Figure 1. Schematic diagram representing the factors contributing to the spatial dipole pattern of below-normal and above-normal rainfall during ELLA and LALA episodes. The oceanic and atmospheric conditions over the Indo-Pacific region are shown. Over the ocean, the red...
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Meet the New Staff of the International CLIVAR Project Office
After nearly a year of transition, we are excited to announce that the staff team at the International CLIVAR Project Office is now fully complete! Based in Qingdao, China, and hosted by the Ocean University of China, our team is made up of passionate professionals from Indonesia, Mexico, and...
Figure 1. Mean intensity of marine heatwaves (MHWs) and total heat exposures (THEs) during 2071–2100 based on CMIP6 multi-model mean (MMM) under the SSP585 scenario. (a), (b) MHW mean intensity in the global ocean and the Arctic Ocean, respectively. (c), (d) As (a) and (b) but for the changes in MHW mean intensity during 2071-2100 relative to 1985-2014. (e)–(h) As (a)–(d),...
We would like to draw your attention to submit abstracts to two upcoming Southern Ocean sessions convene by CLIVAR members at the
EGU General Assembly 2025 in Vienna, 27 April to 2...
We are excited to announce the publication of a new paper by the Marine Heatwaves in the Global Ocean Research Foci Group, titled:
"A Global Overview of...
Fig. 1. Weakening of equatorial Pacific warming due to the decoupling of Indian and Atlantic Oceans. (A) Composite equatorial (5°S-5°N) SST (shading, °C, with stippling indicating significance at the 95...
Highlights from the International Indian Ocean Science Conference (IIOSC) 2024, March 4-8, 2024, Lombok, Indonesia
This year’s International Indian Ocean Science Conference (IIOSC) marked a significant milestone. The event hosted the 20th Session of the CLIVAR/IOC-GOOS Indian Ocean Region Panel (IORP) and annual...
We would like to draw your attention to submit papers to the Special Collection of the American Meteorological Society organised by CLIVAR members, which explores the unusual variability and evolution of the El Niño - Southern Oscillation (ENSO...
Weather & Climate Interactions – observations, theory, and modelling
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The year 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of two milestone events of early El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) research that involved Klaus Wyrtki of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, a pioneering oceanographer who made groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of ENSO: The publication of his seminal Journal of Physical Oceanography 1975 paper: “El Niño—The dynamic...
CLIVAR SSG member, Dr Roxy Mathew Koll of IITM Pune has been awarded the most prestigious award in India: the Rashtriya Vigyan Pusarkar: Vigyan Yuva Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2024 in Earth Science, for his outstanding contribution in the study of Indian Ocean warming and its implication on Indian Monsoon and marine productivity. His work provides insight to build better networks and...
Dr Howard Cattle
We are saddened to hear of the passing away of Dr Howard Cattle, Director of the International CLIVAR Project Office (ICPO) from 2002 to 2010 while it was at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK.
Howard succeeded John Gould in August 2002, as the fourth director of the ICPO, around the time when the World Ocean...
CLIVAR (www.clivar.org) is a Core Project of the World Climate Research Programme (http://www.wcrp-climate.org) dedicated to understanding the role of the ocean in the variability, predictability and change of climate and to the benefit of society and the environment in which we live. Each of the Core Projects has...
At the start of 2024, the CLIVAR Scientific Steering Group (SSG) bid farewell to member Dr Wenju Cai, and welcome a new member Dr Shoshiro Minobe.
Dr Wenju Cai served as a member of the SSG in 2018 and 2023, and as Co-Chair from 2019 to 2022. Prior to joining the SSG, Dr Cai served as member and Co-Chair of the CLIVAR Pacific Region Panel.
...In-person event at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics
22-31 July 2024, Kastler Lecture Hall, ICTP, Trieste, Italy
Polar climates are key components of the global climate and have been undergoing rapid and dramatic changes over the past decades.
This activity will emphasize the interactions between the cryosphere, ocean and atmosphere...
