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The U.S. CLIVAR Drought Working Group was formed in December 2006. They are

Drought Working Group
last updated April 15, 2008
Tom Delworth NOAA GFDL
Rong Fu Georgia Institute of Technology
Dave Gutzler (co-chair) University of New Mexico
Wayne Higgins NOAA/CPC
Marty Hoerling NOAA/CDC
Randy Koster NASA/GSFC
Arun Kumar NOAA/CPC
Dennis Lettenmaier University of Washington
Kingtse Mo NOAA CPC
Sumant Nigam University of Maryland
Roger Pulwarty NOAA- NIDIS Director
David Rind NASA - GISS
Siegfried Schubert (co-chair) NASA GSFC
Richard Seager Columbia University/LDEO
Mingfang Ting Columbia University/LDEO
Ning Zeng University of Maryland
Additional Contributing Scientists
Bradfield Lyon International Research Institute for Climate
Victor O. Magana Mexico
Tim Palmer ECMWF
Ronald Stewart Canada
Josef Syktus Australia
Jose Marengo CPTEC/INPE
Jean-Philippe Boulanger University of Buenos Aires
Hugo Berbery University of Maryland

Terms of Reference

  • Propose a working definition of drought and related model predictands of drought;
  • Coordinate evaluations of existing relevant model simulations;
  • Suggest new experiments (coupled and uncoupled) designed to address some of the outstanding uncertainties mentioned above;
  • Coordinate and encourage the analysis of observational data sets to reveal antecedent linkages of multi-year drought; and
  • Organize a community workshop to present and discuss the results

 

 

Science Tidbits    

14 August 2009 - Past Atlantic Hurricanes linked to Climate Change

10 August 2009 - Climate models confirm more moisture in atmosphere attributed to humans

 

 

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Announcements

7-9 June 2010 - US CLIVAR Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Annual Meeting (Miami, FL)

17-19 March 2010 - High Latitude Surface Flux Workshop in conjunction with SEAFLUX (Boulder, CO)

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)

 

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