International Climate Variability and Predictability Meeting
September 13, 2007
Researcher Martin Hoerling, of the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratories, will participate in the 15th Session of the International Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) Scientific Steering Group Meeting, 11-14 September, in Geneva, Switzerland. As Chairman of U.S. CLIVAR, he will be discussing the foci for research priorities identified by U.S. CLIVAR committees, will seek to engage the international community in these activities, and will discuss opportunities for establishing a legacy of CLIVAR science come its sunset by 2013.
Background:
CLIVAR is the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) project, coordinated
under the World Meteorological Organization, that addresses Climate
Variability and Predictability with a particular focus on the role of
ocean-atmosphere interactions in climate. It works closely with its
companion WCRP projects on issues such as the role of the land surface,
snow and ice and the role of stratospheric processes in climate.
Significance:
Many of CLIVAR's objectives, such as describing and understanding the
physical processes responsible for climate variability and predictability
on different time-scales; extending the range and accuracy of seasonal to
interannual climate prediction through the development of global coupled
predictive models; and understanding and predicting the response of the
climate system to increases of radiatively active gases, closely match NOAA
goals and objectives. Understanding climate is of tremendous economic and
social importance worldwide. Focused international collaborations to better
understand climate variability and change will lead to better forecast
models, more skilled predictions, and improved detection and monitoring of
changes in our climate system.
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