News

First NACLIM user meeting held 

Jennifer Riley of the ICPO team attended the first user meeting of the NACLIM project, organised by GIM, Catherine Steven and Bart Thomas; VITO, Koen De Ridder; and the UHAM, Chiara Bearzotti and hosted at EcoHuis in Antwerp.

The meeting brought together experts in the field of modelling urban heatwaves, and producing mapped data products for user use.

Representatives from case study cities of Antwerp and Berlin were present to discuss their particular needs from a city perspective and determine what data would be needed for input in to the models and mapped outputs.

A full report on the meeting outcome will be availbale in due course.

South African society for atmospheric sciences conference 

The South African society for atmospheric sciences (SASAS) conference registration is now open.

26-27th September Durban, South Africa

www.sasas.org.za/index.php/sasas-2013

Future Earth Science Committee Announced 

The International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Social Science Council (ISSC), on behalf of the Science and Technology Alliance for Global Sustainability, announced today the members of the first Science Committee for Future Earth, a new 10-year research programme on global sustainability.

Summer School  

Biogeochemical cycles in highly productve marine ecosystems

Buenos Aires, 2-14 December 2013

Grants available!

Application deadline: 1st Augst 2013
Notification of acceptance: 1st September

Visit the website for more details

The Climate Historical Forecast Project Database Now Available 

Seasonal Hindcasts for Scientific Research

The Working Group on Seasonal to Interannual Prediction (WGSIP), in collaboration with the Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera (CIMA) announce the availability of the CHFP dataset of seasonal hindcasts from leading seasonal forecast centres worldwide for research use.

The CHFP database consists of data from retrospective predictions of the seasonal climate from year to year across recent decades and is available from the website below.

First NACLIM newsletter published 

The first NACLIM newsletter is availbale now online from the NACLIM website. Read now about NACLIM events, reports and deliverables including:

  • The Atlantic - A shared Resource - Meeting in Galway 23-24th May 2013
  • Core Theme1 and 3 - Meeting in Hamburg 22-23rd April 2013
  • Core Theme 2 - Meeting in Hamburg 6th March 3013
  • NACLIM gender panel report
  • NACLIM media factsheet

EUR-OCEANS hot topics conference 

A changing ocean

6-8th November 2013, PLOCAN, Gran Canaria, Spain

  • poster abstract submission (through registration form): 30 June 2013
  • application for financial support (through registration form): 30 June 2013
  • acceptance notice for posters and funding: 24 July
  • registration: 31 July

www.eur-oceans.eu/hot_topics_conf

The Bonn Declaration on Global Water Security 

The water community assembled in Bonn for the Global Water System Project Conference:

Water in the Anthropocene

the conference aim was to make a set of core recommendations to institutions and individuals focused on science, governance, management and decision-making relevant to water resources on Earth.

www.gwsp.org/products/archive/bonn-water-declaration.html

2nd International Ocean Research Conference 

II INTERNATIONAL OCEAN RESEARCH CONFERENCE
One Planet, One Ocean
Barcelona (Spain), 17-21 November 2014

Abstract submission opens November 15, 2013

GSOP/GODAE Workshop 

 

The next CLIVAR GSOP/GODAE Ocean View Ocean Reanalyses Intercomparison Workshop will be held at ECMWF from the 1st to the 3th of July 2013. Provisional participants list and agenda are available online now www.ecmwf.int/newsevents/meetings/workshops/2013/CLIVAR/