere, with international consensus;
3. Encourage the comparison of modeled data and observations, perhaps via the development of indices appropriate for both sources of information;
4. Coordinate these and other relevant activities the ET chooses to engage in with other appropriate working bodies including of those affiliated under OPACE-4, WCRP and JCOMM as well as others such as GCOS, CBS, CIMO, CAgM, CHy, IPCC and START; and regional associations;
5. Explore, document and make recommendations for addressing the needs for capacity-building in each region, pertinent to this topic with consideration of the GFCS requirements; and
6. Submit reports in accordance with timetables established by the OPACE 2 co-chairs with the main deliverables being the provision of a review report on the existing indices, a peer-reviewed guidelines on new climate indices; and the development of new strategy for ETCCDI workshops considering the requirements of the GFCS and the contribution to the IPCC 5AR.
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