The U.S. CLIVAR goals include:
Identifying and understanding the major patterns of climate variability on seasonal, decadal and longer time scales and evaluating their predictability;
Expanding our capacity in short term (seasonal to interannual) climate predictability and searching for ways to predict decadal variability;
Better documenting the record of rapid climate changes and the mechanisms for these events, and evaluating the potential for abrupt climate changes in the future;
Evaluating and enhancing the models used to project climate change due to human activity, including anthropogenically induced changes in atmospheric composition; and
Detecting and describing any global climate changes that may occur.
To view the former organizational structure, click here.
Open Call for US CLIVAR Panel Membership
Do you know someone who should help set the direction of US climate science?
The U.S. CLIVAR program on Climate Variability and Predictability (http://www.usclivar.org) seeks qualified individuals to serve on its Panels. These Panels formulate goals and required strategies, catalyze and coordinate activities, and work with agencies and international partners to advance the progress of the climate research community, particularly with regard to addressing relevant goals of the US Climate Change Science Program, CLIVAR, and the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). Qualified nominees are expected to represent the broader interests of the research community, be willing and able to engage in scientific as well as programmatic discussions leading to Panel activities, and work with other members of the CLIVAR organization.
Nominations are sought for three Panels: 1) Predictability, Prediction and Applications Interface Panel (PPAI), 2) Process Study Model Improvement Panel (PSMI), and 3) Phenomena, Observations and Synthesis Panel (POS). These panels each aid in developing and coordinating climate research plans and activities and also providing feedback to agency implementation. Further information and terms of reference for each of these panels can be found at www.usclivar.org/Organization.html. Each panel is seeking members to enhance their current expertise. The PPAI Panel hopes to expand their expertise and connect more strongly to applications of climate information and forecasts. The PSMI Panel is specifically looking for members with oceanic and atmospheric field program experience and those with experience in climate model development and use. Finally, the POS Panel is seeking those with land surface processes expertise and those with knowledge of large-scale atmospheric processes.
Panel members are expected to attend the annual U.S. CLIVAR Summit. The 2008 Summit will be held in mid-July in Portland, Oregon. Additional meetings are possible; however, most Panel activity is carried out through email and teleconferences. Members generally serve terms of 2-3 years.
To nominate (self nominations are welcome) and be considered for Panel membership, please submit the following:
- 2-page vitae noting the most relevant publications
- A paragraph describing qualifications, research interests, and the Panel of interest
Materials should be sent electronically to the U.S. CLIVAR Office (usco@usclivar.org) noting “Nomination” in the subject heading. The deadline for submission is 15 November 2007. The U.S. CLIVAR Committee, in consultation with agency representatives, will review applications. Accepted applicants will be notified by 10 January 2008.
Previous U.S. CLIVAR members
Bruce Albrecht, Univ. of Miami
Richard Alley, Penn. State University
Jeffery Anderson, NCAR
David Battisti, Univ. of Washington
Andrew Bennett, Oregon State University
Ernesto Berbery, Univ. of Maryland, ESSIC
Cecilia Bitz, Univ. of Washington
Byron Boville, NCAR
Chris Bretherton, Univ. of Washington
David Bromwich, Ohio State University
Mark Cane, Columbia University
C.P. Chang, Naval Postgraduate School
Ping Chang, Texas A&M
Eric Chassignet, Florida State University
Shuyi Chen, RSMAS/Univ. of Miami
Ed Cook, LDEO
Russ Davis, Scripps
Clara Deser, NCAR
Robert Dickinson, Ga. Inst. of Tech
Paul Dirmeyer, COLA
Steven Esbensen, Oregan State Univ.
Ichiro Fukumori, NASA JPL
Arnold Gordon, LDEO
Michael Gregg, Applied Physics Lab, Univ. Washington
Nick Gruber, UCLA
Robert Hallberg, NOAA GFDL
Stefan Hastenrath, Univ. of Wisconsin
Isaac Held, NOAA GFDL
Jim Hurrell, NCAR
Greg Johnson, NOAA PMEL
Kristina Katsaros, NOAA AOML
William Kessler, NOAA PMEL
Jeffrey Kiehl, NCAR
George Kiladis, NOAA Aeronomy Lab
T.N. Krishnamurti, Florida State University
Yochanan Kushnir, LDEO
John Kutzbach, Univ. of Wisconsin
William Lau, NASA GSFC
Tong Lee, NASA JPL
Susan Lozier, Duke University
Roger Lukas, Univ. of Hawaii
Jean Lynch-Stieglitz, Ga. Inst. of Tech.
Nathan Mantua, Univ. of Washington
John Marshall, MIT
Douglas Martinson, LDEO
Thorsten Markus, NASA GSFC
Cecilie Mauritzen, Norwegian Met. Inst.
Michael McCartney, WHOI
Carlos Mechoso, UCLA
Arthur Miller, Scripps
Jamie Morison, APL Univ. of Washington
Richard Moritz, APL Univ. of Washington
Ragu Murtugudde, Univ. of Maryland, ESSIC
Alex Orsi, Texas A&M
James Overland, NOAA PMEL
Jonathan Overpeck, University of Arizona
Jan Paegle, University of Utah
Christa Peters-Lidard, NASA GSFC
George Philander, Princeton University
Bo Qiu, Univ. of Hawaii
Michele Rienecker, NASA GSFC
David Rind, GISS
Andrew Robertson, IRI
Paul Robbins, Scripps
Walter Robinson, Univ. of Illinois
Dean Roemmich, Scripps
Dan Rudnick, Scripps
Chris Sabine, NOAA PMEL
Edwin Schneider, COLA
Peter Schlosser, Columbia University
Paul Schopf, George Mason Univ.
Dan Schrag, Harvard University
Mark Serreze, Univ. of Colorado, CIRES
Jeff Severinghaus, Scripps
Jagadesh Shukla, COLA
James Shuttleworth, Univ. of Arizona
William Smethie, Jr., LDEO
Kevin Speer, Florida State University
Detlef Stammer, Univ. of Hamburg
Bjorn Stevens, UCLA
Achim Stoessel, Texas A&M
Max Suarez, NASA GSFC
Karl Taylor, LLNL
Mingfang Ting, Columbia University
Joseph Tribbia, NCAR
Martin Visbeck, IFM-GEOMAR
Stephen Warren, Univ. of Washington
Peter Webster, Ga. Inst. of Tech.
Bruce Wielicki, NASA Langley
Shang-Ping Xie, IPRC, Univ. of Hawaii
Stephen Zebiak, IRI
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