Over five days scientists showcased the major advances in climate and ocean research and identified the way forward for WCRP's Climate and Ocean Variability, Predictability and Change (CLIVAR) Project.

Abstract Submission Deadline: Oct 15, 2016

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

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.

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

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

Adrian Simmons et al., 2016

A report in response to a request by the Committee on Space Research of the International Council for Science to prepare a roadmap on observation and integrated Earth-system science for the coming ten years. Its focus is on the combined use of observations and modelling to address the functioning, predictability and projected evolution of interacting components of the Earth system on timescales out to a century or so. It discusses how observations support integrated

Paris, France

28 November - 1 December, 2016

Tropical Atlantic climate recently experienced pronounced shifts of great socio-economic importance. The oceanic changes were largest in the eastern boundary upwelling systems. African countries bordering the Atlantic strongly depend upon their ocean-societal development, fisheries, and tourism. They were strongly affected by these climatic changes and will face important adaptation challenges associated with global warming. Furthermore, these

Tarquinia VT, Italy

19-28 October 2016

This School provides an overview of state of the art techniques and methods for detecting and monitoring the volcanic and convective clouds. It teaches students about the different instruments and platforms that are best at detecting such clouds and discusses new missions planned for solving the main issues in this research field. The registration deadline is the 31 August 2016. For more details see the training school website.

Météo-France, Toulouse, France

18-21 October 2016

This workshop is intended to facilitate the more rapid advance of development of coupled data assimilation methodologies to improve weather and climate predictions and reanalyses. The workshop will cover methods for coupling of data assimilation methodologies between the atmosphere, ocean, land-surface, sea-ice, aerosols, atmospheric chemistry, and more, including weak coupling (coupling of the forecasts providing the background forecasts) and

The Tropical Pacific Observing System (TPOS) aims to meet the observational, experimental, and operational needs of today and the future. The purpose of the TPOS 2020 project is oversee the transition to a more resilient and integrated observing system to meet the identified gaps as well as future needs as they are identified. A (revised) draft, now called the "First Report" (second and final reports will come in 2018 and 2020) can be downloaded from the TPOS 2020 website. While still a

31 October to 1 November 2016

Berlin, Germany

WCRP and SPARC welcome scientific contributions related to the Grand Challenges on “Clouds, circulation & climate sensitivity”, “Climate extremes”, “Near-term climate prediction”, and “Carbon feedbacks in the climate system” and/or the SPARC themes “Atmospheric dynamics and predictability”, “Chemistry and climate”, and “Long-term records for climate understanding”. The aim of the workshop is to discuss the state of the science in the areas of Grand

The First Institute of Oceanography (FIO) and the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) invite applications for the post of Executive Director of the International CLIVAR (Climate and Ocean - Variability, Predictability, and Change) Project Office, based in Qingdao, China.

The goal of CLIVAR is to improve understanding and prediction of ocean-atmosphere interactions and their influence on climate variability and change, to the benefit of society and the environment. CLIVAR is a core project of

20-22 September 2016 - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA

Registration deadline: 15 August 2016

The Physics Dynamics Coupling 2016 workshop will work to address challenges in the development of advanced algorithms to accurately and efficiently represent process interactions that determine fundamental characteristics of weather and climate systems. For more see the workshop webpages.

21-25 November 2016 - Dakar, Senegal

Deadline 15 August 2016

This training school will include lectures by leading experts from the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Working Group on Seasonal to Interannual Prediction (WGSIP) on predictability over sub-seasonal to decadal timescales, with concrete examples from some of the world’s leading operational centers. Lab-based classes will introduce participants to the new S2S Project subseasonal and CHFP seasonal forecast databases. 

For more

GEWEX e-News and GEWEX News are both now available. In GEWEX e-News find out about the latest GEWEX-related opportunities and upcoming events. Want to showcase your publications? Find out how GEWEX can help! In GEWEX News discover the Arctic Observation and Reanalysis Integrated System (ArORIS), the new GEWEX Aerosol Precipitation Project, highlights from the 14th Baseline Surface Radiation Network Scientific Review and Workshop, the International Soil Modeling Consortium, and the relationship

October 17-19 2016

University of Grenoble, Grenoble, France

INARCH participants and their research teams are invited to participate in the second GEWEX INARCH Workshop. This workshop will bring scientists together to explore and discuss specific issues in mountain snow and ice hydrology highlighted after the inaugural INARCH workshop in Kananaskis in October 2015. The workshop is open to all scientists contributing directly or indirectly to the INARCH GEWEX crosscut project. Early-career

The report on the 14^th Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN) Scientific Review and Workshop is now available. Talks and posters are also available on the World Radiation Monitoring Center-Baseline Surface Radiation Network web page.

SPARC have been busy. Find out the latest in SPARC's July eNews Bulletin and SPARC's latest Newsletter (No. 47). 

Find out all about CORDEX!

CORDEX builds on a foundation of previous downscaling intercomparison projects to provide a common framework for downscaling activities around the world. Discussion paper now available in Geoscientific Model Developement Discussions (OPEN ACCESS):

Gutowski Jr., W. J., et al., 2016. WCRP COordinated Regional Downscaling EXperiment (CORDEX): A diagnostic MIP for CMIP6, Geosci. Model Dev. Discuss., doi:10.5194/gmd-2016-120.

Figure. Bias in 1980-2005 precipitation