US CLIVAR Climate Variability and Predictability Program

Who We Are

US CLIVAR is a national research program with a mission to foster understanding and prediction of climate variability and change on intraseasonal-to-centennial timescales, through observations and modeling with emphasis on the role of the ocean and its interaction with other elements of the Earth system, and to serve the climate community and society through the coordination and facilitation of research on outstanding climate questions.

Our Research

The ocean plays a key role in providing a major long-term "memory" for the climate system, generating or enhancing variability on a range of climatic timescales. Understanding the ocean's role in climate variability is therefore crucial for quantifying and harnessing the predictability inherent to the Earth system. US CLIVAR-led research has played a substantial role in advancing understanding of, and skill in predicting climate variability and change.

Science and Research Challenges

Cracked earth

Subseasonal-to-
Seasonal Prediction

Forest

Decadal Variability
and Predictability

Flooding in neighborhood

Climate Change

Tornado and lightning

Climate and Extreme
Events

Ice in polar landscape

Polar Climate Changes

Fish swimming undersea

Climate and Marine
Carbon/Biogeochemistry

Coast with cliffs and waves

Climate at the Coasts

Announcements

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Call for New 2023 US CLIVAR Panel Members

Apply to join one of the US CLIVAR Panels that formulate science goals and implementation strategies, catalyze and coordinate activities, and work with agencies and international partners to advance the progress of the climate research.