Scientific Steering Group

CLIVAR SSG-16
Royal Botanical Gardens, Madrid, Spain
19-22 May 2009

PRESENTATIONS

TUESDAY 19 MAY
Introduction to SSG-16 (SSG co-chair(s))

Outcomes of JSC-30 and sponsor and other project/programme inputs
Outcomes of JSC-30 and Other sponsor issues, to cover e.g WMO/WCP, ICSU, IOC, WCC-3, WWRP,
THORPEX, WGNE, IGBP IMBER … - Gassam Asrar/Valery Detemmerman
GEWEX - Peter J. van Oevelen
CliC - Tony Worby
SPARC - Ted Sheppard
WCRP/WWRP Year of Tropical Convection update and MJO Task Force - Duane Waliser
OOPC Report - Ed Harrison

Contributions from national programmes
US CLIVAR science initiatives, future strategy and links to international CLIVAR - David Legler

Strategy
Presentation of the near term imperatives and long term frontiers - presentation to JSC-30 - Jim Hurrell
Building consensus on the near term imperatives - short presentations

Imperative 1 Realise the long-term climate change integrations under WGCM and contributions to their analysis and feed through to the impacts area - Sandrine Bony
Imperative 2 To explore regional aspects of ACC through CLIVAR regional studies, including use of regional models - Hugo Berbery
Imperative 3 To realise the planned decadal timescale predictions, to contribute to their analysis and provide feed-in to the impacts area through regional climate modelling - Tim Palmer
Imperative 4 Understand the impacts of anthropogenic forcing on the dominant patterns of decadal variability and the interactions between the two - Helge Drange
Imperative 5 To improve understanding of the role of the ocean in decadal variability through coordinated monitoring and modelling studies - Ruth Curry
Imperative 6 To realise the Climate System Historical Forecast Project (CHFP) as a WCRP-wide activity leading to improved seasonal predictions - Ben Kirtman
Imperative 7 To facilitate completion of key CLIVAR-endorsed observational campaigns and the realization of their data legacy for improved understanding and prediction on seasonal and longer timescales - Yukio Masumoto
Imperative 8 To narrow down uncertainties in the role of modes of tropical variability for seasonal and decadal prediction- Wenju Cai
Imperative 9 To contribute to improved prediction of the global monsoon systems and African climate variability, including capacity building - Harry Hendon
Imperative 10 To organise focussed WCRP activity on climate extremes (with GEWEX) - David Legler/Peter van Oevelen
Imperative 11 Realize scientifically robust coupled model simulations and improve the ocean components within them - Steve Griffies
Imperative 12 To develop ocean and coupled synthesis/reanalysis systems providing input to present and future decadal prediction efforts - Detlef Stammer
Imperative 13 With OOPC and others, to facilitate continued development of the global ocean observing system, building on the outcomes of OceanObs’09 - Detlef Stammer/Ed Harrison
Imperative 14 To develop and strengthen the interactions and activities between CLIVAR’s ocean activities and programmes focussed on ocean biology, biogeochemistry and ecology - Jim Hurrell
Imperative 15 To develop the interaction with users of CLIVAR science and delivery of CLIVAR outputs to operations - Lisa Goddard

WEDNESDAY 20 MAY, start 0930
Strategy continued
CLIVAR role in WCRP cross cuts
Mid term future of WCRP from a CLIVAR perspective
Base around:

* Outcomes of JSC-30

* Discussion around imperatives to 2013 and Frontiers of climate science
* How we deliver the CLIVAR contributions to the WCRP IP

How to organize CLIVAR SSG business (i.e. future of SSG membership)
CLIVAR Science Conference 2011 or 12
Summary of key progress and issues from chairs of CLIVAR Panels and
Working Groups
Ocean basin panels:
Southern Ocean - Alberto Naveria Garabato

Contributions from national programmes continued
Developments in CLIVAR-relevant science in Spain
The activities of AEMET relevant to CLIVAR - Beatriz Navascués
Climate Research in the Institute of Geosciences (IGEO) - Marisa Montoya/Ricardo García Herrera
The Catalan Institut of Climate Sciences - Xavier Rodó

ICPO Report - H Cattle

THURSDAY 21 MAY
Summary of key progress and issues from chairs of CLIVAR Panels and
Working Groups
Global Modelling Panels:
WGCM - Sandrine Bony
WGSIP - Ben Kirtman
WGOMD - Steve Griffies
Global Synthesis and Observations GSOP activities - Detlef Stammer
Climate change detection ETCCDI activities - Francis Zwiers
Paleoclimate CLIVAR/PAGES - Anna Pirani
Ocean basin panels:
Atlantic - Ruth Curry
Pacific - Wenju Cai
Indian - Yukio Masumoto
Africa/Monsoon Panels:
AAMP - Harry Hendon
VAMOS - Hugo Berbery
VACS - Richard Anyah
ESF MedCLIVAR - Piero Lionello

FRIDAY 22 MAY
Contributions from national programmes (continued)
CLIVAR China - Wenjie Dong

Summing up session on strategy
Review of action items; revisit of issues as needed