News

Report from the PAGES/CLIVAR Workshop: Reducing and representing uncertainties in high-resolution proxy climate data (02 Dec 2008) 

A report from the PAGES/CLIVAR Workshop: Reducing and representing uncertainties in high-resolution proxy climate data held in June 2008 in Trieste, Italy has been published (Cobb et al., 2008).

Latest WCRP News No. 12 (01 Dec 2008) 

The WCRP News No. 12 can be accessed through this link: http://wcrp.wmo.int/documents/Ezine12_Dec08.pdf

CORE community reference paper published (04 Dec 2008) 

A CORE (Co-ordinated Ocean-Ice Reference Experiments) community reference paper has been published: "Simulations are presented from seven global ocean-ice models using the CORE-I design (repeating annual cycle of atmospheric forcing for 500years): Griffies, S. M. et al., 2009: Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments (COREs). Ocean Modelling, 26, 1-46". [Download the paper]

OceanSITES call for whitepaper updates (22 Dec 2008) 

OceanSITES is calling PIs to help updating site information and whitepapers documents, which compile all OceanSITES activities. The documentation for all OceanSITES sites is available on http://www.oceansites.org/network/. Inputs should be provided by 9th January 2009.

EGU Session "Strong Ocean Currents: Honoring the science of Fritz Schott" (06 Jan 2009) 

EGU is holding a Session on "Strong Ocean Currents: Honoring the science of Fritz Schott" at their next General Assembly in Vienna, Austria, 19 ? 24 April 2009. The convenors of this session (Bill Johns, Jay McCreary and Martin Visbeck) encourage submissions on a science topic related to Fritz's contributions over the years. Abstracts are due on 13th January 2009. More information on http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2009/sessionprogramme/OS

CLIVAR-Spain research network workshop (09 Feb 2009) 

The CLIVAR-Spain research network is organizing a workshop on "Climate in Spain: Past, Present and Future" on 11-13 February 2009 in Madrid. This workshop is part of the activities that CLIVAR-Spain is promoting in 2009 and funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation. The main objective of this workshop is to publish a document on the physical aspects of climate change on the Iberian Peninsula. More information on the workshop and CLIVAR- Spain activities can be found at: http://clivar.iim.csic.es/

Commemorative issue of Ocean Modelling (26 Feb 2009) 

Ocean Modelling is pleased to announce a special issue dedicated to the life and contributions of Peter Killworth. Until early 2008,Ocean Modelling was largely shaped, led and edited by Peter, its Founding Editor, who passed away on 28 January 2008. Papers are invited, including reviews, which focus on areas of research that are related to Peter?s interests and contributions to oceanography. While that can include all areas of ocean circulation, his recent interests covered

Tony Busalacchi has been elected AGU Fellow (26 Feb 2009) 

Congratulations to Tony Busalacchi, chair of the Joint Scientific Committee for WCRP, on his election to AGU Fellow. Tony Busalacchi is the Director of the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center at the University of Maryland and a former co-chair of CLIVAR's Scientific Steering Group. For a full list of AGU's Elected Fellow, see: http://www.agu.org/about/honors/fellows/fellows2009.shtml

Phasing out the CLIVAR mirror site (06 Jun 2009) 

We are in the process of phasing out the CLIVAR mirror site at UCAR (clivar.ucar.edu). Please, update bookmarks or links you might have to that website which will be turned off on 01/Aug/2009.

Int. Journal of Clim. special issue on Africa Climate (16 Jun 2009) 

The Internatinal Journal of Climatology's latest special issue is focused on the African Climate and Applications. Papers can be seen at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122355158/issue