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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

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Subseasonal-to-   
Seasonal Prediction

Forest

Decadal Variability   
and Predictability

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Climate Change

Tornado and lightning

Climate and Extreme       
Events

Ice in polar landscape

Polar Climate Changes

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Climate and Marine       
Carbon/Biogeochemistry

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Climate at the Coasts

Announcements

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Group picture from the Air-Sea Interactions Working Group Workshop March 2023

2023 Call for New US CLIVAR Working Groups

Requests are now being accepted for new US CLIVAR-sponsored Working Groups. All documents must be submitted by October 10, 2023.

Group photo from the 2023 US CLIVAR Summit in Seattle, Washington

Fall 2023 Call for US CLIVAR-Supported Workshops

Fall 2023 Call for US CLIVAR-Supported Workshops

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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.

A flier for an AMS Town Hall

US CLIVAR at AMS 2023: Town Hall on the Air-Sea Transition Zone

Please join us for a Town Hall to preview the Air-Sea Transition Zone Study Group's observing and modeling strategy and provide feedback.

Upcoming Webinars

Phenomena, Observations, and Synthesis Webinar Series

Date:
Title: The ODYSEA Satellite Concept: Simultaneous Winds and Currents from Doppler Scatterometry
Presenter(s):

Sarah Gille, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

US CLIVAR Climate Variability and Predictability Program