Dear Colleagues,
The Implementation and Transition Meeting Report is now finalized and available on the WCRP website. Please note that the report reflects discussions during the 2-day meeting, but also lists the key outcomes following the 40th Session of the Joint Scientific Committee (JSC-40), in particular, the timeline and conceptual framework, to avoid confusion. The JSC-40 Report will be published in the next few weeks. You will see from the implementation timeline and milestones that the next step in the process is consolidation. This includes refinement of the science questions, conceptual framework, and of the key elements for operations, delivery, and engagement. It also includes the identification of science, funding, and infrastructure needs and partner and stakeholder consultation. In the next weeks, a number of task teams will be formed to begin this process. We will soon be in touch with more information on this opportunity.
To share our plans as widely as possible we have put together an MS PowerPoint presentation that provides information on the WCRP Strategic and Implementation Plans. Now that the Strategic Plan has been finalized, we invite you to disseminate the key details of our Plan and its implementation process.
We thank you all for your contributions to this important first step and look forward to working with you all in the coming months.
Kind regards
Detlef Stammer
Chair WCRP Joint Scientific Committee
Helen Cleugh
Vice-chair WCRP Joint Scientific Committee
Pavel Kabat
in his capacity as WCRP Director
Sessions of interest at the upcoming Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), December 2019
A number of SPARC-related sessions have been organised for this year’s fall AGU meeting (abstract submission deadline: 31 July 2019). The following is a non-exhaustive list:
A003 – Advances and Challenges for Subseasonal to Seasonal Prediction
Primary Convener : Harry Hendon
Conveners: Ben P Kirtman, Amy H Butler, and Duane Edward Waliser
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/prelim.cgi/Session/77076
A042 – Cirrus, Chemistry and Dynamics of the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere
Primary Convener: Jessica B Smith
Conveners: Elisabeth J Moyer, Troy D Thornberry, and Thomas P Ackerman
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/prelim.cgi/Session/83328
A079 – Impact of the Asian Summer Monsoon on the Composition of the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere
Primary Convener : Hans Schlager
Conveners: Martina Kraemer
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/prelim.cgi/Session/82754
A104 – Observations from Stratospheric Ballooning: Research and New Concepts
Primary Convener : Robert W Carver
Convenors: Max Kamenetsky
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/prelim.cgi/Session/79247
A109 – Progress in Reanalysis: Development, Evaluation and Application
Primary Convener : Jan Dominik Keller
Conveners: Michael G Bosilovich, Masatomo Fujiwara
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/prelim.cgi/Session/77084
A110 – Recent findings from spaceborne observations of the middle atmosphere
Primary Convener : Nathaniel J Livesey
Conveners: D A Degenstein, Kaley A Walker
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/prelim.cgi/Session/77967
A119 – Stratospheric composition change, its impact on climate and understanding of uncertainties in data records.
Primary Convener : Irina V Petropavlovskikh
Conveners: Dale F Hurst, Viktoria Sofieva
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/prelim.cgi/Session/80537
A135 – Understanding the unexpected increase in CFC-11 emissions
Primary Convener : Neil Richard Peter Harris
Conveners: Sunyoung Park, Paul A. Newman
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/prelim.cgi/Session/78200
Also note the 40-year celebration of WCRP during AGU. Find all information on Symposia, town halls, and WCRP related sessions at the
the workshop will be held at ECMWF in Reading on 18-21 November 2019
This workshop will bring together experts to discuss and propose ways forward in representing the stratosphere in current and future numerical weather prediction models (1-50 km resolution, forecast lead times from medium-range to seasonal), and pathways by which better treatment of the stratosphere can improve predictive skill in the troposphere.
For further information and to register, please visit: https://www.ecmwf.int/en/learning/workshops/workshop-stratospheric-predictability-impact-troposphere
If you wish to attend this workshop, please complete the registration form before 31 July 2019.
Sessions of interest at the upcoming American Meteorological Society (AMS) annual meeting in January 2020
Please note the following Symposia of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) coming up in 2020:
Contributions to both symposia have to be submitted by 1 August 2019
This symposium aims to honor Prof. Solomon’s past achievements in and ongoing contributions to atmospheric science. Sessions will highlight the history and future of environmental policy and assessments, breakthroughs in middle atmospheric and ozone science, and provide perspectives on our changing climate—one of the greatest challenges of our time. Each of these three topics will be communicated through invited talks and solicited posters.
- Wisdom of Solomon: History & Successes in Environmental Policy
- Ozone & the Middle Atmosphere: Past, Present and Future
- Climate Change: The Challenge of the 21st Century
Call for Papers
- Middle Atmosphere – Posters Only
International interdisciplinary PhD and Post-Doc summer research school
Observing and Modelling the Arctic Environment – Climate processes, prediction and projection
at
Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NIERSC), St. Petersburg, Russia
8th – 13th September 2019
Sponsored by the Research Council of Norway INTPART project “ARCONOR: Arctic cooperation between Norway, Russia, India, China and US in satellite Earth observation and Education”, EC Horizon2020 “INTAROS: Integrated Arctic Observation System” and the organizing partners.
Applications by 1. August at 12:00 CET
The aim of this research school is to provide students with an overview of state-of the-art research in the Arctic from observations through process understanding and model development to application. The research school will have five sessions addressing:
(1) Observational capabilities: including in-situ measurements and satellite remote sensing, field campaigns and operational resources;
(2) Dynamics of the Arctic environment: what we know about the most important processes and how we include them in climate models;
(3) Surface coupling: a review of the multitude of surface coupling processes in the Arctic and current approaches to integrating this understanding in models at different scales;
(4) Climate projection and prediction: anthropogenically-forced and natural climate change in the Arctic, perspective from the 21st century and opportunities with climate prediction;
(5) Modelling for Arctic applications: using climate model results in other domains with examples from simulating marine primary production, future shipping routes, and other industrial activities in ice covered waters
The summer school will be held
9-13 September in Beijing, China
Organised by the LASG/IAP, the second GOTHAM Summer School will train young scientists on a unique combination of interdisciplinary scientific topics and tools relevant for understanding teleconnections and their role in causing extreme weather events. The school comprises lectures as well as tutorial sessions by some of the world’s leading experts in this field.
Specific topics include:
- Fundamental dynamics in the teleconnections
- Global consequences of extreme El Niños
- Mid-latitude weather extremes and the role of tropical extratropical and Arctic drivers
- Stratosphere dynamics and stratosphere-troposphere interactions
- Internal variability and external drivers of South and East Asian systems
- Interactions between global teleconnection patterns.
The Summer School is intended to host 30-40 young researchers working in relevant topical areas, both frim GOTHAm partners and external institutes. Registration is free-of-charge and accommodation expenses will be covered for all arrendees. Participation is applied through website http://project.lasg.ac.cn/gotham.
Bo Wu (IAP)
Announcement: Atmospheric Circulation in a Changing Climate
