US Climate Variability and Predictability Program

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

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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

Sunset at Woods Hole

Abstract submission form open for the 2022 US AMOC Science Team Meeting

Submit your abstract for an oral or poster presentation at the 2022 US AMOC Science Team Meeting. Deadline for submissions is March 4, 2022.

Art by Dave Bonan

Abstract submission form open for the Pattern Effect Workshop

Submit your abstract for a poster presentation at the 2022 Pattern Effect Workshop. Deadline for submissions is March 4, 2022.

Image of Lisa Goddard

In Memoriam

Lisa Goddard, former Director of the Columbia University International Research Institute for Climate and Society, passed away on January 13. We take this opportunity to share and honor her many impactful contributions to the US CLIVAR Program.

Reanalysis Workshop flyer

Abstract submission form now open

Submit your abstract for a poster presentation at the 2022 Workshop on Future US Earth System Reanalysis. Deadline for submissions is February 4, 2022.

Upcoming Webinars

There are no upcoming Webinars at this time.