Webinars
Upcoming webinars are listed below and login details can be found in the calendar.
Phenomena, Observations, and Synthesis Webinar Series
This series will feature experts, with a focus on early career researchers, who are working on research topics of interest to the US CLIVAR Phenomena, Observations, and Synthesis (POS) Panel. The Panel's mission is to improve understanding of climate variations in the past, present, and future, and to develop syntheses of critical climate parameters while sustaining and improving the global climate observing system. The webinars are held on the first Monday of the month @ 12pm ET.
Scott Doney, University of Virginia
Scenarios to stabilize global climate and meet international climate agreements require rapid reductions in human carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, often augmented by substantial carbon dioxide removal (CDR) from the atmosphere. While some ocean-based removal techniques show potential promise as part of a broader CDR and decarbonization portfolio, no marine approach is ready yet for deployment at scale because of gaps in both scientific and engineering knowledge. Marine CDR spans a wide range of biotic and abiotic methods, with both common and technique-specific limitations. Further targeted research is needed on CDR efficacy, permanence, and additionality as well as on robust validation methods—measurement, monitoring, reporting, and verification—that are essential to demonstrate the safe removal and long-term storage of CO2. Engineering studies are needed on constraints including scalability, costs, resource inputs, energy demands, and technical readiness. Research on possible co-benefits, ocean acidification effects, environmental and social impacts, and governance is also required.
Process Study Webinar Series
The Process Studies and Model Improvement Panel hosted webinar series aims to provide feedback to process studies. The goals of this webinar series are 1) to provide feedback on the plans and challenges for individual process studies and 2) to distill programmatic lessons from process studies and field campaigns to help current and future observational programs to effectively meet the broader goals of improving the understanding of physical processes in the ocean and the atmosphere and to translate this understanding into improved observational and modeling capabilities. The webinars are typically held on the fourth Tuesday of the month @ 3pm ET.
Predictability, Predictions, and Applications Interface Webinar Series
This series features experts who are working on research topics of interest to the Predictability, Predictions, and Applications Interface (PPAI) Panel. The Panel's mission is to foster improved practices in the provision, validation and uses of climate information and forecasts through coordinated participation within the US and international climate science and applications communities. The Panel members act as facilitators, assisting in moving climate science forward. The webinars are held on the third Wednesday of the month @ 2pm ET.
Variations Webinar Series
This series features presentations from the most recent edition of the quarterly publication, Variations. Hear from a variety of speakers on topics related to climate variability and predictability on interseasonal-to-centennial time scales. The webinars will be held quarterly upon release of next Variations edition.
Usable Climate Risk Science Webinar Series
Hosted by the US CLIVAR Working Group on Accelerating Research on the Scientific Foundations of Regional Climate Risk Information, this webinar series explores the growing demand for actionable information on climate hazards and risks.
Brett Sanders, UC Irvine
In this webinar, Brett Sanders (UC Irvine) will discuss significant biases in flood hazard mapping from data sources and modeling conventions.