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Last month's WCRP Global Drought Information System Workshop 

The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Drought Interest Group (DIG), together with CLIVAR, GEWEX, GEO, the European Space Agency (ESA), NASA, NSF, and NIDIS, sponsored a WCRP Global Drought Information System (GDIS) workshop in Frascati, Italy, in April 2012, focused on determining the needs and the steps necessary for the development of a GDIS. 

WCRP Workshop on Developing a Global Drought Information System 

From 11 to 13 April 2012, the WCRP workshop on developing a Global Drought Information System (GDIS) took place on the premises of ESA-ESRIN in Frascati, Italy. This workshop focused on the steps necessary to develop a GDIS that builds upon the extensive world-wide investments that have already been made in developing drought monitoring, drought risk management, and short term climate prediction capabilities. The Global scientific and end-user communities found a place to meet and listen to each other´s stories. The workshop presentations can be found on the workshop webpages. 

Exchanges 58 Now Online 

The 58th edition of the CLIVAR Exchanges newsletter - a thematic issue on CLIVAR's ocean basin panels - is now online in our Publications section. 

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CLIVAR Town Hall Meeting at the 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, 21 February, Salt Lake City USA  

Martin Visbeck, CLIVAR SSG co-chair, kicked off the evening event with a brief overview of CLIVAR objectives and organisation. He emphasised that international CLIVAR focused on problems that require international coordination or cooperation and outlined how CLIVAR fits into the bigger scheme of WCRP and the other international Global Change programmes.

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Financial assistance deadline extended for 4th WCRP International Conference on Reanalyses 

4th WCRP International Conference on Reanalyses
7-11 May 2012, Silver Spring, Maryland USA

The 4th World Climate Research Programme International Conference on Reanalyses provides an exciting opportunity for the modeling community to review and discuss the major observations and modeling research associated with reanalyses.

SSG-19: CLIVAR Evolution and Collaboration 

The 19th Session of the CLIVAR Scientific Steering Group (SSG-19) was held in La Paz, Mexico, between 11th and 14th June 2012. Dr Jim Hurrell and Professor Martin Visbeck, SSG co-chairs, led the meeting of 30 participants, comprised of SSG members, chairs or representatives of CLIVAR panels and working groups, representatives of the other core WCRP projects, and other invitees.

The Future CLIVAR: Help chart the course (Town Hall) 

CLIVAR is the World Climate Research Programme project that addresses Climate Variability and Predictability, with a particular focus on the role of ocean-atmosphere interactions in climate. International CLIVAR seeks to identify major emerging climate science questions and to facilitate international coordination, cooperation and capacity building to address these issues.  CLIVAR of the future will be more cross-disciplinary and will need to build the application of CLIVAR/ocean science to societal needs.

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SECONDMENT OPPORTUNITY - Director of the International CLIVAR Project Office (ICPO) 

Role: Director of the International CLIVAR Project Office (ICPO)
Base: National Oceanography Centre - Southampton, UK
Start date: 1 August 2012 (negotiable)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a secondment with the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) for the position of Director of the International CLIVAR Project Office (ICPO), located at NOC’s Southampton headquarters.  The secondment period will be until 31 March 2014.