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The Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Processes Study (iLEAPS), a global research project of Future Earth, will hold its 5th Science Conference in Oxford, United Kingdom in September 2017. Take part in this international conference focusing on "Understanding the impact of land-atmosphere exchanges" by registering and submitting an abstract on the conference website. 
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This paper by Sean Davis and others presents water vapour and ozone intercomparisons that were performed as part of the SPARC (Stratosphere-troposphere Processes and their Role in Climate) Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP). The comparisons cover a range of timescales and evaluate both inter-reanalysis and observation-reanalysis differences. Find out more in this open access paper published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
This paper presents results that are part of the SPARC (Stratosphere-troposphere Processes and their Role in Climate) Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP)
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The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes is a major seven-year initiative that brings together five of Australia’s leading universities and a suite of national and international partners. It is currently offering 14 postdoctoral positions.
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In response to fantastic feedback the Polar Challenge Committee has issued an update to the Challenge's guidelines - including relaxed mission and AUV requirements, opportunities for partial prize awards, late registration options and clarification on verification strategies. All prospective competitors are invited to review their participation options under the updated Polar Challenge Guidelines.
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In this issue:
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- 2017 Gordon Research Conference & Seminar on Radiation and Climate
- 8th Annual Catchment Science Summer School
- Seasonal to Subseasonal (S3S) Project Review Survey
Plus meetings and position announcements. For more see the latest GEWEX E-News.
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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) officially launched the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) during the WMO Executive Committee meeting #69 in Geneva, Switzerland. From mid-2017 to mid-2019, scientists and operational forecasting centers from various countries will work together to observe, model, and improve forecasts of the Arctic and Antarctic weather and climate systems. WCRP is working with our sister organisation, the World Weather Research Programme, to ensure the success of the Year of Polar Prediction.
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In Brief: WCRP Director David Carlson gave a keynote presentation "Urgent Climate Challenges - Research and Modeling" at the Research Dialogue of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting in Bonn last week. The WCRP Community also presented five posters, informing SBSTA of relevant research activities by the science community.
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In brief: WCRP and the Global Carbon Project have signed a partnership to advance our knowledge of the carbon cycle and our ability to predict carbon sinks and sources in the future. To read more click the headline above…
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Inspirational scientific careers at the ‘Women in Science – Breaking the Cliché’ event on the 4th of May 2017 at the World Meteorological Organisation’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
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The latest SPARC eNews Bulletin for May 2017 includes news and announcements, SPARC publications, journal special issues, early career opportunities, upcoming meetings and science updates.
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Highlight: SPARC Annual Report 2016 now available!
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In Brief: The City of Edmonton, Canada has been announced as host city for the 2018 Cities and Climate Change Science Conference, endorsed and co-sponsored by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The role of WCRP will be to represent and promote fundamental science in the planning and delivery of the conference. Click the headline above for more information...
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CLIVAR's May Bulletin is now available. Lots of news, information and upcoming events.
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WCRP Director David Carlson resigns from WCRP. This is his message to the WCRP Community, partners and friends:- Details
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The Climate and Ocean: Variability, Predictability and Change (CLIVAR) project is one of WCRP's four core projects. CLIVAR’s mission is to understand the dynamics, the interaction, and the predictability of the coupled ocean-atmosphere system. To this end it facilitates observations, analysis and predictions of changes in the Earth’s climate system, enabling better understanding of climate variability and dynamics, predictability, and change, to the benefit of society and the environment in which we live.
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Highlights of CLIVAR's April Bulletin include:
- Latest CLIVAR Exchanges is now online
- CLIVAR endorsed the 'Years of the Maritime Continent (YMC) Research Project'
- CLIVAR International Symposium on Boundary Currents
- COST/CLIVAR Workshop on Ocean Reanalyses and Inter-comparisons
- Sub-seasonal to Seasonal prediction project (S2S) - review questionnaire - inputs welcome by 31 May 2017
- COST/CLIVAR Workshop on Ocean Reanalyses and Inter-comparisons
- Fellowships, scholarships, upcoming events and more...
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An overview of the 38th Session of the Joint Scientific Committee (JSC-38) in Paris, France - 3-7 April 2017. A complete overview of the official meeting is now available!
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The Grand Challenge on Carbon Feedbacks in the Climate System was launched via a kick-off workshop held in Hamburg, Germany, on the 21st and 22nd of November 2016. The objective of the workshop was to strengthen the links between the Grand Challenge's guiding questions and research initiatives as well as to emphasize major gaps and to sharpen the priorities and plans of the program as a whole. Discussions amongst the 35 participants was centered around the Grand Challenge's four research areas: process understanding on land; process understanding in the ocean; learning from the existing record; and towards improving projections. The Carbon Feedbacks in the Climate System report from the Kick-off Workshop summarizes these discussions and lists proposed actions for 2017/2018.
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The 13th Session of the Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) Project Scientific Steering Group (SSG) took place on 17-18 February 2017 in New Zealand. The meeting was hosted at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) and was co‐sponsored by WCRP, the CliC International Project Office, the Norwegian Polar Institute, and VUW.
CliC SSG‐13 took place in conjunction with the IGS/IACS/CliC International Symposium on the Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, held at VUW from 13‐17 February 2017. Twenty‐seven participants from thirteen different countries attended the meeting, which was chaired by CliC Co‐Chairs Gerhard Krinner and James Renwick. A summary of presentations, discussions, and action items is available in the SSG-13 Report.
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The latest SPARC eNews bulletin includes SPARC news and announcements, latest SPARC publications, journal special issues relevant to SPARC science, early career information, upcoming SPARC meetings and latest science updates.
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