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

Thursday, August 28, 2008


 

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Climate Model Evaluation

Climate Process Teams (CPTs)

Climate Model Evaluation Project (CMEP) - The objective of this project is to increase community-wide diagnostic research into the quality of model simulations, leading to more robust evaluations of model predictions and a better quantification of uncertainty in projections of future climate. The results of this research will be used for the subsequent evaluations of the quality of U.S. model global and regional climate projections of the 21st century and beyond in the context of an international multi-model dataset.

Drought in Coupled Models Project (DRICOMP) - Drought in Coupled Models Project (DRICOMP), focuses on evaluation of a variety of existing model products to address issues such as the roles of the oceans and the seasonal cycle in drought, the impacts of drought on water availability, and distinctions between drought and drying.The objective of DRICOMP is to increase community-wide diagnostic research into the physical mechanisms of drought and to evaluate its simulation in current models. DRICOMP will lead to more robust evaluations of model projections of drought risk and severity, and thus to a better quantification of the uncertainty in such projections.

 

Science Tidbits    

20 June 2008 - NASA launches satellite to keep a weather, climate eye open

2 May 2008 - Oxygen Depletion Zones in the Tropical Oceans expanding - maybe due to Global Warming

1 May 2008 -Advancing decadal-scale climate prediction in the North Atlantic sector (Nature)

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Announcements

Drought Workshop in conjunction with NOAA's 33rd Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop; 20-24 October 2008

Western Boundary Current Workshop Announcement; 15-17 January 2009

U.S. CLIVAR Summit Symposium presentations and Summit documents are available online

First announcement for Ocean Obs '09
(21-24 September)

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