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January 2005
U.S. CLIVAR News-gram
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i – Calendar of Upcoming Events

Research Opportunities and Calls for Papers
1. NASA: Call For Proposals For Project Columbia High-end Computing Resources
2. NSF: Proposals for Partnerships for International Research and Education
3. ONR: The Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program at Department of the Navy Laboratories
4. NASA: The Omnibus NASA Research Announcement (NRA) entitled "Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences - 2005 (ROSES-05)"
5. Collaboration in Mathematical Geoscience competition: NSF Program Solicitation (NSF 05-535)
6. 15th Conference on Applied Climatology
7. 13th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation (SMOI)
Position Announcements
8. NASA Positions Available
9. Director of CliC International Project Office (CIPO) Norwegian Polar Institute
10. Vacancy: Ph.D. student, Inst for Meteorology & Climate Research (Germany)
Data Announcement: The ISLSCP Initiative II
Meeting and Workshop Announcements
11. 3rd Pan-GCSS meeting on Clouds, Climate and Models
12. Sea Ice Mass Budget of the Arctic (SIMBA) Workshop: Bridging Regional to Global Scales
13. 2005 Science and Engineering Visualization Competition
14. Ensemble Workshop (2004) Report
15. SOLAS SUMMER SCHOOL 2005
16. Spring AGU Meeting Sessions

CALENDAR of UPCOMING EVENTS (for more information -  www.usclivar.org/calendar.html)
January 2005:
9 - 14: AMS Annual Meeting (San Diego, CA)
26 - 28: US CLIVAR Scientific Steering Committee Meeting (Miami, FL)
26 - 28: Layered Ocean Model Workshop (Miami, FL)
31 - 2 February: US CLIVAR Atlantic Science Conference (Miami, FL)
February 2005:
3: Tropical Atlantic Climate Experiment (TACE) Meeting (Miami, FL)
8-11: NOAA/GCOS Workshop to Define Climate Requirements for Upper Air Observations
March 2005:
1-4: International Workshop on Analyses of Climate Model Simulations for the IPCC AR4 (Honolulu, HI)
9-11: NAME Data Analysis Meeting (Mexico City, Mexico)
13-18: 5th Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science (Ventura, CA)
14-18: ARM Science Meeting (Daytona Beach, FL)
20-23: SCOR/IMAGES Workshop on Paleocean Circulation (Atlanta, GA)

Research Opportunities and Calls for Papers
1. Call For Proposals For Project Columbia High-end Computing Resources
Release Date: 10 December 2004
Submission Deadline: 14 January 2005
NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) solicits proposals for using the recently installed Project Columbia supercomputer system to support currently funded research investigations in Earth and space science. Only investigators who are currently funded by SMD are eligible to apply, and proposals must address research investigations that have been selected through peer review process for support by SMD. Selected proposals will receive allocations of computing resources for the calendar year 2005 and will be eligible to receive technical support on the Columbia supercomputer system. No direct funding will be provided through this allocation process. Future allocation opportunities will be announced at approximately six-month intervals.

Project Columbia is an integrated system of twenty 512-processor SGI Altix systems and a 440-terabyte SGI InfiniteStorage solution to create the world's largest Linux OS-based supercomputer. Powered by a total of 10,240 Intel Itanium 2 processors, Project Columbia is equipping NASA sponsored scientists with one of the most sophisticated and capable supercomputers in the world. The unique shared memory architecture of the SGI Altix system allows each one of the 512-processor clusters to share a single system image. Information on the current Project Columbia supercomputer, including the architecture, can be found at http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Resources/Systems/columbia.html.
In allocating its portion of Project Columbia's resources, SMD will give priority to problems that are not easily accommodated by commodity Linux clusters and that take advantage of the shared memory architecture and other unique capabilities of Project Columbia. Proposals will be assessed for technical requirements (e.g., amount of computing resources requested, necessity and appropriateness for Columbia class system, etc.), as well as for programmatic priorities by a panel of NASA program managers and discipline scientists, along with other invited experts. Final decisions regarding allocations will be made by the Deputy Associate Administrator of the NASA Science Mission Directorate and will be announced in February 2005.

Instructions for the on-line proposal submission process can be found at http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Users/Accounts/pi_science.html. A proposal cover sheet, abstract, number of processor hours requested, and technical proposal (3 page limit), are required. No hard copy submission will be accepted.
Any questions should be directed to Mr. Joe Bredekamp (202-358-2348; joe.bredekamp@nasa.gov) or Dr. Tsengdar Lee (202-358-0860; tsengdar.j.lee@nasa.gov) at NASA Headquarters. Your interest in participating in this opportunity is appreciated.

2. Partnerships for International Research and Education
This program solicitation is a one-time opportunity issued by the Office of International Science and Engineering (ISE) in the Office of the Director at the National Science Foundation.
Full Solicitation NSF 05-533
http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf05533
Deadline: March 10, 2005
Science and engineering are increasingly global. Cutting-edge research is being conducted worldwide, and new ideas emerge from the intellectual interactions of people with diverse backgrounds. Consequently, U.S. scientists and engineers and their institutions must be globally engaged and able to operate in teams comprised of partners from different nations and cultural backgrounds. International partnerships are, and will be, increasingly indispensable in addressing many critical global scientific and engineering problems. Partnerships for International Research and Education awards will enable U.S. institutions to develop longer-term, collaborative international research and education programs with foreign partners. Successful proposals will describe science and engineering research projects that are based on integrated and synergistic international collaborations, and will explain how the complementary strengths of the collaborating institutions will be used to enable and sustain a longer-term program. Partnerships for International Research and Education will enable U.S. institutions to establish collaborative relationships with foreign groups or institutions in order to advance specific research and education objectives and to make possible a research effort that neither side could accomplish on its own. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in U.S. institutions by establishing innovative new models for international collaborative research and education. It is also intended to facilitate greater diversity in student participation and preparation, and to contribute to the development of a diverse, globally-engaged, science and engineering workforce.

It is the intention of NSF to issue only a limited number of awards under this solicitation. Partnerships for International Research and Education is a special, one-time Program Solicitation by the Office of International Science and Engineering.
Cognizant Program Officer:
Edward O. Murdy, Senior Program Manager
Office of the Director, Office of International Science and Engineering Phone: 703-292-8711
E-mail: emurdy@nsf.gov

3. The Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program at Department of the Navy Laboratories
The ONR and The Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program at Department of the Navy Laboratories (http://www.awu.org/onr/) at NRL Monterey have been quite successful working with undergraduates and often continues to work with them throughout their remaining college years. The Aerosol and Radiation Modeling Section in particular is interested in working with students in the experimental, modeling, or remote sensing fields. We are interested in students with a purely computer science background as well. The deadline for applications is January 15th, 2005.
For further information contact:
Jeffrey S. Reid, Ph.D.
Aerosol and Radiation Modeling Section
Marine Meteorology Division | phone: (831) 656-4725
Naval Research Laboratory | fax: (831) 656-4769
7 Grace Hopper Ave., Stop 2 | email: reidj@nrlmry.navy.mil
Monterey, CA 93943-5502

4. The Omnibus NASA Research Announcement (NRA) entitled "Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences - 2005 (ROSES-05)"
In late January 2005, the NASA Science Mission Directorate (which replaced both the Office of Earth Science and the Office of Space Science) will release a single NRA entitled Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences - 2005 (ROSES-05). ROSES-05 replaces the approximately 5-10 individual Earth Science NRAís that have been routinely released in previous years. The ROSES-05 NRA essentially covers every research opportunity in Earth and space science that NASA is soliciting in 2005. These research opportunities are referred to in this NRA as "program elements," each of which is described by a single section in the Appendix. The ROSES-05 NRA is very similar to the ROSS-04 NRA for space science, with the addition of approximately 17 program elements in Earth science for 2005. The ROSS-04 NRA may be found at http://research.hq.nasa.gov/code_s/nra/current/NNH04ZSS001N/index.html.
The body of the ROSES-05 NRA provides uniform guidelines for the submission, evaluation, selection, and implementation of awards in response to all of the program elements solicited. Unless specifically stated otherwise in ROSES-05, all proposals submitted to all program elements will follow the guidelines provided in the 2005 edition of the NASA Guidebook for Proposers (the 2004 edition is available at http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/nraguidebook/). Appendix A of the ROSES-05 NRA contains approximately 23 program elements in Earth-Sun System research, Appendix B contains approximately 18 program elements in Solar System research, Appendix C contains approximately 10 program elements in Universe research, and Appendix D contains approximately 2 program elements in Multidisciplinary research. The earliest due dates for proposals for program elements are about 75 days after this NRA release date, while the remaining due dates are staggered through the end of 2005. Once it is released, you are urged to examine this ROSES-05 NRA carefully both for its possible interest to you in terms of submitting a proposal to the program element(s) of interest, as well as its requirements (incorporating the NASA Guidebook for Proposers) that establish common proposal formats and submission procedures for all program elements. This standardization should make it much easier for the community to respond to NASA Research Announcements.

Questions about ROSES-05 may be addressed to Dr. Paul Hertz, Assistant Associate Administrator for Science, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546-0001; E-mail: paul.hertz@nasa.gov; Telephone: 202-358-0986.

5. Collaboration in Mathematical Geoscience competition: NSF Program
Solicitation (NSF 05-535)
For more information refer to the following website:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?ods_key=nsf05535
Full Proposal Deadline:(due by 5:00 p.m. proposer's local time)
Monday, 14 March 2005
In many areas within the geosciences, researchers at the frontiers of theory, experimental science and modeling confront problems for which currently applied mathematical or statistical approaches are insufficient. In mathematics and statistics, geoscience problems can serve as the impetus for fundamental research in the mathematical sciences. To effectively meet these challenges requires the combined efforts of geoscientists and mathematical scientists.
The purposes of the Collaboration in Mathematical Geoscience activity are:
-To enable collaborative research at the intersection of mathematical sciences and geosciences, and to encourage cross-disciplinary education through (1) summer graduate training activities and (2) opportunities for interdisciplinary post-doctoral research. Research topics should fall within one of three broad themes: (1) mathematical and statistical modeling of large, complex geosystems, (2) representing uncertainty in geosystems, or (3) analyzing large geoscience data sets. Research projects supported under this activity must be essentially collaborative in nature. Research groups must include at least one mathematical scientist and at least one geoscientist. This competition represents an excellent opportunity for the Arctic geoscience community to collaborate with mathematicians and statisticians to attack longstanding problems in the Arctic.
If you have questions relating to polar studies that might be submitted to this competition, please contact:
William Wiseman
Email: wwiseman@nsf.gov
Phone: 703-292-4750.
More about the Geosciences and Mathematics and Physical Sciences directorates, the NSF Grant Proposal Guide and other information can be found on the NSF web site at: http://www.nsf.gov/

6. 15th Conference on Applied Climatology, 20-24 June 2005, Savannah, Georgia
The 15th Conference on Applied Climatology sponsored by the American Meteorological Society, and organized by the AMS Committee on Applied Climatology, will be held during the week of 20-24 June 2005 at the DeSoto Hilton Hotel in Savannah, Georgia. The conference will be co-located with the 13th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation (SMOI) and the American Association of State Climatologists Annual Meeting. Preliminary programs, registration, hotel, and general information will be posted on the AMS Web site (www.ametsoc.org) in mid-February 2005.

The meeting is being organized around two broad themes. The first is "Measuring the Climate," in conjunction with the SMOI. Papers are solicited under this theme, with possible sessions including data quality assurance and metadata; national, regional and local mesonets, including the Integrated Surface Observing System (ISOS); meteorological equipment issues in climate studies; and snow measurements. The second broad theme for this meeting is "Applied Climatology for Decision-Making." Many management, planning and policy decisions regarding society and environment are sensitive to climate, in areas including resource management, water supply, agricultural productivity, economic development, drought and flood mitigation, and many more. All of these require the development of applied climate knowledge and services at a range of spatial and temporal scales. Papers addressing the broad theme of "Applied Climatology for Decision-Making" and closely-related topics such as integrated assessment and climate services are highly encouraged. Other possible special sessions include drought, spatial climate, and urban climatology.

Please submit your abstract electronically via the Web by 4 February 2005 (refer to the AMS Web page at www.ametsoc.org for instructions.) An abstract fee of $60 (payable by credit card or purchase order) is charged at the time of submission (refundable only if abstract is not accepted). Authors of accepted presentations will be notified (via e-mail) by mid-March 2005. A preprint CDROM is being prepared; authors of invited and accepted papers will be asked to contribute to this volume. All extended abstracts are to be submitted electronically and will be available online via the Web. Instructions for formatting extended manuscripts for the preprint CD-ROM will be posted on the AMS Web site. Manuscripts (up to 3 MB) must be submitted electronically by 25 April 2005 to AMS Headquarters. A manuscript charge will be collected to defray the cost of the preprint CD-ROM, as well as Web posting of the manuscript and recorded meeting presentation. Registrants will receive a preprint CDROM at the conference. For additional information please contact the program chairperson, Greg Johnson, USDA-NRCS, National Water and Climate Center, Portland OR 97204
(tel. 503-414-3017; fax 503-414-3101; email: gjohnson@wcc.nrcs.usda.gov). (7/04, r9/04)

7. 13th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation
(SMOI), 20-24 June 2005, Savannah, Georgia
The 13th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation (SMOI), sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and organized by the AMS Committee on Measurements, will be held during the week of 20-24 June 2005 at the DeSoto Hilton Hotel in Savannah, Georgia. The conference will be co-located with the 15th Conference on Applied Climatology and the American Association of State Climatologists Annual Meeting. The overarching theme is "Monitoring the Climate". Preliminary programs, registration, hotel, and general information will be posted on the AMS Web site (www.ametsoc.org) in mid-February 2005. Papers are invited under this theme that include, integrated instrumentation and networks for climate studies, data quality control/metadata, network design, accuracy and calibration of instrumentation and in particular measurements of solid precipitation. Papers are also solicited for this symposium on all aspects of observations and instrumentation including use of high quality radiosondes for reference measurements, experience and perspectives on the use of upper-air systems, and possible means to minimize the impact on the cost of the continuous improvements of instruments. Papers dealing with innovative measurement systems, specialized instrumentation, important experiments or successful field projects should emphasize their contribution to improving weather forecasting and detecting long term climate changes. In addition we will be accepting proposals for thematic sessions that will complement these two symposia. This will require the proposed organizer to define the topic and obtain a sufficient number of presentations for the session. The deadline for this will be 1 January 2005.

Please submit your abstract electronically via the Web by 4 February 2005 (refer to the AMS Web page at www.ametsoc.org for instructions.) An abstract fee of $60 (payable by credit card or purchase order) is charged at the time of submission (refundable only if abstract is not accepted). Papers received from students will be considered for partial financial help upon written request. Authors of accepted presentations will be notified (via e-mail) by mid-March 2005. A preprint CDROM is being prepared; authors of invited and accepted papers will be asked to contribute to this volume. All extended abstracts are to be submitted electronically and will be available online via the Web. Instructions for formatting extended manuscripts for the preprint CD-ROM will be posted on the AMS Web site. Manuscripts (up to 3 MB) must be submitted electronically by 25 April 2005 to AMS Headquarters. A manuscript charge will be collected to defray the cost of the preprint CD-ROM, as well as Web posting of the manuscript and recorded meeting presentation. Registrants will receive a preprint CDROM at the conference.
For further information contact C. Bruce Baker, U.S. Dept. Commerce / NOAA, National Climatic Data Center, 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC
28801 (tel: 828-271-4018; email: Bruce.Baker@noaa.gov). (7/04, r9/04)

Position Announcements
8. NASA GSFC Positions Available
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory
Positions Available in Oceanography, Hydrology, Terrestrial Ecology, and Remote Sensing Measurement Techniques
The Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory (HBSL) at NASA‚s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland invites applications for several positions in this newly restructured Laboratory. The mission of the Laboratory is to explore and understand the Earth‚s hydrosphere and biosphere, including the transport and storage of water in all its forms, the processes that support life on Earth, and the linkages between the hydrosphere, climate and life. We are seeking individuals with expertise as physical and biological oceanographers, hydrologists, cryospheric scientists, biospheric scientists/terrestrial ecologists, or in the development, testing and utilization of innovative measurement techniques as applied to key Earth science research issues and their relationships to NASA's vision (http://www.nasa.gov/missions/solarsystem/explore_main.html) for space exploration. We are particularly seeking those interested in research from a remote sensing perspective. Experience with NASA Earth science missions and/or a related research activity is highly desirable. A Ph.D., or equivalent experience related to the areas of expertise listed above, is preferred. Applicants should have a demonstrated record of research that includes publication of significant results in the scientific literature. We encourage young professionals as well as those having a strong background in leadership and planning of programs and activities. Most positions are U.S. Civil Service term appointments available for U.S. citizens. These positions are analogous to university tenure-track positions and may lead to career civil service appointments. Salary will be commensurate with experience and qualifications at the GS-12 through 15 levels (currently $60,638 - $130,305 per year). Additional information and instructions on how to apply can be found in the job opportunities section of the Laboratory website (http://neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov). We will begin to review applications by late-January 2005; however, there is no official closing date for this solicitation.

9. Director of CliC International Project Office (CIPO) Norwegian Polar Institute
Tromso, Norway
Application Deadline: Tuesday, 15 February 2005
To view the complete announcement, please go to: http://cipo.npolar.no/vacancy/director.php
The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) invite applications for the position of Director of the Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) International Project Office (CIPO). The Director of the Project Office takes a leading role in the international co-ordination and support of CliC activities, and ensures that the Project Office operates efficiently and actively serves the needs of the project and its scientists.
More information on the project including its Science and Coordination plan is available at the web site http://clic.npolar.no. The CIPO web site is located at http://cipo.npolar.no.
POSITION INFORMATION
The successful applicant will be expected to commence duties on 1 July 2005, or as soon as possible thereafter. The Project Office is based at the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) located in Tromso, Norway (see http://www.npolar.no for more details on the NPI). The successful applicant will be recruited as a member of NPI staff and be responsible to the Director, NPI, on administrative matters of direct relevance to NPI. A four-year commitment to the task is expected, with the possibility of extension. The remuneration and other conditions of service will be negotiated with the NPI according to qualifications, but are expected to be at the professor level.
The successful candidate will be expected to have:
- a Ph.D. or equivalent qualification in atmospheric, oceanographic, environmental, or other climate-related sciences (expertise in climate studies related to the cryosphere would be especially appropriate);
- a broad knowledge of climate, cryospheric, and other related "Earth system" science;
- the ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of project stake holders, including scientists and students from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds, data managers, funding agency staff, policy makers, managers of scientific programmes and institutes, technical and other support staff;
- fluency in writing and speaking English (ability to work in other languages will be an advantage);
- previous involvement in the organization of multi-disciplinary scientific projects;
- demonstrated ability to manage a small team responsible for supporting an international scientific project (this will include, but is not limited to, the provision of secretariat support for meetings; producing reports of meetings and project plans; ensuring a timely flow of information to stakeholders through publications and web-based systems, organizing and supporting international conferences, work with budgets/resources, etc.);
- knowledge of national/international sources and the processes of funding for large-scale scientific programmes (familiarity with earth system science research organizations/programmes would be an advantage); and
- the ability to build public relations and promote CliC internationally.
Applications from suitably qualified female and male candidates are equally welcome.
Applications should be addressed to:
Dr Vladimir Ryabinin
Joint Planning Staff for WCRP World Climate Research Programme
c/o World Meteorological Organisation
Phone: + 41 (0) 22 730 8486
Fax: + 41 (0) 22 730 8036
E-mail: vryabinin@wmo.int
Submission of applications by e-mail is strongly encouraged. Applicants should submit a complete curriculum vitae, the names and contact details of three persons willing to provide letters of recommendation, and a statement (2-4 pages) saying what the applicant would bring to this job and which personal skills and experience would allow him/her to meet the selection criteria. Receipt of the applications will be acknowledged by e-mail. Please do not include text or copies of articles or originals of diplomas in the application, but note that the latter may eventually be required.

10. Vacancy: Ph.D. student, Inst for Meteorology & Climate Research (Germany)
Job description:
Within the framework of the EU-funded AMMA-EU project (African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis) - looking for a PhD student. Main focus of the work is the hydrological-biological simulation of water, carbon and nitrogen cycles in Savannah environment in West Africa. A framework for coupling the available stand alone hydrological and process oriented bio-geochemical models has to be developed. The model system has to be adapted to Savannah environment and validated against observations. Willingness for interdisciplinary research and participation in field activities (in particular Burkina Faso, Africa) is expected. The PhD work is part of an international project. We offer a well-equipped working place with access to high-performance computers.
Personal Qualification:
Diploma/Master in geoecology, physics, hydrology, environmental sciences/engineering or computer sciences, as well as interest in numerical simulations and the development of methods. Good programming skills in C and/or Fortran and experience with the operating systems LINUX/UNIX. Basic knowledge of French language.
Institute:
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-IFU), Location: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Duration of Contract: 3 years
Starting Date:1.2.2005
Applications:
Please send your applications including job-posting-number to Prof. Dr. W. Seiler, IMK-IFU. Information on the research topic is given by Dr. Harald Kunstmann, Telephone (++49) (0)8821-183 208 (email: harald.kunstmann@imk.fzk.de). Further information on the project can also be found under http://amma.africa-web.org/FP6/index.html.
Postal Adress:
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-IFU) Forschungszentrum
Karlsruhe GmbH
Kreuzeckbahnstrasse 19
82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen / Germany

Data Announcement
The ISLSCP Initiative II data collection is now complete and can be accessed at http://islscp2.sesda.com. The ISLSCP Initiative II data collection contains 50 global time series spanning the ten-year period 1986 to 1995 designed to support investigations of the global carbon, water and energy cycle. Selected data sets span even longer periods. The data were acquired from a number of U.S. and international agencies, universities and institutions, then co-registered to equal-angle grids of one degree, one-half and one-quarter degree resolution and reformatted into a common ASCII format. Each data set has been documented. The data and documentation has undergone two peer reviews. Overview and user guidance documentation will be furnished with the final DVD product.
ISLSCP Initiative II would not have been possible without the unswerving support of the international Global Water and Energy Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) community, and with funds from several NASA program elements, including Hydrology, Terrestrial Ecology and Earth Science Information Partners (see web site for more details).
While the ISLSCP Initiative II collection is complete and available on line, the final product will be published on DVDs. Over the next six months we invite your participation in an evaluation of the on-line collection, which will bring to the broader community's attention this important data collection, and provide a thorough evaluation across the entire collection and its user interface. We are planning a science workshop for you to present and discuss the results of your analyses with your colleagues on May 4th, 5th and 6th of 2005 in the Greenbelt, MD area. At that workshop we plan to release the final DVD version of that data collection and organize a special issue, perhaps in JGR, to publish the science results from your activities. We will augment the collection in the months following the workshop with findings from the workshop. Because ISLSCP is a project within GEWEX, members of the GEWEX community are particularly encouraged by GEWEX management to participate in the evaluation of the Initiative II data collection.

Meeting and Workshop Announcements
11. 3rd Pan-GCSS meeting on Clouds, Climate and Models
16-20 May 2005 - Royal Olympic Hotel - Athens - Greece
Sponsored by NASA, U.S. Department of Energy's ARM program, the U.S. National Science Foundation, the World Climate Research Program and the University of Athens
The GEWEX Cloud System Study (GCSS) investigates cloud systems, their role in the climate system and their representation in models with a view to improving our ability to predict weather and climate using state-of-the-art modelling and data assimilation systems. GCSS will hold a workshop to review current research activities on clouds, convection and precipitation from 16-20 May 2005 at the Royal Olympic Hotel (www.royalolympic.com) in Athens, Greece.Key areas to be discussed at the meeting are:
o Methodologies and metrics in assessing clouds and precipitation in model simulations
o The fundamental role of precipitation in cloud systems
o Progress in the representation of clouds in large-scale and cloud-system models

Contributions to the meeting are sought in these key areas as well as other areas of related cloud research. All contributions are expected to be in the form of a poster. The programme committee will select contributions of particular interest in each of the three key areas for additional oral presentation in the meeting's morning plenary sessions. Meetings of the GCSS working groups on boundary layer clouds, cirrus, extra-tropical cloud systems, deep convective systems and polar clouds will be held in the afternoons of 16-19 May. Submissions should be made by emailing a short abstract (< 500 words) by 15 February 2005 to the chair of the programme committee, Dr Christian Jakob (c.jakob@bom.gov.au).
Registration for the meeting is required. A registration form is available from www.gewex.org/gcss.html. A block of rooms at the Royal Olympic Hotel has been reserved at the special rate of 120 Euros per room per night. Room preferences should be indicated on the registration form. Hotel reservations will be made for meeting participants as part of the registration process. The registration deadline is 15 February 2005.
Travel support for the meeting is limited. Participants, in particular students, who require support, are asked to contact Christian Jakob (c.jakob@bom.gov.au) or George Tselioudis (gtselioudis@giss.nasa.gov) as soon as possible and no later than 1 February 2005.

12. Sea Ice Mass Budget of the Arctic (SIMBA) Workshop: Bridging Regional to Global Scales""
Seattle, WA
28 February - 2 March 2005
Application Deadline: Thursday, 6 January 2005
For further information, please go to: http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/workshops/SIMBA_2005/index.php
Arctic sea ice has undergone remarkable changes over the last three decades. It is just beginning to be documented how these changes relate to multi-decadal and inter-annual variability of the sea ice pack. The relation of sea ice change to the global system is even less well understood. Changes in the Arctic sea ice cover may have profound effects on Arctic ecology, economic activities in the Arctic, and global climate. This workshop will discuss changes in the sea ice state that affect Arctic wide and global systems and seek recommendations of the scales and processes over which the variability of the Arctic sea ice mass budget should be analyzed and monitored. The workshop will also cover current knowledge of Arctic wide sea ice mass balance and variability, and determine where new observation and/or modelling campaigns are required to improve understanding of the variability of the sea ice thickness distribution and the mechanisms influencing this. A pan-Arctic observing system is anticipated in the future. This workshop will consider the sea ice component of such an observing system and discuss how to monitor the Northern Hemisphere sea ice mass budget.

If you are interested in participating in this workshop, please provide a statement of your interest at:
http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/workshops/SIMBA_2005/workshop_application.php
For more information contact:
Jenny Hutchings
E-mail: jenny@iarc.uaf.edu
Participation of scientists studying processes integral to the Arctic sea ice mass balance and those studying systems that are influenced by Arctic sea ice processes are particularly encouraged. There are limited travel funds available for junior scientists and the economically disadvantaged. The workshop is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and will be jointly hosted by the International Arctic Research Center and the University of Washington.

13. Call for Entries
2005 Science and Engineering Visualization Competition
Entry Submission Deadline: 31 May 2005
For further information, please go to:
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/events/sevc
To recognize and encourage visualization in the communication of science, and to showcase the exceptional talents of those who work in this area, the National Science Foundation and the journal "Science", published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), are cosponsoring the annual Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge. This international contest is designed to recognize outstanding achievements by scientists, engineers, visualization specialists, and artists in the use of visual media to promote understanding of research results and scientific phenomena.
Principal investigators are encouraged to submit their visual images for the 2005 competition.
Judges will select winners in each of five categories: photographs, illustrations, informational graphics, interactive media, and non-interactive media. The winners will be published in a special section of the September 23, 2005 issue of the journal "Science" and "Science Online." The National Science Foundation will publish the winners on its web site as well.
Additional information about the Science and Engineering Visualization Competition can be found on the web at: http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/events/sevc

14. Ensemble Workshop (2004) Report
The Workshop on Ensemble Methods, held at the Met Office, October 18-21, 2004 was very successful. The wide interest and activity in ensemble approaches and methods was clearly reflected in the enthusiasm expressed for attending the Workshop (over 160 registrants) and in the scientific level of the presentations made (10 invited and approximately 50 each oral and poster presentations). To view the electronic Proceedings of the Workshop: http://cccma.seos.uvic.ca/ensemble/

15. SOLAS SUMMER SCHOOL 2005
29 Aug -10 Sept 2005, at the Institut d'Etudes Scientifiques de Carg, Corsica, France.
** Online application now open **
The SOLAS Summer School is a biennial, international event that brings together over 70 students and 20 lecturers for a mix of lectures and practical workshops. It aims to teach the skills and knowledge of the many disciplines needed to understand the nature of biogeochemical and physical ocean-atmosphere interactions. It allows doctoral students and early-career researchers to see how their work fits into the broad canvas of SOLAS, and global change research more generally.
We encourage applications from any doctoral students or early-career scientist interested in SOLAS science and have some funds available to support attendance.
Application for the 2005 school is now open. For online application, details of the programme and more information see: http://www.uea.ac.uk/env/solas/summerschool/
SOLAS (The Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study) is an international research initiative which has as its goal: “ To achieve quantitative understanding of the key biogeochemical-physical interactions and feedbacks between the ocean and the atmosphere, and how this coupled system affects and is affected by climate and environmental change”.
You can find out more about the work of SOLAS, and what is happening in your country at: http://www.solas-int.org16. Spring AGU meeting in New Orleans, 23-27 May 2005
Several sessions proposed of interest to the CLIVAR community listed below:
A05: Attribution of Climate Variability During the Last 100 Years
A06: The Strengths and Limitations of First Generation Reanalyses for
Understanding Climate Variability and Trends
A07: The Human Ecological Footprint and Earth's Climate
A08: Modeling, Simulating, and Forecasting Subseasonal Atmospheric Variability
A09: Outstanding Issues in Seasonal to Interannual Climate Prediction
A10: Ensemble Forecasts for Weather and Seasonal Climate
A12: Anthropogenic Influence on Tropospheric and Surface Temperature Trends ˆ
Intercomparison Between Models and Observations
AGU meeting, and the abstract submission information, is available from: http://www.agu.org/meetings/sm05/

 

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Research Opportunities and Calls for Papers

1. NASA Research Opportunities 2005
2. The New Faculty Fellowship Program at NCAR

Position Announcements

3. Canada Research Chair in Ocean Prediction
4. Executive Officer for IMBER (Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research) international project

Announcement: NASA Earth Science & Applications Strategic Roadmap Committee Announced

Announcement: CCSP Invitation to Comment

Meeting and Workshop Announcements

5. First Announcement for 'AMMA 2005 DAKAR'
6. EPIC Ocean Workshop
7. AGU Spring Meeting
8. International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences 2005 Meeting (Special Session announcement)

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CALENDAR of UPCOMING EVENTS (for more information -  www.usclivar.org/calendar.html)

February 2005:

3: Tropical Atlantic Climate Experiment (TACE) Meeting (Miami, FL)
8-11: NOAA/GCOS Workshop to Define Climate Requirements for Upper Air Observations

March 2005:

1-4: International Workshop on Analyses of Climate Model Simulations for the IPCC AR4 (Honolulu, HI)
9-11: North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME) Data Analysis Meeting (Mexico City, Mexico)
13-18: 5^th Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science (Ventura, CA)
14-18: ARM Science Meeting (Daytona Beach, FL)
20-23: SCOR/IMAGES Workshop on Paleocean Circulation (Atlanta, GA)

April 2005:

19-21: 16^th Global Warming International Conference (New York City, NY)
26-28: NOAA Climate Observation Workshop (Silver Spring, MD)

Research Opportunities and Calls for Papers

1. NASA Research Opportunities for 2005

NNH05ZDA001N, entitled "Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences - 2005 (ROSES-2005)," is now available by opening the NASA Research Opportunities homepage at:  http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ and then linking through the menu listings "Solicitations" to "Open Solicitations." This NASA Research Announcement (NRA) solicits proposals for supporting basic and applied research and technology across a broad range of Earth and space science program elements relevant to one or more of the three defined NASA science themes: Earth-Sun System, Solar System, and Universe. Proposal due dates are scheduled starting on April 8, 2005, and continue through February 10, 2006. Electronically submitted Notices of Intent to propose are requested for all program elements, with the first such due date being February 18, 2005. The electronic submission of each proposal's Cover Page / Proposal Summary / Budget Summary is required by the respective due dates for proposal submission, and must be submitted by an authorized official of the proposing organization. Participation is open to all categories of organizations, foreign and domestic, including educational institutions, industry, nonprofit organizations, NASA centers, and other Government agencies.

Earth Science Programs Covered under this solicitation include:

LAND COVER/LAND USE CHANGE
LARGE SCALE BIOSPHERE-ATMOSPHERE EXPERIMENT IN AMAZïNIA
TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY
OCEAN BIOLOGY AND BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
NORTH AMERICAN CARBON PROGRAM
REMOTE SENSING SCIENCE FOR CARBON AND CLIMATE
OCEAN VECTOR WINDS SCIENCE TEAM
ICE CLOUD AND LAND ELEVATION SATELLITE (ICESAT) AND CRYOSAT
CLOUDSAT AND CALIPSO SCIENCE TEAM AND MODELING/ANALYSIS OF A-TRAIN RELATED DATA
NASA ENERGY AND WATER CYCLE STUDY
TERRESTRIAL HYDROLOGY
PRECIPITATION SCIENCE
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION
DECISION SUPPORT THROUGH EARTH-SUN SCIENCE RESEARCH RESULTS
NEW INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM IN EARTH-SUN SYSTEM SCIENCE
ADVANCING COLLABORATIVE CONNECTIONS FOR EARTH-SUN SYSTEM SCIENCE
EARTH-SUN SYSTEM SCIENCE RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND APPLICATIONS SOLUTIONS NETWORK (REASON)
ADVANCED COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY

2. The New Faculty Fellowship Program at NCAR

The Advanced Study Program (ASP) is pleased to announce the Faculty Fellowship Program (FFP) which is designed to foster fruitful and lasting intellectual collaborations and partnerships between university faculty and the NCAR staff.

The FFP provides opportunities and resources for faculty employed at universities to work in residence at NCAR, and enables NCAR Scientists (Staff, Project, and Associate Scientists including Senior Research Associates) to spend a period of time in residence at US universities.

Visit the ASP Faculty Fellowship Program web site at http://www.asp.ucar.edu/ffp/ for details regarding eligibility, selection criteria, and the application procedure and deadline

Position Announcements

3. Canada Research Chair in Ocean Prediction

The Department of Oceanography at Dalhousie University seeks an excellent candidate for a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Ocean Prediction. The spatial scales of interest range from basin to global, and the time scales from seasonal to interannual and decadal. A major focus is the incorporation of ecological and biogeochemical processes into coupled, ocean-atmosphere models, developed and evaluated through quantitative comparison of model predictions and observations. See http://science.dal.ca/fos_6365.html. Deadline: 1 March 2005

4. Executive Officer for IMBER (Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research) international project.

IMBER is a new international research project focussed on marine biogeochemical and ecosystem research (www.IMBER.info). IMBER is seeking to appoint an Executive Officer to lead the International Project Office (IPO) at the Institut Universitaire Europeen de la Mer, Brest, France. IUEM is a joint institute between CNRS and the University of Western Brittany. The Executive Officer will be assisted by a Deputy Executive Officer and an Administrative Assistant. The tasks of the Executive Officer and IPO staff include assisting the SSC in implementing the IMBER Science Plan and Implementation Strategy, organising and servicing meetings of the SSC, working groups and task teams, liaising with the sponsors (IGBP and SCOR) and other relevant organisations, seeking and managing project finances, representing the project at international meetings, maintaining the project website and interacting with IMBER national committees and groups, as well as other international projects. For this senior post we seek a candidate with a strong track record in scientific coordination, as well as familiarity, and preferably some experience, in the IMBER research area. Experience of coordination of international science projects would be an advantage. Some international travel will be involved. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and administrative abilities, be fluent in English and have first-class skills in both written and verbal communication. This post is available for three years and will be filled as soon as possible. Starting salary will be in the range of 36,700 to 53,000 Euros, dependent on the relevant skills, knowledge and experience that the post holder brings to the role.

Details of the IMBER project can be viewed at www.IMBER.info Informal enquiries should be made to Dr Julie Hall, Tel: +64 7 856 1709; Fax: +64 7 856 0151; e-mail: j.hall@niwa.co.nz

Applications, to include a CV, and the names and contacts for three referees should be sent to:

Dr Julie Hall, NIWA
PO Box 11 115
Hamilton, New Zealand
or j.hall@niwa.co.nz

or Fax 64 7 856 0151

By February 14th, 2005.

NASA Earth Science & Applications Strategic Roadmap Committee Announced

NASA has announced the membership and charter of an "Earth Science & Applications from Space" committee that will provide advice and recommendations to NASA on research and technology development to advance Earth observation from space, improvement of scientific understanding, and demonstration of new technologies with the potential to improve future operational systems. Committee recommendations will help guide NASA's program development, prioritization, and long-range planning.

Members and the committee charter are available at the URL: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/apio/earth.htm

CCSP Invitation to Comment

You are invited to provide comments on the prospectuses for three (of the 21) Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Synthesis and Assessment Products:

* 2.1 Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations      and Review of Integrated Scenario Development and Application

* 2.2 North American Carbon Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle

* 3.1 Climate Models and Their Uses and Limitations:  Climate Sensitivity, Feedbacks, and Uncertainties.

The CCSP has also released guidelines for the synthesis and assessment products (<http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap-guidelines.htm>). These guidelines establish a broadly standardized methodology for product development that will facilitate involvement of the research community and the public in ensuring that the products are focused in a useful fashion and meet the highest standards of scientific excellence. The prospectuses have a special purpose within the guidelines' standardized methodology, namely to describe the proposed focus and process that will be used to prepare each of the products. Expert and public comments are requested as part of the open approach that has been a hallmark of the CCSP process.

Comments are due by 7 March 2005. All comments submitted by that time will be thoroughly evaluated and, if appropriate, incorporated in the final prospectuses. The comments and final prospectus will be posted on the CCSP web site.

Instructions for providing input have been customized for each product and are available as follows:

For Product 2.1 (Scenarios):<http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap2-1/sap2-1prospectus-draft.htm>

For Product 2.2 (North American Carbon): <http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap2-2/sap2-2prospectus-draft.htm>

For Product 3.1 (Climate Models): <http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap3-1/sap3-1prospectus-draft.htm>

To begin the review, go to

<http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/default.htm> and click on URLs of interest to view prospectuses, and for the instructions on how to provide comments.

To ensure that your comments are routed correctly, please submit them to the e-mail addresses below:

            2.1-scenarios@climatescience.gov

            2.2-soccr@climatescience.gov

            3.1-climatemodels@climatescience.gov

Meeting and Workshop Announcements

5. First Announcement for 'AMMA 2005 DAKAR'

The "African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis" (AMMA) program is pleased to announce that the 'AMMA 2005 DAKAR' international conference will be held in Dakar, SENEGAL, during November 28 - December 2, 2005. 'AMMA 2005 DAKAR' is the First International AMMA Conference on the West African Monsoon.

Conference sessions will be devoted to papers that address the five principal AMMA themes: 1) West African Monsoon and Global Climate, 2) Water cycle, 3) Surface feedbacks, 4) Impacts and applications, 5) Weather Prediction and Impacts.

Funding is expected to be available for participants from West African nations. The deadline for submission of 250 words abstracts is July 15, 2005, and the program will be announced in early September, 2005. Preliminary important inquiries should be addressed to kane@paris.ird.fr. Details concerning submission of abstracts will be provided in the Second Announcement.

See the web site http://medias.cnrs.fr/amma/ and mirror sites for information on the international AMMA program. The International Organizing Committee for AMMA 2005 DAKAR is being chaired by Bernard BOURLES (IRD, France, Bernard.bourles@ird.fr) and Peter LAMB (Univ. of Oklahoma, USA, plamb@ou.edu).

6. EPIC Ocean Workshop

BACKGROUND

The Eastern Pacific Investigation of Climate (EPIC) was a 5-year experiment to study the stratus deck / cold tongue / ITCZ complex in the southerly wind regime of the far eastern Pacific. Fieldwork included an intensive process study (EPIC2001) embedded within enhanced monitoring along the easternmost TAO line (95W) and in the stratus deck region at 20S, 85W. EPIC2001 occurred in September -October 2001 and enhanced monitoring in the cold tongue / ITCZ complex ended in November 2003.

We are now in the post-EPIC synthesis phase. In an effort to ensure that the scientific and programmatic objectives of EPIC are met, there is a need now for focused science workshops that include participation of modelers.

The first focused workshop is for EPIC Oceanography of the far eastern Pacific cold tongue / ITCZ complex.

PURPOSE:

VENUE

The 2-day (May 12-13) workshop will be held at the University of Washington's Marine Science Building (room 123), in Seattle WA. MSB is at 17-J on this map: http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/southcentral.html

A block of rooms has been set aside at the University Inn under the name "EPIC-Oceans". The hotel is within walking distance of MSB 123. Please make your own reservations by 3/28.

TRAVEL SUPPORT

There is no travel support for this workshop. Participants are expected to use their own travel funds to attend.

AGENDA

ORGANIZERS

7. AGU Spring Meeting

Abstract submission for the AGU Spring meeting is February 10, 2005.

Some sessions that may of relevance climate interest include:

AGU meeting, and the abstract submission information, is available from  http://www.agu.org/meetings/sm05/

8. International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences 2005 Meeting (Special Session announcement)

F2: Climate Variability and Change in the Polar Regions: Causality and Prediction (ICPM, SCAR, ICCL and PAGES) 2-11 August 2005

Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, 25 February 2005

For further information, please go to: http://www.iamas2005.com

The climate in many parts of the high latitudes is changing, and the influence of anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases is suspected to be a major contributing factor. This symposium will examine observed and predicted climate variability and change in both the Arctic and Antarctic in relation to the dominant circulation modes (NAM/NAO, SAM/AAO, ENSO, etc.). Aspects to be considered include:

- Can the signal of anthropogenic impact be distinguished from the background of the strongly varying high latitude atmosphere? - Is there convincing evidence of poleward amplification of climate change?

- What guidance on these issues does the recently completed Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) provide? - Can better descriptions of polar climate be provided by polar regional reanalyses that exploit the voluminous satellite observations? - What roles do coupled atmosphere-ocean-sea ice-land surface processes play in high latitude climate variability? - What impacts do stratospheric processes have on tropospheric climate? - What are the relative roles of tropical and high latitude forcing? - What are the linkages between polar and midlatitude climate? - How well do global and regional models simulate climate variability and change?

- What can be learned from bipolar analyses/modeling of Arctic and Antarctic climates?

Conveners:

 

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Research Opportunities and Calls for Papers
1. RFP DOE Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Research
2. Request for preproposals: DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Facilities

Position Announcements
3. Position DIRECTOR, World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
4. Postdoctoral Position in Regional Climate Modeling at Rutgers University

Announcement: THE WOCE ATLAS SERIES - VOLUME 1 Southern Ocean
Announcement: Nomination of AMS Awards
Announcement: CLIVAR “Exchanges” Issue 32 available for download

Meetings and Workshops
5. CLIVAR/GOOS/OOPC/ARGO SOUTH PACIFIC WORKSHOP
6. Deadline for online submission of abstracts for the IAPSO/IAG Conference in Cairns
7. Ocean Sciences Meeting 2006

CALENDAR of UPCOMING EVENTS (for more information - www.usclivar.org/calendar.html)
April 2005:
19-21: 16th Global Warming International Conference (New York City, NY)
25-27: NOAA Climate Observation Workshop (Silver Spring, MD)
May 2005:
11-13: EPIC 2001 Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Model Workshop (Seattle, WA)
17-19: Drought Prediction Workshop (College Park, MD)
June 2005:
13-17: AMS Joint Conference on Atmospheric and Ocean Fluid Dynamics, Middle Atmospheres and Climate Variability and Change (Boston, MA)
21-23: 10th Annual CCSM Meeting (Breckinridge, CO)
20-24: International GEWEX ConferenceResearch Opportunities and Calls for Papers

1. RFP DOE Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Research
http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN05-13.html

Applicants are encouraged (but not required) to submit a brief preapplication for programmatic review. There is no deadline for the preapplication. The deadline for receipt of formal applications is 8:00 p.m. May 5, 2005.
The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces interest in receiving applications for the Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Research Program. The program funds research that contributes to integrated assessment of climate change, and in particular, research to develop and improve methods and tools that focus on specialized topics of importance to integrated assessments. The research program supports the Administration's Climate Change Science Program goals to understand, model, and assess the effects of increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. The program places special emphasis on developing methods to evaluate economic and other costs and benefits of climate change under "what if" scenarios that include policy interventions to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.

2. Request for preproposals: DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Facilities
http://www.arm.gov/acrf
U.S. DOE welcomes proposals for FY2007 campaigns requesing use of any ARM Climate Research Facility, ie Southern Great Plains, North Slope of Alaska, Tropical Western Pacific, ARM Mobile Facility (AMF), and Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV).
The due date for preproposals is April 29, 2005.

Position Announcements
3. Position DIRECTOR, World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)

Application Deadline May 10, 2005
http://www.wmo.int/web/hrm/
The incumbent is responsible for the international coordination, planning and organization (where appropriate) of scientific research projects and related activities contributing to the goals of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). In order to fulfil this task, the incumbent will represent the interests of the Programme with relevant governmental and non-governmental international organizations and a wide range of national administrations and research agencies. He/she will also need to establish effective working relationships with a wide international community of scientists in all fields of geosciences, including meteorology and atmospheric sciences, oceanography, polar sciences, hydrology and land surface processes, as well as space research.

4. Postdoctoral Position in Regional Climate Modeling at Rutgers University
The Center for Environmental Prediction and the Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, are seeking to hire a postdoctoral research associate. The candidate will join a team of climate and hydrologic modelers (Alan Robock, Ying Fan Reinfelder, Christopher Weaver) in an NSF-funded research project to study coupled climatic and hydrologic changes at the seasonal to interannual scales over the North American continent, and the role humans play in this complex system. The candidate will be responsible for expanding and improving our recently-developed fully coupled regional climate-hydrology model (RAMS-Hydrology), including adding cold-season processes. The ideal candidate must have experience in mesoscale modeling with RAMS or a similar model, such as MM5 or WRF, and interest in GCM modeling will be a plus.
The position is for one year, renewable for another year with satisfactory progress. The candidate must have a recent Ph.D. in meteorology, hydrology, or a related science, be able to write and speak well in English, and be familiar with UNIX, FORTRAN, GrADS, HTML, and other software tools. The candidates will be expected to conduct collaborative research, and to contribute fully to the direction of the research program here.
The position will be in the Center for Environmental Prediction in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The candidate will join a growing group in atmospheric and hydrologic sciences, with links to the nearby NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory and NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. The candidate will be appointed at Rutgers, which offers an excellent benefit package to its employees. Salary will be commensurate with experience and position. Consideration of applications will begin April 1, 2005, and candidates will be considered until the position is filled.

To apply, please send electronically (as pdf, Word, or postscript files) a resume, statement of research interests, abstract of your Ph.D. dissertation, and the names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of three references to:
Prof. Alan Robock
Department of Environmental Sciences
Rutgers University
14 College Farm Road
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8551
USA
Tel: (732) 932-9478
Fax: (732) 932-8644
E-mail: robock@envsci.rutgers.edu

Announcement: THE WOCE ATLAS SERIES - VOLUME 1 Southern Ocean
The first volume of the WOCE Atlas Series (The Southern Ocean) has now been printed and is available for distribution. This is the first of four atlas volumes covering the Southern, Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans being produced. The Pacific atlas is now nearing completion.

Each volume contains:
- vertical sections of up to fifteen parameters along the WOCE one-time Hydrographic survey lines - horizontal property maps on depth and density surfaces - property-property plots
- electronic version of the atlas on DVD with additional material
Thanks to support from BP the atlases are free, but we still have to cover postage costs. Each volume weighs approximately 5 kg and we will need to charge £30 Sterling per volume to cover distribution costs (from the printers in Switzerland).
We wish to make the first mailing at the end of April and for this we need to receive orders and payment by 20th April 2005.
Please email Mrs Jean Haynes (jchy@soc.soton.ac.uk) or fax +44 (0)23 8059 6204 with your order and payment. We encourage bulk orders and ask for the number of copies required and the distribution addresses. Please note that there are only a limited number (800/volume) of the atlases available.

Announcement: Nomination of AMS Awards
Currently the AMS has over 25 awards, with most of them available on a yearly basis. AMS encourages the nomination of peers who might be worthy of achieving the status as a recipient of our prestigious awards. There are a number of individuals who have given to the sciences and remain unrecognized by many. A simple nomination letter, along with up to three supporting letters is all it takes to initiate the process. Your efforts could help this individual become more widely honored and recognized.
To recommend individuals as a Fellow of the AMS, the nominee must be a Member of the Society and shall have made outstanding contributions to the atmospheric or related oceanic or hydrologic sciences or their applications during a substantial period of years.
The process to nominate a person as Fellow requires completing a nomination form, and submitting up to three supporting letters.
For further information on our awards, awards descriptions, previous recipients and form, and/or Fellows, previously elected and form, visit the AMS web site http://www.ametsoc.org/EXEC/nomination.html
The deadline is 1 May.

Announcement: CLIVAR “Exchanges” Issue 32 available for download
The newest issue of the CLIVAR newsletter "Exchanges" is now on the CLIVAR website at http://www.clivar.org/publications/index.htm. Articles include:
* CLIVAR - The Regional/Global Dichotomy
* The CLIVAR and Carbon Hydrographic Data Office at the UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography
* Preliminary study of the East African short rains predictability at the monthly and grid-point scales (1968-1998)
* Multi-Model Ensembling: Refining and Combining
* The Predictability Barrier and Teleconnection Pattern Variability
* From multi-model ensemble predictions to well-calibrated probability forecasts: Seasonal rainfall forecasts over South America 1959-2001
* Seasonal Forecast of Antarctic Sea Ice
* Seasonal climate prediction over South America using the CPTEC/COLA AGCM
* Seasonal Precipitation Forecasts for the Southeast of South America. Evaluating the First Five Years
* Are Intra-seasonal Oscillations "Speed-breakers" to Seasonal Predictions?
* Mechanisms associated with the June-September 2003 Sahel Rainfall and Implications for Seasonal Climate Forecasts

Meeting and Workshop Announcements
5. CLIVAR/GOOS/OOPC/Argo SOUTH PACIFIC WORKSHOP

10-13 October 2005, University of Concepción, Chile.
Both poster and oral contributions are invited. Please send expression of interest to icpo@soc.soton.ac.uk by 9th MAY 2005 along with a proposed title of oral/poster presentation if you would like to make a contribution.
Confirmation of Registration/Abstract submission deadline: 31st July 2005
Format
The workshop will be held over 4 days. The workshop will be structured around a number of review and discussion papers prepared by groups of authors. Contributed papers will be accepted as an oral or poster presentation as time allows. Discussion periods will be used to identify key scientific issues, crosscutting themes, observational needs, and limitations of the present ocean observing system. Based on the discussion, working groups will be formed which will be charged to formulate recommendations for future work in the South Pacific, and to meet the objectives and provide the outcomes listed below. Central to the discussion will be an assessment of the adequacy of the sustained observing system in the South Pacific, mechanisms for implementing the system, and identification of the need for regional enhancements.
The science issues will be discussed within a framework that considers the adequacy of the past, present and future climate observing systems.
The greatest recent change has been the spread of the Argo profiling float array to the South Pacific. The workshop will make an initial scientific assessment of Argo's impact. It is also planned to provide opportunities for workshop participants to learn about how to access Argo data, the quality of Argo data and its present and potential new uses.
Objectives
· To review our present understanding of the role of the South Pacific in seasonal to decadal variability of the climate system.
· To assess the adequacy of present day climate models to capture the essential physics and observational networks to monitor climate Variability and change.
· To assess the influence of the South Pacific South American and Australasian climate.
· To support and help coordinate existing and beginning climate Observing efforts, and to build associated partnerships.
· To identify deployment opportunities for the observing network.
· To identify where the existing observing network spanning the South Pacific needs to be supplemented.
· To look for coordination of CLIVAR activities with other programmes in the South Pacific, such as Carbon, SOLAS and IMBER.
Further information can be found at:
http://www.clivar.org/organization/pacific/implementation/south_pac.html

6. Deadline for online submission of abstracts for the IAPSO/IAG Conference in Cairns
22-26 August 2005 (http://www.dynamicplanet2005.com/).
Session P4 is entitled "Argo and GODAE - global and regional partners" (Conveners: Neville Smith and John Gould).
Argo (http://www.argo.ucsd.edu) now provides over 5000 temperature and salinity profiles per month in real-time from the ice-free deep oceans. These data are being exploited by researchers and by many operational analysis and forecast groups.
Researchers in GODAE (http://www.bom.gov.au/bmrc/ocean/GODAE/ ) are using state-of-the art ocean models and assimilation methods to produce short-range open-ocean forecasts of value in their own right and as boundary conditions to extend predictability to coastal regions. Data assimilation is also producing global ocean analyses that aid our understanding of the oceans and their variability. Many of these productsrely increasingly on Argo data.
We invite you to submit an abstract based on your research using Argo data and/or ocean data assimilation. We encourage both regional and global results. Some will be selected to be oral presentations, others will be presented as posters.
Our hope is that this Argo/GODAE session will be both a showcase for Argo/GODAE research and a session that will stimulate an active dialogue between scientists already active in Argo/GODAE.
Financial support
There will be limited funding available for presenters from developing countries to assist with participation. The application form can be downloaded from the conference web site. All forms must be returned no later than 23 April 2005. No application will be considered unless the applicant has already submitted a delegate registration form and their abstract. Applicants will be informed of the status of their application no later than 20 May 2005.

7. Ocean Sciences Meeting 2006
The Ocean Sciences Meeting returns to Honolulu, Hawaii, 20 - 24 February 2006. The meeting is jointly organized by the American Geophysical Union (AGU), The American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), and The Oceanography Society (TOS).
The Program Committee requests your help in putting together a dynamic program a