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Updated time series of the AMOC observed at 26°N now available 

The time series of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) at 26°N has recently been extended up to October 2012.  The AMOC has been observed continuously at 26°N since April 2004 and following the latest update eight-and-a-half years of data are now available.   The AMOC times series is freely available online and the project investigators encourage its use by others

OSM 2014 Abstract Submissions 

Registration and abstract submission are underway for the 2014 Ocean Sciences Meeting to be held 23-28 February 2014 in Honolulu, Hawaii. (http://www.sgmeet.com/osm2014). The abstract submission deadline is 4 October 2013. We hope that you have visited the web site and are making your plans to participate.

International Greening Education Event 2013  

A three day International Greening Education Event will be held from 6th to 8th of November, 2013 in Karlsruhe, Germany. This event will bring together academic community, policy makers, representatives of international development agencies, senior members of academic institutions, administrators and teachers, sustainable development practitioners, environmental management professionals and other stakeholders from around the world.

Austral Summer Institute XIV 

The Department of Oceanography and the COPAS Sur-Austral Program of University of Concepcion, Chile, announce the Austral Summer Institute XIV (ASI XIV) to be held in January 2014 at the Main Campus in Concepción and at the Experimental Laboratory of Marine Biology in Dichato.  ASI XIV is devoted to Coastal and Open Ocean Studies through Multiple Approaches.

Exchanges 62 now available! 

CLIVAR Exchanges Special Issue on Sea Level Rise, Ocean/Ice Interactions and Ice Sheets

August 2013, No. 62 (Vol 18, No 2)

CLIVAR Exchanges Edition number 1 Published! 

In the ICPO we have been searching for a while to locate a copy of the very first edition of the CLIVAR Exchanges publication. After much searching in our cupboards we have finally found a copy! Our records are up to date! So if you are interested in reading about the science that CLIVAR was involved with in February 1996 - check it out!

Read Exchanges 1 now.

Fall AGU Session on the Southern Ocean 

Are you attending the Fall AGU meetin in San Fransisco? You could attend a session A065: The Southern Ocean: Clouds, Aerosols and the Air-Sea Interface

Convenors: C. Bretherton (U. Washington), C. Jakob (Monash U.), P. Quinn (NOAA/PMEL), R. Weller (WHOI)

This session brings together observational and modeling research on clouds, aerosols and air-sea interaction over the sparsely observed Southern Ocean. Here, climate models underestimate low cloud, confront uncertainties in cloud-nucleating aerosol concentrations and ice/mixed phase processes, and often overpredict wind stress, affecting cloud feedbacks and precipitation globally.  Solicited topics include cloud characteristics (vertical distribution, phase, precipitation, radiative interaction), aerosol transport/sources/sinks, aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions, air-sea coupling (including interannual and longer variability), their relevance to climate model biases or climate change, and key knowledge gaps/opportunities.

US CLIVAR Variations Newseltter out now 

 

The summer 2013 edition of the US CLIVAR Variations newseltter is now available to read online.  This edition focuses on the theme of ENSO Diversity. Click here to access your copy now!

2014 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu - 23-28 February 2014 

 

Rising Sea Level:  Future Projections & Regional Impacts
 
Observational evidence, such as from satellites, tide gauge, core sampling, etc., shows that over the past century global mean sea level has risen by 10 to 20 cm. The IPCC projected rise of 29 to 82 cm by the end of the century will have a devastating effect on coastal habitats and communities. This session aims to provide a comprehensive overview of future projections of sea level rise and to generate a discussion on the impacts of climate change on coastal environments.

- 2014 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu 23-28 February 2014 

 

Physical and biogeochemical ocean modeling: development, assessment and applications
 
Physical and biogeochemical numerical ocean models of varying complexity are used routinely by many oceanographers. Ocean models are often coupled to other models, such as sea-ice, land-ice and atmospheric models. This session provides a forum to discuss the “science behind the science” of ocean model development and associated fields.