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The complicated communications between the BOB and the equatorial Indian Ocean through both ocean and atmospheric teleconnections are one of the most important aspects of the tropical Indian Ocean climate. By analyzing satellite observational data and ocean general circulation model experiments, this study investigates the key processes that determine the spatial distribution and seasonality of intraseasonal eddy kinetic energy (EKE) within the Bay of Bengal (BOB).

The conference report and power point presentations from several Scientists who presented their research during the IV International Conference on El Niño Southern Oscillation: ENSO in a warmer Climate (ENSO2018) are now available online.

Professor Detlef Stammer will end his term of CLIVAR SSG Co-chair on December 31, 2018; He  will continue to contribute his expertise and leadership on Ocean and Climate research as WCRP JSC member in 2019  and as Co-chair of The WCRP Grand Challenge (GC) on Regional Sea Level Change and Coastal Impacts.

The latest issue of CLIVAR Exchanges, a Special Issue titled “The Contribution of China to Ocean Research ", is now available to read and download.

The 24th Session of the CLIVAR Scientific Steering Group was hosted by US CLIVAR from Nov.27 to Nov. 29, 2018 in Washington D.C.

This session brought together the CLIVAR leadership, i.e SSG members and co-chairs of CLIVAR panels and Research Foci (RF), and was also attended by invited representatives from sponsors, partnership projects and organizations around the globe, including US CLIVAR, WCRP, IOC, CliC, SPARC,GEWEX and CORDEX.