Summit 2008

The U.S. Climate Variability and Predictability Research Program (CLIVAR)

Friday, July 30, 2010

Goals

Structure

Presentations

US CLIVAR Committee

Interagency Working Group

Prediction and Predictability Panel

Process Study Model Impovement Panel

Phenomena Observations and Synthesis Panel

Drought Working Group

High Latitude Surface Flux Working Group

MJO Working Group

Salinity Working Group

Western Boundary Current Working Group

Decadal Predictability Working Group

Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

Drought

Climate Model Evaluation

Process Studies

Atmospheric Data Analysis/Reanalysis

Ocean Data Analysis/Reanalysis

Intraseasonal Variability

Deep Ocean Hydrography

Climate Prediction

Science Tidbits

Announcements

Monthly Electronic Newsgrams

Implementation Plans

Meeting Reports

Bibliography

Outreach Publications

Conference Posters and Presentations

Staff

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Highlights

U.S. CLIVAR Summit

14-17 July 2008 Irvine, California

The U.S. CLIVAR Summit will be held on July 14-17 in Irvine, California - minutes away from John Wayne International (Orange County) Airport. Meeting Reports and logistical details will be available soon. This will be an opportunity for the U.S. CLIVAR panels and committee to meet in plenary and separately.There will be a science symposium, Monday, July 14. The topic:

Climate Predictions for 2018: What can we say now and with what fidelity/uncertainty? What is our plan to better predict climate 10 years into the future?

Agenda

Monday July 14 - Science Symposium

Conference Theater

Time	Tuesday July 15	Speaker	Room
	U.S. CLIVAR Summit
0730 – 0815	Refreshments
0815 – 0830	Welcome and introductions		Conference Theatre
0830 - 0845	U.S. CLIVAR Report	Hoerling
0845 - 1000	WG Reports Drought (oral) MJO (oral) Western Boundary Current (oral) High-latitude Fluxes & AMOC (written)	Drought - Schubert; MJO - Waliser; WBC - Alexander
1000 - 1020	Morning Break
1020 - 1055	Ocean data stewardship plans for climate	M. Gregg (NODC)
1055 - 1155	International CLIVAR, prospects for 2009-2013	Jim Hurrell
1155 – 1230	Inter-Agency Group Input	Agency Reps
1230 - 1240	Charge to the panels
1240 - 1400	Lunch (on your own)
1400 - 1730	Panel Breakouts (break from 1545-1600)
1730 - 1830	Executive session – Joint panel topics
1830 - 2030	Reception		Terrace

	Wed 16 July (Day 3)	Lead	Room
0800 - 0830	Refreshments
0830 - 1000	Panel Breakouts
1000 – 1030	Morning Break
1030 – 1230	Panel Breakouts
1230 – 1400	Lunch (on your own)
1400 - 1530	Panel Breakouts
1530 - 1600	Afternoon break
1600 - 1730	Panel Breakouts
1730 – 1830	Executive session – Joint panel topics

	Thu 17 July (Day 4)	Lead	Room
0800 – 0830	Refreshments
0830 - 0915	Panel reporting – 15 min per Panel	PPAI, PSMI, POS chairs
0915 - 1000	Plans and timeline for synthesizing US CLIVAR activities into strategic plans for CCSP, agencies, etc
1000	END of SUMMIT
1015 - 1045	Executive Session

Meeting Documents

Goals of the Summit (doc)
2007 Summit Action Items (doc)
Working Group Timeline (ppt)
AMOC written report (doc)
High Latitude Surface Fluxes WG report (doc)

Announcements

New Western Boundary Current paper published - Role of Gulf Stream, Kuroshio-Oyashio and Their Extensions in Large-Scale Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction : A Review, J. Climate, 15 June 2010, Vol. 23, pp 3249-3281

2010 Workshop on Evaluation of ReanalysesNovember 1-3, Baltimore, Maryland

First Circular Announcement for WCRP Open Science Conference October 2011

Postdocs Applying Climate Expertise(PACE) seeking Organizational Partners

PSMI Publication on Best Practices for Process Studies released and has reached #6 on AMS most viewed list. (BAMS, July 2009)

More Announcements

Science Tidbits

April 2010 - Surface Fluxes: Challenges for High Latitudes - presentations posted

February 2010 - YOTC-GS Alpha Prototype for Satellite data has been released to the public

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Current Climate Indices

Current Climate Forecasts