All Announcements
May, 2013
High Latitude Surface Flux Working Group Publishes BAMS Article
The members of the U.S. CLIVAR High Latitude Surface Flux Working Group have published an article in the March 2013 edition of BAMS, "High-Latitude Ocean and Sea Ice Surface Fluxes: Challenges for Climate Research." The paper describes the scientific requirements for surface fluxes at high latitudes and identifies how current flux products fail to meet these requirements. The authors offer suggestions to improve high latitude flux estimates which includes a multidisciplinary approach with in-situ measurements and satellite remote sensing.
April, 2013
Recent US CLIVAR Events
Greenland Ice Sheet-Ocean Interactions Workshop, Beverly, MA, June 4-7
January, 2013
U.S. AMOC/U.K. RAPID International Science Meeting
Registration is now open for the upcoming Joint Meeting of U.S. AMOC and U.K. RAPID. This International Science Meeting will be held in Baltimore July 16-19, 2013. Visit the event webpage for more details.
December, 2012
2013 Call for U.S. CLIVAR Panel Member Nominations
The U.S. CLIVAR SSC will be selecting multiple panel members in 2013 for each of the three U.S. CLIVAR panels: Phenomena, Observations and Synthesis (POS) Panel, Process Study Model Improvement (PSMI) Panel, Predictability, Prediction and Applications Interface (PPAI) Panel. Deadline for nomination submissions is Jan. 11, 2013. See this Call for Panel Nominations Announcement for more information.
December, 2012
U.S. CLIVAR Town Hall: Science Plan for the Post-2013 Era
Thanks to eveyone who joined us at AGU for our Town Hall Tuesday! We had a great crowd and audience response to the preview of the new U.S. CLIVAR Science Plan under development. Click here to download the Town Hall Presentation.
October, 2012
ENSO Diversity Workshop Feb. 6-8, 2013 in Boulder, CO
Our ENSO Diversity Working Group just wrapped up a successful workshop that included over 40 presentations by scientists studying all aspects of ENSO Diversity. Abstracts, presentations, and the complete workshop report are now available to download at the workshop webpage.
September, 2012
Latest Edition of U.S. CLIVAR Variations Now Available
The latest edition of the U.S. CLIVAR Variations newsletter is now available to view/download. You may notice a slight change in format as we are now publishing the newsletter exclusively online. Please subscribe to Variations here on our website to receive email notification of future editions.
September, 2012
SPURS Campaign Begins in the Atlantic
Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study (SPURS) has launched the R/V Knorr from Woods Hole, MA for a six-week cruise through a high-salinity region of the Atlantic Ocean. Dr. Eric Lindstrom, project scientist for NASA’s Physical Oceanography program and member of U.S. CLIVAR's Inter-Agency Group, is on board the R/V Knorr. Follow along with the research cruise through Lindstrom's SPURS blog.
August, 2012
U.S. CLIVAR Decadal Predictability WG Article in Climate Dynamics
Members of the U.S. CLIVAR Working Group on Decadal Predictability have just published a paper in Climate Dynamics entitled “A verification framework for interannual-to-decadal prediction experiments.” The paper presents consistent metrics for evaluating forecast quality across predictions systems, and guidance on the use of model predictions including correction of mean and conditional biases, and consideration of how best to approach forecast uncertainty.
August, 2012
NOAA's Climate Program Office Announces Federal Funding Opportunity
NOAA's Climate Program Office has announced its FY 2013 federal funding opportunity. The full announcement of opportunity is available on the CPO Funding Opportunities page and on the Grants.Gov website. In FY 2013, NOAA will accept individual applications for 7 competitions, organized around the following programs: Earth System Science; Modeling Analysis, Predictions, and Projections; and Climate and Societal Interactions. Letters of intent are due 5 p.m. (ET), Aug. 29, 2012, and the deadline for final applications is 5:00 p.m. (ET), Nov. 6, 2012.