16-21 January 2017
Jeju Island, Republic of Korea
Applications are now open for the WCRP-JNU Training School on Monsoon Variability in Changing Climate.
Apply now! Deadline: 15 November 2016
Highlights from the CLIVAR Open Science Conference:
Day 1 Highlights - Ocean Role in the Climate System
Day 2 Highlights - Climate Variability and Predictability
Day 3 Highlights - Understanding Ocean and Climate Processes
Day 4 Highlights - The Ocean in a Warmer World
Day 5 Highlights - The Future of Climate and Ocean Science
The latest SPARC eNews bulletin includes an open call for SPARC Scientific Steering Group membership, information on the WCRP-SPARC Workshop: Challenges for Climate Science, details of the Summer School on Atmospheric Composition and Dynamics and much, much more.
10-14 July 2017
New York, NY, USA
The WCRP, jointly with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC), invites you to an international conference on sea level research that will address the existing challenges in describing and predicting regional sea level changes, and in quantifying the intrinsic uncertainties. For more see the conference flyer.
In this issue of GEWEX E-News:
Showcasing your GEWEX related papers
The International Prize for Model Development and International Data Prize
Webinar Series on Applications of Remote Sensing to Soil Moisture and Evapotranspiration
Call for International Soil Modeling Consortium (ISMC)-CROSS Panel Members
Special INARCH Issue of Earth System Science Data
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Applications are now invited for groups within, and linked to, CORDEX communities across the globe to propose 'Flagship Pilot Studies' (FPS). The FPS will focus on sub-continental-scale targeted regions, so as to allow a number of capabilities towards addressing key scientific questions and needs of the vulnerability, impact & adaptation community and end users. FPS proposals should be driven by the regional CORDEX communities, although sharing common protocols so as to allow easier exchange of know-how. FPS proposals will be reviewed and endorsed by the CORDEX Science Advisory Team, together with selected external reviewers, according to the criteria listed in the 'FPS Criteria & Guidelines' document. Further details on the FPS, together with instructions on how to submit your proposal and an application template, can be found on the FPS webpage. There will be 3 deadlines per year for FPS proposals: 15th February, 15th June and 15th October 2016. Successful proposals from the third round of 2016 (15 October) will be presented on the CORDEX website.
Figure 1 (Vitart et al. 2016)
Frédéric Vitart et al. 2016
A database containing sub-seasonal to seasonal forecasts from 11 operational centres is available to the research community and will help advance our understanding of the sub-seasonal to seasonal time range. The S2S database represents an important tool to advance our understanding of the sub-seasonal to seasonal time range. In particular, this database will help identify common successes and shortcomings in the model simulation and prediction of sources of sub-seasonal to seasonal predictability and is an important tool for case studies of extreme events. For more see the full article in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (Early Online Release) (OPEN ACCESS).
September, 2016
Over the next few months we intend to prepare a useful and accessible WCRP summary document. We hope the document will serve three purposes: a brief summary of recent accomplishments and impact, a ‘review’ document to meet the needs of the up-coming International Council for Science (ICSU) review of WCRP, and a WCRP outlook for the next several years recognising present and future challenges especially as influenced by the Paris climate agreement.
September, 2016
Print and broadcast media and the blogosphere carry urgent news about the climate system: global atmospheric CO2 at record high levels (above 400 ppm), another consecutive month of record warmth in surface air temperatures, recent extreme flood and drought events in many locations (even if the western press focuses primarily on Louisiana), reduced coverage of Arctic sea ice (seriously low but not ‘off the charts’ if you follow the Alfred-Wegener-Institut (AWI) / University of Bremen product), and the list goes on.
September, 2016
CLIVAR Open Science Conference
“Charting the course for climate and ocean research”
18-25 September 2016
Qingdao, China
Highlights that you will not want to miss