International CLIVAR Project Office
National Oceanography Centre
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Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
Phone: +44-2380 596777
Fax: +44-2380 596204
Email: icpo@noc.soton.ac.uk
WCRP/CLIVAR Working Group on Coupled Modelling
WGCM members and guests at the 13th Session of WGCM held in Sausalito, San Francisco, USA on 28-30 September 2009
News and Highlights
The next generation of scenarios for climate change research and assessment
Moss, R., H., J. A. Edmonds, K. A. Hibbard, M. R. Manning, S. K. Rose, D. P. van Vuuren, T. R. Carter, S. Emori, M. Kainuma, T. Kram, G. A. Meehl, J. F. B. Mitchell, N. Nakicenovic, K. Riahi, S. J. Smith, R. J. Stouffer, A. M. Thomson, J. P. Weyant and T. J. Wilbanks (2010). Nature, 463, 747-756, doi:10.1038/nature08823.
Challenges and opportunities in research on climate, weather, water and environment
A Report of the WMO Executive Council Task Team (EC-RTT) on Research Aspects of an Enhanced Climate, Weather, Water and Environmental Prediction Framework, WMO/TD-No. 1496, June 2009.
WCRP Survey on Model Evaluation and Improvement (PDF, or Word format).
Participation is solicited in this "bottom-up survey" about the key deficiencies of regional and global NWP and climate models and to improve the process of translating the wealth of results from process studies, observational campaigns etc. to model improvements. The survey will provide input to the strategic planning for model improvement activities that could be coordinated through the various working groups, projects and panels of WCRP.
Please complete the survey by 15 September 2009 and submit your response to Anna Pirani.
The PCMDI CMIP website has been redesigned and now provides all the CMIP5 information that is currently available.
Meetings
13th Session of WGCM, 28-30 September 2009, San Francisco, USA. - Download the meeting report here.
Past Meetings
2nd Lund Regional-scale Climate Modelling Workshop: 21st Century Challenges in Regional Climate Modelling, 4-8 May 2009 - Lund, Sweden
Fourth International Verification Methods Workshop, 4-10 June 2009, Helsinki, Finland.
Workshop on Evaluating and Improving Regional Climate Projections, 11-13 February 2009 - Toulouse, France (report, presentations).
12th Session of WGCM held on 22-24 September 2008 in Paris, France - talks and reports available. Download report here.
AR5 Science Workshop - 17-19 November 2008, NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, USA
The workshop will focus on how to improve the science coming out of the multi-model databases being prepared for the Intergovernmental Panel and Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) and the existing CMIP3 database.
How should we quantify uncertainty in climate predictions? 24th June 2008, London, UK.
WCRP World Modelling Summit - 6-9 May 2008, ECMWF, Reading, UK.
Working Group on Coupled Modelling - 11th Session, September 3-5, 2007, Hamburg, Germany. The report is available here.
2nd International Conference on Earth System Modelling, August 27-31, 2007, Hamburg, Germany
Other relevant information
Coupled Model Intercomparison Project webpage
Catalogue of Model Intercomparison Projects
The report of the 11th Session of WGCM held in Hamburg, Germany on 3-5 September 2007 is now available here.
CMIP3 Data Archive
The database is now open access. Users must register and agree to the terms of use found here.
Climate Mapper Tool
USAID, NASA, the Institute for the Application of Geospatial Technology (IAGT), the University of Colorado, and CATHALAC announce the beta release of the Climate Mapper tool for SERVIR-the Regional Visualization and Monitoring System. The Climate Mapper makes the results of climate change models accessible to a broad user community. With the Climate Mapper, users can assess climate change projections for the 2030s and 2050s against 3D visualizations of landscape. This should enhance vulnerability assessments as development planners consider adaptation strategies for projects.
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