On 16^th September 2015 WCRP/CLIVAR and IOC/WESTPAC hosted a joint workshop on “Advancing Ocean Climate Observations and Studies in the Indo-Pacific” at FIO

Dr. Annalisa Bracco, CLIVAR SSG member and incoming SSG Co-chair visited ICGPO and made a presentation on“Mesoscale and Submesoscale Processes: Observations and Modeling” for FIO’s scientists and students on 27th May 2015.

 Last week, the ICPO hosted Prof. Detlef Stammer, SSG co-chair, and this presented the ideal opportunity to further engagement with Chinese colleagues from the three main oceanographic institutions in Qingdao: FIO, OUC, and IOCAS.

“Charting the course for future climate and ocean research” - CLIVAR will convene an Open Science Conference (CLIVAR OSC) in 16-23 September, 2016 in Qingdao, China

The latest issue of Exchanges is now out! The theme of this Exchanges is on Monsoons: "Advancing understanding of monsoon variability and improving prediction". It has been produced by the new jointly-sponsored CLIVAR/GEWEX Monsoons Panel, and it is the first issue produced by the International CLIVAR Monsoons Project Office, located at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM). Download your copy now!

Valery Detemmerman, Executive Director of the CLIVAR ICPO, and Nico Caltabiano, ICPO Senior Staff Scientist, visited the SCSIO in Guangzhou, IAP/CAS and the Climate Center of CMA in Beijing, on 6th and 10th February 2015 respectively.