Organizers for the Deep Ocean Observing Strategy (DOOS) are conducting a deep ocean observation inventory to lay the foundation for development and coordination of regional, national, and global deep ocean observing systems. They are looking for input on the use of and needs for deep ocean observations. Survey responses are due by September 21. 

A new white paper has been released based on a 2015 US CLIVAR workshop, "Translating Process Understanding to Improve Climate Models." The document summarizes responses from a community questionnaire, workshop presentations and discussions, and recommendations to help inform the broad research community and agency considerations.

The First Institute of Oceanography (FIO) and the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) invite applications for the post of Executive Director of the International CLIVAR Project Office, based in Qingdao, China. The Executive Director will be responsible for a range of activities including fulfilling CLIVAR priorities as part of WCRP’s objectives and goals, managing the project office, participating in relevant meetings and workshops, promoting CLIVAR objectives, and seeking sources of additional funding. The position is available starting October 1. 

This report highlights the virtual workshop that was held over three half-day sessions (September 9-11, 2015) and featured 47 oral and poster presentations that spanned observational and modeling studies and timescales from the paleoclimate to secular change, and also covered a wide range of phenomenological studies (e.g., tropical cyclones, mid-summer droughts, low level jets) for the Intra-Americas Seas. 

AGU Fall Meeting will be held this year from December 12 - 16. In preparation for the meeting, the US CLIVAR Project Office has compiled a condensed list of sessions that are relevant to the community. Organized according to core science topics and research challenges, the list of sessions is not intended to be exhaustive, but to help the community digest the collection of the hundreds of sessions and events. 

Recent extreme cold weather outbreaks across the mid-latitudes have been the subject of great interest to the public and debate among the scientific community, with some researchers proposing a link to the warming Arctic. To learn about the latest observational and modeling studies that examine these linkages, join Judah Cohen (AER Inc./MIT) and Lantao Sun (U. Colorado, Boulder/NOAA ESRL) in a webinar on July 13.  

The 2015 US CLIVAR Summit was held in Tucson, Arizona on August 4-6 and brought together more than 50 participants from the scientific community and federal agencies. This report highlights presentations and discussion at the Summit to review progress, identify opportunities, and develop strategies to advance US CLIVAR goals. 

From 2013 to 2015, the scientific community and the media were enthralled with two anomalous sea surface temperature events, both getting the moniker the “Blob,” although one was warm and one was cold. These events occurred during a period of record-setting global mean surface temperatures. In this spring edition, contributors focus on the timing and extent, possible mechanisms, and impacts of these unusual ocean temperature anomalies, and what we might expect in the future as climate changes.

International CLIVAR seeks nominations for the Scientific Steering Group (SSG) and panels. Nominations should support expertise need to fulfill a panel's terms of reference. Nominations with diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply, as well as early career scientists. The deadline for nominations (appointments start in 2017 for panels and 2018 for the SSG) is 20 July 2016.