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At the start of 2024, the CLIVAR Scientific Steering Group (SSG) bid farewell to member Dr Wenju Cai, and welcome a new member Dr Shoshiro Minobe.

Dr Wenju Cai served as a member of the SSG in 2018 and 2023, and as Co-Chair from 2019 to 2022.  Prior to joining the SSG, Dr Cai served as member and Co-Chair of the CLIVAR Pacific Region Panel.  

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In-person event at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics

22-31 July 2024, Kastler Lecture Hall, ICTP, Trieste, Italy

Polar climates are key components of the global climate and have been undergoing rapid and dramatic changes over the past decades.

This activity will emphasize the interactions between the cryosphere, ocean and atmosphere...

In person meeting at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics

29-31 July 2024, Kastler Lecture Hall, ICTP, Trieste, Italy

The sea ice plays a key role in the climate system, through its impact on radiative fluxes and the modulation of freshwater, energy and gas transfers between the...

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...

Figure 1: The "v_prime T_bar" mechanism, schematically illustrated with mean (black arrows) and anomalous (red arrows) flows, which reveal how flow along constant-density surfaces connects the subtropics to the tropics.  Both "v_prime T_bar" and "v_bar T_prime" mechanisms have been proposed as potential contributors to tropical Pacific decadal variability ('prime'...

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...

The 18th Session of CLIVAR Atlantic Region Panel was successfully organized at Universität Hamburg, Germany and online on 17 July 2023, alongside the workshop on ‘Meeting AMOC Observation Needs in a Changing Climate’ which was organized on 18-20 July. During the ARP-18, a comprehensive review of the ARP activities was conducted, with the focus on three foci (AMOC, ocean climate risk...

The 15th Session of CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR Southern Ocean Region Panel (SORP-15) and 3rd Session of CLIVAR/CliC Northern Ocean Region Panel (NORP-3) were successfully organized in Potsdam (July...

The call for nominations to the CLIVAR panels and Scientific Steering Group (SSG) is now open, with appointment starting in January 2024 and January 2025 respectively. Nominations can be submitted online via the ...

CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR Southern Ocean Region Panel (SORP) organized its regular telecon on 6 June 2023, mainly discussing the agenda for SORP-15 and the CLIVAR Exchanges special issue on Physical and biogeochemical studies in the Southern Ocean by emerging Antarctic programs....

The CLIVAR Research Foci on Tropical Basins Interaction (TBI RF) organized its regular telecon on 12 May 2023, with the reports from four working groups, and the discussion on the activities in 2023 and onward. The major uptakes from the meeting are:

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The Ocean University of China (OUC) and the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) invite applications for the post of Director of the CLIVAR International Project Office (CLIVAR IPO), based in Qingdao, China.

CLIVAR (Climate and Ocean: Variability, Predictability and Change) is one of the six core projects of...

44th Session of the WCRP Joint Scientific Committee was organized on 8-11 May 2023 at Brussels, Belgium and online. The JSC meeting assessed progress made towards WCRP's goals and plans for the future of WCRP.

Day 1 of the meeting consisted of remarks from three sponsors...

The Northern Ocean Region Panel (NORP) organized a telecon from 15:00-16:00 GMT on April 20, 2023 with the participation of Amy Solomon, Benjamin Rabe, Dorotea Iovino, Alexandra Jahn, Xiangdong Zhang from NORP and Jing Li from ICPO.

The meeting focused on the following topics: 1) feedback from the CLIVAR Scientific Steering Group...

On 19th April 2023, the CLIVAR Climate Dynamics Panel (CDP) organized its Telecon Session #2, with the participation of Sarah Kang, Natalie Burls, Aixue Hu, Bolan Gan, Rhys Parfitt, Yoshi Sasaki from CDP and Jing Li from ICPO. This session was mainly focused more on the mid-latitude air-sea interactions, with a short discussion at the beginning for the...

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