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Opening of the International Project Office in Tokyo 16.05.2012
The International Programme Office of ICSU’s new World Data System (WDS) was opened officially in Tokyo on 9 May 2012. The WDS International Programme Office will manage and coordinate the establishment and operations of the WDS, and take responsibility for outreach and promotional activities. The IPO will act under the guidance of the ICSU World Data System Scientific Committee composed of leading scientists who are actively involved with scientific data issues. The first Executive Director of WDS and Director of its IPO is Dr Mustapha Mokrane... read more
Secondment Opportunity for the Post of Director of CLIVAR IPO 09.05.2012
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a secondment with the WCRP and the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) for the position of Director of the International CLIVAR Project Office (ICPO), located at NOC’s Southampton headquarters. The secondment period will be until 31 March 2014. Closing date: 14th June 2012.... read more
 
GEWEX News and CLIVAR Exchanges: not to be Missed 25.04.2012
The latest issues of the two outstanding publications CLIVAR Exchanges and GEWEX News have been recently published. GEWEX News focuses on Reanalyses and their application in climate research. This issue anticipates the upcoming 4th WCRP International Conference in Reanalyses that will be held in USA in May 2012. The latest issue of CLIVAR Exchanges provides an overview of the CLIVAR activities and projects in the four Ocean Basins. |
U.S. Earth-Observing Vision at Risk 02.05.2012
A recent report from the U.S. National Academies' National Research Council (NRC) cautions that the U.S. Earth observation programme continues to deteriorate. Aging satellites are being replaced too slowly, the report concludes, and by 2020 the country may have only 25% of its current observing capacity. A. Busalacchi, chair of the WCRP Joint Scientific Committee, is a member of the NRC committee issuing the report that urges for an overarching national strategy of Earth Observation... read more
Developing a Global Drought Information System (GDIS) 23.04.2012
From 11 to 13 April 2012, the WCRP Global Drought Information System (GDIS) Workshop took place on the premises of ESA-ESRIN in Frascati, Italy. This workshop focused on the steps necessary to develop a GDIS that builds upon the extensive world-wide investments that have already been made in developing drought monitoring, drought risk management, and short term climate prediction capabilities... read the workshop outcomes.
The Global scientific and end-user communities found a place to meet and listen to each other´s stories.... read the blog
The Paleoclimate Modelling Contribution to CMIP5 19.03.2012
The Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project (PMIP) focuses on the analysis of general circulation models, specifically to test the models for future climate projections. The paleoclimate simulations in CMIP5 also offer the opportunity to use the same models in different configurations and thereby to increase our understanding of the relationship between climate feedbacks, or climate variability and teleconnections, with the background climate change... read more |
