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The U.S. CLIVAR Western Boundary Current Working Group was formed in January 2007. The group will be hosting a workshop in Phoenix, 15-17 January 2009. Registration and additional information are available online.

Western Boundary Current Working Group
last updated September 9, 2008
Mike Alexander NOAA CDC
Kathie Kelly (co-chair) University of Washington
Bo Qiu (co-chair) University of Hawaii
Nick Bond University of Washington
Meghan Cronin NOAA PMEL
Claude Frankignoul Laboratory of Ocean and Climate (France)
Terry Joyce Woods Hole Ocean. Inst.
Youn-Oh Kwon Woods Hole Ocean. Inst.
Hisashi Nakamura Univ. of Tokyo
Roger Samelson Oregon State University
Justin Small University of Hawaii
LuAnne Thompson University of Washington

Terms of Reference

  • Bring together the KESS, CLIMODE and other western boundary current atmosphere-ocean interaction groups for a synthesis of results
  • Identify shortcomings in atmosphere, ocean, and coupled models that need to be addressed to accurately model western boundary current atmosphere-ocean interaction
  • Identify observational gaps and modeling experiments that would answer outstanding issues

 

 

Science Tidbits    

5 March 2009 - Can sea levels diagnose the health of part of the world's ocean circulation?

19 February 2009 - North Atlantic Ocean is world's 'climate superpower'

28 January 2009 - Global Warming and Atlantic Hurricane Intensity

22 October 2008 - British scientists go cloud-hopping in the Pacific to improve climate predictions

 

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2009 Summit Information

AMOC Annual Science Meeting 4-6 May 2009 (Annapolis, MD) Registration Open

Climate Process Team Review paper online

Western Boundary Current Workshop presentations available

 

 

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