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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/
Research Opportunities and Calls for Papers
Position Announcements
Announcement: NASA Earth Science & Applications Strategic Roadmap Committee Announced
Announcement: CCSP Invitation to Comment
Meeting and Workshop Announcements
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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: 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)
April 2005:
19-21: 16th 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 AMAZīNIA
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 AnnouncedNASA 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
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:
A05: Attribution of Climate Variability During the Last 100 YearsA06: The Strengths and Limitations of First Generation Reanalyses for Understanding Climate Variability and TrendsA08: Modeling, Simulating, and Forecasting Subseasonal Atmospheric VariabilityA09: Outstanding Issues in Seasonal to Interannual Climate PredictionA10: Ensemble Forecasts for Weather and Seasonal Climate
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:
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