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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

Directions

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U.S. CLIVAR produces a monthly electronic news-gram which includes timely information regarding upcoming meetings in addition to announcing climate research opportunities. To subscribe, send an email to with "subscribe" in the subject header and include your contact information.

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PSMI

PSMI Meetings/Documents

PSMI Science

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References

Process Study	Links
CLIVAR Mode Water Dynamic Experiment (CLIMODE)	Funded [http://www.climode.org/]
Intra-America Study on Climate Processes (IASCLIP)	Under review
North American Monsoon Project (NAME)	Analysis phase http://www.usclivar.org/name-index.html http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/name/
TACE	[http://www.clivar.org/organization/atlantic/TACE/]
Eastern Pacific Investigaion of Climate Processes (EPIC)	Analysis phase www.usclivar.org/epic-index.html www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/epic/
VAMOS Ocean Cloud Atmosphere Land Study (VOCALS)	Funded/Field Campaign in Fall 2008 [http://www.joss.ucar.edu/vocals/]
Diapycnal and Isopycnal Mixing Experiment in the Southern Ocean (DIMES)	Funded [http://www.usclivar.org/dimes-index.html]
Kuroshio Extension System Study (KESS)	Funded and implemented http://www.po.gs.uri.edu/kess
Climate Process Teams (CPTs)	Ongoing [http://cpt-gce.org/] [http://cpt-emilie.org/] [http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~breth/CPT-clouds.html]

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