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International Conference on Subseasonal to Seasonal Prediction, College Park, Maryland - 10-13 February 2014 

 

The goal of the WWRP/THORPEX-WCRP joint Subseasonal-to-Seasonal (S2S) research project is to improve forecast skill and understanding on the subseasonal to seasonal timescale, and promote its uptake by operational centers and exploitation by the applications community. 
 
The conference will bring together research community, the operational centers, and the applications community interested in forecasts on subseasonal to seasonal timescale. 

High-End Scenarios of Regional Sea Level Changes and their Uncertainties Workshop, University of Hamburg 20-22 November 2013 

 

The workshop aims to: 
 
  • Review regional sea level projections simulated for high-end climate change scenarios as they result from CIMIP5 and other computations 
  • Discuss implications for a range of regional sea level scenarios 
  • Analyze in depth inherent uncertainties of and consistencies among existing estimates 
  • Develop a strategy as to how to further improve regional sea level projections 
  • Present studies resulting from downscaling to better address regional sea level projections and their uncertainties, e.g. for the North Atlantic, Baltic/North Sea and Mediterranean 
  • Discuss the quality of models analyzed through dedicated model-data intercomparison studies 

Have fun with ENSO ... 

 

 
This animation is an exciting new tool to raise awareness of the science and impacts of El Niño and La Niña and encourage Pacific Islanders to take early action in preparing for these extreme events.
 
The film stars a comical and highly resilient crab and follows her escapades across the Pacific.

Have fun with ENSO ... 

 

This animation is an exciting new tool to raise awareness of the science and impacts of El Niño and La Niña and encourage Pacific Islanders to take early action in preparing for these extreme events.
 
The film stars a comical and highly resilient crab and follows her escapades across the Pacific.

Next Steps in Climate Science, Scientific Discussion Meeting 2-3 October 2013 

 

Organised by
Sir Brian Hoskins CBE FRS
 
Synopsis
The IPCC 5th Assessment Report Working Group 1 Summary for Policy for Makers is due to be approved on 23-26 September of this year. In the following week a number of associated activities are being planned in the UK. This meeting will provide a forum for exploration of the current understanding of some important aspects of climate science, leading on to
discussion of future directions for the science.

Next Steps in Climate Science, Scientific Discussion Meeting 2-3 October 2013 

Meeting to be held at 9:15 am on Wednesday 02 October 2013 – 5:00 pm on Thursday 03 October 2013 at The Royal Society, London

Organised by
Sir Brian Hoskins CBE FRS
 
Synopsis
The IPCC 5th Assessment Report Working Group 1 Summary for Policy for Makers is due to be approved on 23-26 September of this year. In the following week a number of associated activities are being planned in the UK. This meeting will provide a forum for exploration of the current understanding of some important aspects of climate science, leading on to discussion of future directions for the science.

Blog on CLIVAR repeat hydrography section 

 

The aim of this cruise is to investigate how much anthropogenic (generated by human activity) carbon dioxide has been taken up by the ocean. Atmospheric CO2 concentrations have increased rapidly since the start of the industrial revolution (circa 1850).

European JPI Climate Joint Call for Transnational Collaborative Research Projects 

 

This Call for proposals aims to support excellent research on topics of high societal relevance in Europe and globally, recognising that these challenges demand joint efforts through multinational approaches. JPI Climate invites you to form a consortium, consisting of partners from the participating countries and others, preferably bringing together different scientific disciplines in addressing the issues within the scope of the described call topics. Consortia must include partners from at least three of the European countries.

III International Conference on ENSO: Guayaquil, Ecuador, 12-14 november 2014 

 

The Conference will be organized by the International Research Center on El Niño (CIIFEN) and will be held in  Guayaquil, Ecuador from  12-14 November 2014.
 
This international initiative will have  the support of multiple global, regional and local  organizations and  Governments,   financial agencies and other partners we are expecting to join us in due time.

CLIVAR/ESA scientific consultation workshop 

ESA plans to start an “Earth Observation” (EO) related scientific activity this year - referred here as “Ocean Heat Flux” to support the new CLIVAR research opportunity addressing the “Consistency between Planetary Heat Balance and Ocean Heat storage” (http://www.clivar.org/science/clivar-research-opportunities#six). The workshop provided an opportunity to the scientific community to further shape the ESA activity by gathering the scientific requirements in terms of EO data and products to support the new CLIVAR research opportunity, while building upon recent recommendations of CLIVAR GSOP-WHOI Workshop on Ocean Syntheses and Surface Flux Evaluation, and complementing existing activities such as Seaflux (http://seaflux.org.). The presentations from the workshop are now available online.