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The US AMOC Science Team will officially sunset on December 31, 2020. Leading up to this date, the team will undertake activities to ensure the community is well-positioned to continue advancing AMOC research. Ideas and suggestion are welcome. 

On July 24–27, over a hundred scientists will gather to develop a better understanding of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) and its influence on weather, climate, and ecosystems. You can glimpse some of the science being presented at the meeting via the digital poster gallery or reading an abstract. 

The organizers of a recent workshop, Ocean Mesoscale Eddy Interactions with the Atmosphere, published an article in Eos on the major outcomes and findings. The workshop drew more than 50 oceanographers and atmospheric scientists to assess the state of knowledge about ocean eddy–atmosphere interactions and to plan research.

Join us on June 27 at 1:00 pm ET for our next webinar in the Variations series on "Expansion of the tropics." This webinar will feature contributors to our most recent edition.

For a decade and a half, US CLIVAR has promoted the concept of Climate Process Teams (CPTs). CPTs are a useful way to transfer process-oriented research into climate model development. The history of CPTs, key lessons from past efforts, and how to propose future projects are outlined on the website.

The most recent edition of Variations is themed "Expansion of the tropics" and focuses on the magnitude, cause, and impacts of the recent expansion of the tropical belt region. The articles present some of the most pressing research questions, ideas for standardizing methods, the role of anthropogenic and natural variability, and how widening varies by region with different impacts over land and the ocean.

In its 10th year, the US AMOC Science Team report captures progress on the main objectives of the program, identifies new programmatic gaps,  provides near- and long-term research priorities, and outlines activities leading up to the sunset of the team. 

Over 50 participants gathered in Boulder, Colorado, on May 1–3 to discuss pathways for bridging observations to data assimilation for understanding the tropical Pacific, as part of the TPOS 2020 project. The presentations and posters presented during the workshop are available online for viewing. A workshop summary and report will be forthcoming. 

The upcoming workshop on Bridging Sustained Observations and Data Assimilation for TPOS 2020 will be webcast on Tuesday, May 1. The opening day of the workshop will feature plenary presentations from the observational, modeling, and data assimilation communities.