All Announcements

Download the Report from the International Workshop on Understanding the Response of Greenland’s Marine-Terminating Glaciers to Oceanic and Atmospheric Forcing, summarizing a June 2013 workshop and an emerging research strategy for improving observations, process understanding, and modeling to make progress over the next decade on the question of how ocean impacts Greenland's glaciers.

US CLIVAR reissues the Hurricane Workshop Report in an updated format.  The report summarizes the June 2013 workshop presentations and synthesizes discussion on the analyses of climate model experiments coordinated by the US CLIVAR Hurricane Working Group to improve understanding of interannual variability and trends in tropical cyclone activity from the beginning of the 20^th century to present and to quantify changes in the characteristics of tropical cyclones in a warming climate. 

Check out our latest edition of Variations with invited articles on the Large-Scale Meteorological Patterns (LSMPs) associated with extremes in temperature and precipitation in North America.  Diagnosing the relationship between LSMPs and extremes provides a means for evaluating climate model simulations of the variability of extremes under a changing climate.

The US CLIVAR Scientific Steering Committee seeks qualified individuals to serve on its three subsidiary panels beginning in 2014.  These Panels 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 community.  It is a particularly exciting time to join the Panels, as they embark on planning activities to address the goals and research challenges articulated in the recently published US CLIVAR Science Plan.

Consider nominating yourself or a colleague to serve.  See the Call for New Panelists on our website for information on the expertise sought and the link to the online nomination form.  Deadline for nominating is March 21.  Decisions will be made in April.

The new US CLIVAR Science Plan is now available outlining the research goals and strategies for the next 15 years of the program.  Specifically, the Plan is intended to: 1) update the goals and priorities of US CLIVAR based on achievements to date; 2) articulate the expansion of core research to target specific research challenges; 3) emphasize strengthened ties to the broader Earth Sciences community and relevance to societal impacts; 4) bolster research funding commitments by US agencies to achieve their mission objectives; and 5) articulate the envisioned collaborations with other US and international research programs.

The US CLIVAR Hurricane Working Group was formed to coordinate efforts to produce a set of model experiments designed to improve understanding of the variability of tropical cyclone formation in climate models.  The WG hosted a workshop this summer at GFDL that included presentations by US and international scientists.  The Hurricane Workshop Report, summarizing 30 presentations over the 2.5 day event, is now available online

The theme for the Fall 2013 edition of Variations is Hurricane/Tropical Cyclone frequency and intensity.  The edition contains articles from members of the US CLIVAR Hurricane Working Group including findings presented at the recent workshop at GFDL.

NOAA's 38th Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop is going on this week  Registration is available on-site.  The meeting will be held at the NCWCP Building in College Park, MD.  Check the meeting website and sign-up on the list-serv for the latest updates.

We've moved!  The US CLIVAR Project Office is now located at 1201 New York Ave NW, 4th Floor Rooms 4002-4004, Washington, DC 20005.  Our new phone number is 202.787.1682.  We're co-located with members of the UCAR Washington Office at the Consortium for Ocean Leadership.  We're looking forward to working with these colleagues in our new office space.

CLIVAR held a Town Hall at the Ocean Sciences Meeting on Tuesday, February 25^th, with presentations by Detlef Stammer and Lisa Goddard on future goals and research challenges of International and US CLIVAR.  Download a copy of the presentation.  Oral and poster sessions on CLIVAR: Ocean and Atmosphere Variability, Predictability and Change are scheduled for Wednesday, February 26^th.