US CLIVAR
Fostering understanding and prediction of climate variability and change
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
Subseasonal-to-
Seasonal Prediction
Decadal Variability
and Predictability
Climate Change
Climate and Extreme
Events
Polar Climate Changes
Climate and Marine
Carbon/Biogeochemistry
Climate at the Coasts
Announcements
Fall 2021 call for US CLIVAR-supported workshops
Requests for US CLIVAR-sponsored workshops are due September 24, 2021.
Daily to Decadal Ecological Forecasting along North American Coastlines Workshop
The joint US CLIVAR/OCB workshop is scheduled for April 12-14, 2022. Abstracts and registration opening winter 2021.
CLIVAR town hall & sessions at 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting
Abstract submissions are due September 15, 2021.
Research Challenge on Climate at the Coasts. A US CLIVAR White Paper
This White Paper outlines the motivation, scope, and research directions for a newly established ten-year Research Challenge on Climate at the Coasts.
Research Highlights
Upcoming Webinars
Phenomena, Observations, and Synthesis Webinar Series
Date:
Title: Sea surface pCO2 in the Canada Basin of the Arctic Ocean
Presenter: Michael DeGrandpre, University of Montana
Funding for US CLIVAR provided by
