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March, 2016

Globe

Submit a white paper for the Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space

The National Academies is conducting the 2017-2027 Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space and is requesting a second round of community white papers to inform the Survey. This request for information builds upon the initial set of white papers submitted last year (responses available on the website). The purpose of this second set of papers is to provide ideas for specific science and applications targets under the following five themes: (i) Global Hydrological Cycles and Water Resources, (ii) Weather and Air Quality: Minutes to Subseasonal, (iii) Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems and Natural Resource Management, (iv) Climate Variability and Change: Seasonal to Centennial, and (v) Earth Surface and Interior: Dynamics and Hazards. White papers are due April 30.

March, 2016

SST

Comments sought for white paper on translating process understanding to improve climate models

Comments are sought on a draft white paper based upon the October 2015 US CLIVAR workshop, Translating Process Understanding to Improve Climate Models. The white paper is intended to summarize questionnaire responses, workshop presentations, discussions, and recommendations to inform both the broad research community and agency considerations on the need for a coordinated effort to translate process understanding into climate model improvements over the next decade. Comments on the current draft are due by April 29.

March, 2016

Submit a session proposal to AGU Fall Meeting

The annual AGU Fall Meeting will be held from December 12-16 in San Francisco. Similar to last year, US CLIVAR encourages the community to submit session proposals highlighting work of the Panels, Working Groups, Science Team, and other US CLIVAR supported activities. The deadline to submit a proposal is April 20. We also encourage you to let the Project Office know about your session, so we can help advertise it. 

March, 2016

Variations winter 2016

2016 Variations Winter Edition: The Intra-Americas Seas and its role in climate and extreme events

The Intra-Americas Seas (IAS) plays a vital role in climate variations of the surrounding North American continental region. And yet, the IAS is one of the most poorly observed ocean regions of the world and one where almost all climate models display large bias. This collection of articles highlights the value of sustained and expanded monitoring, research into mechanisms influencing variability, and modeling to advance predictions that will underpin the development of usable climate information to address societal needs in the region.

February, 2016

carbon cycle

Contribute to the 2nd State of the Carbon Cycle Report

The US Carbon Cycle Science Program, under the auspices of the US Global Change Research Program, seeks comments and technical contributors for the 2nd State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR-2). The SOCCR-2 report will be a scientific synthesis and assessment focusing on US and North American carbon cycle processes, stocks, and flows in the context of and interactions with global scale budgets and climate change impacts in managed and unmanaged systems.

February, 2016

Welcome new Panel members and SSC co-chair

US CLIVAR welcomes the following new members, who will help oversee science planning and implementation of program goals: Daniel Vimont, U. Wisconsin-Madison (SSC co-chair); Emily Becker, NOAA CPC; Robert Burgman, Florida International U.; Adam Clark, NOAA National Severe Storm Lab; Gregory Foltz, NOAA AOML; Taka Ito, Georgia Institute of Technology; Alison Macdonald, WHOI; James Morison, U. Washington; John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M; Hyodae Seo, WHOI; Yolande Serra, U. Washington; Janet Sprintall, Scripps; and Samantha Stevenson, NCAR and U. Hawaii.

July, 2019

AMS 100th Anniversary

AMS 100th Annual Meeting, CLIVAR sessions of interest

The American Meteorological Society will be hosting its 100th Annual Meeting January 12-16 in Boston, Massachusetts. The annual theme for the upcoming AMS Annual Meeting is The AMS Past, Present and Future: Linking Information to Knowledge to Society (LINKS). Included are a number of sessions relevant to the US CLIVAR community.

July, 2016

Hurricane tracks

Contribute a research highlights to the website

Do you have a new paper with interesting findings that feature US CLIVAR-related research? Consider submitting a research highlight to the website. The purpose is to help share your findings with the broader scientific community. For more information about the format and who can submit, read our guidelines and some past posts. 

December, 2015

Arctic sea ice

Research Highlight: Possible decadal growth in Atlantic winter sea ice extent in coming years

Climate model projections provide a compelling reason to believe that anthropogenic warming will lead to a pronounced reduction in Arctic sea ice extent over the course of this century and beyond, but there is no reason to expect this long-term sea ice retreat to occur steadily through time, according to new research by Yeager et al.

December, 2015

AMOC impacts on ecosystems

Research Highlight: AMOC impact on the physical and biogeochemical variability in the Gulf Stream region

According to a new paper by Sanchez-Franks and Zhang, the underlying physical driver for the decadal variability in the Gulf Stream path and the regional biogeochemical cycling is linked to the low-frequency variability of the large-scale ocean circulation in the Atlantic, also known as Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC).