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GEWEX is collaborating with START (SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training) to advance climate change science and scientific capacities in Central Asia. The proposed collaboration seeks to:
- Better understand the regional implications of large-scale climate change.
- Improve understanding of land-atmosphere interactions that determine weather and climate.
- Link these exchange processes to improved understanding of potential climate change impacts on water availability and its implications for food production, hydropower, industry, disaster risk management, and environmental protection.
If you are from the Central Asian region, or are working in this area, we ask you to help us by filling out the survey at https://www.gewexevents.org/6257-2/. |
The Climate and Cryosphere ( CliC) project is one of the core projects of the World Climate Resarch Programme ( WCRP), serving as the focal point for climate science related to the cryosphere, its variability and change, and
interaction with the broader climate system.
CliC is now launching an open call for nominations for chairmanship from 2021 –2024. Self-nominations are encouraged. Please fill in this form and send it to info@climate-cryosphere.org no later than April 16th 2021. If you have questions, please
contact present co-chairs Fiamma Straneo ( fstraneo@ucsd.edu) or James Renwick ( james.renwick@vuw.ac.nz). |
The special Philosophical Transactions A issue on "Intensification of short-duration rainfall extremes and implications for flash flood risks" is now available at www.bit.ly/TransA-2195. Organized and edited by Hayley Fowler, Conrad Wasko,
and Andreas Prein, this issue presents evidence that climate change is exacerbating extreme rainfall and flood risk, but there is still a long way to go in incorporating these changes into flood risk management. There is a need for interdisciplinary research that includes atmospheric, hydrologic, and engineering science to improve our resiliency against future flooding. |
New Dates for 3rd Pan-GASS Meeting: 24–29 July 2022
After careful consideration of the current COVID-19 situation, the GEWEX Atmospheric System Studies (GASS) Panel has decided to move the 3rd Pan-GASS Meeting, which was originally scheduled for October 2021, to the following year. The dates for the rescheduled meeting are 24–29 July 2022, in Monterey, CA, USA.
The data analysis competition for Early Career Researchers (ECRs) to win a travel award will remain unchanged, but the deadline to submit required results is extended to 31 May 2022. This competition is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM, https://www.arm.gov/) program and the center of Excellence in Simulation of Weather and Climate in Europe (ESiWACE, https://www.esiwace.eu/) to encourage the use of ARM data and Dynamics of the Atmospheric general circulation Modeled On Non-hydrostatic Domains (DYAMOND) simulation output in atmospheric system studies. More details about the data analysis competition are provided in the announcement about these competitions in the Quarter 4 2020 GEWEX Quarterly at https://www.gewex.org/gewex-content/uploads/2020/12/Q42020.pdf. |
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Event Dates: 21–24 April 2021
Celebrate Earth during NASA’s 2021 Virtual Earth Day Event. The virtual event will feature live presentations and chats with NASA experts, interactive science content, a kids’ fun zone, a scavenger hunt, hundreds of downloadable resources, Spanish content, and more. Registration is free and open to the public.
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We want to hear from you! This quick survey should take around 3 minutes, and your input will help us produce an email newsletter that better serves the GEWEX community.
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An overview of Calls for Papers can be found on GEWEX.org.
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Dates: 17–19 May 2021
Location: Virtual meeting
Abstract Deadline: 16 April 2021
The 2021 Global Water Futures (GWF) Annual Open Science Meeting will bring together the GWF community (researchers, affiliates, partners, collaborators, and stakeholders) in a virtual setting to share its latest scientific achievements and success stories, provide updates on end user solutions, and support the actions needed to secure Canada’s water future.
The organizers encourage you to align your abstract with the meeting themes. The themes provide the context for the overall program and are underpinned by cross-cutting challenges and opportunities that further emphasize solutions across sectors and stakeholders:
- Climate-driven changes of water environments in cold regions
- From anthropogenic pressures to ecosystem services
- Turning research into policy and management solutions
- Innovations in water science and technology
- Knowledge co-creation with Indigenous communities
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Dates: 13–18 September 2021
Location: Bonn, Germany, with remote option
Abstract Deadline: 30 April 2021
The World Climate Research Programme (WRCP) –World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) Symposium on Data Assimilation and Reanalysis will be held in Bonn, Germany, alongside the 2021 ECMWF Annual Seminar on Observations. Organizers hope to hold the meeting as a face-to-face event with the possibility for anyone to join remotely as well.
Prospective attendees are advised not to make any travel arrangements until the in-person meeting is confirmed.
The overall objective of the symposium is to review the latest developments and address issues of common interest to data assimilation and reanalysis communities, such as Earth system and coupled approaches, ensemble techniques and covariances, process studies, handling of systematic errors, diagnostics and verification, emerging AI and Machine learning techniques, open science and collaborative platforms.
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Dates: 14–18 June 2021
Location: Virtual meeting
Abstract Deadline: 5 May 2021
The aim of the workshop is to bring together the broader water vapor community, including those interested in the generation of water vapor climate data records (CDRs) and data users (such as climate modelers and Numerical Weather Prediction researchers) in order to discuss the most recent scientific applications and challenges in processing and using water vapor CDRs. Topics include:
- Challenges related to the generation of water vapor CDRs
- Climate user applications of water vapor CDRs (with focus on WV_cci CDRs)
- Collecting and updating user requirements for atmospheric water vapor
- Results from climate analysis, climate applications, and process studies using water vapor CDRs
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Dates: 15-19 November 2021
Location: Nanyang Executive Centre, Singapore
Abstract Deadline: 31 May 2021
The fifth edition of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Symposium on Space Science with Small Satellites will cover:
- rapid advances made in the last decade in small, micro, and nano-satellites for space science
- emerging space debris issue in Low-Earth Orbit, and
- capacity building using small satellite technologies and the perspective of emerging space nations such as Singapore.
Session of interest to the GEWEX community:
Earth observation and environment monitoring from small satelites (A1)
Space scientists and engineers are invited to share their expertise, vision, and predictions of the status and trends of small satellite missions for Earth observation with a focus on environment monitoring. We invite speakers to present the latest payload design, mission architecture with large-scale constellations, data analysis from recent EO missions.
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Paper Submission Deadline: 31 April 2021
The journal Water (IF: 2.544, ISSN 2073-4441) will feature a Special Issue on "Hydrological Extremes in a Warming Climate: Nonstationarity, Uncertainties and Impacts". The topics covered by this special issue will include but not limited to the following:
- Analysis of historical variability and trends in streamflow extremes (e.g., peak flow, low flow, timing) and teleconnections to hydroclimatic drivers
- Model based studies on future changes in hydrologic extremes and the role of internal variability and anthropogenic forcings
- Development and application of nonstationary methods for the evaluation of hydrologic extreme events
- Evaluation of uncertainties of extreme value projections
- Methods to quantify flood and drought risks
- Implications of changes in hydrologic extreme events on water resources management
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Paper Submission Deadline: 31 May 2021
This special issue will showcase recent and ongoing research progress in (1) cloud observation techniques and remote sensing inversion algorithm development for cloud properties, and (2) cloud–aerosol–radiation–precipitation interactions and their potential underlying mechanisms. The compilation of research papers in this special issue is expected to improve our understanding of cloud properties and cloud-process-associated issues, as well as assist with the development of cloud-associated
parameterization in weather and climate models.
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Deadline for Manuscript Submissions: 28 February 2022
This Special Issue will publish contributions from research, operational products, and data assimilation capabilities of microwave satellites used in support of the investigation of severe storms. Studies that address connections with essential climate variables are particularly welcome. Contributions from CubeSat applications and theoretical studies with new microwave sensors onboard future satellite missions are also strongly encouraged.
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Dates: 3–6 May 2021
Location: Virtual meeting
By Invitation Only
The 33rd Session of the GEWEX Scientific Steering Group will take place online, featuring prerecorded talks and presentations. In anticipation of Phase IV (2023–2032) of GEWEX, this meeting will focus on updating GEWEX’s strategy documents and Imperatives to align with the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)’s new priorities.
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Dates: 18–22 May 2021
Location: Virtual meeting
The 3rd International Soil Moisture Consortium (ISMC) conference program addresses recent research in the soil-vegetation-atmosphere continuum centered around soils over all spatial scales, time scales, and elements, from processes to prediction.
Scientific Sessions:
- Integration of Soil Processes in Global Land Surface/Earth System Models
- Modeling soil formation as a function of critical zone processes
- Modeling at the interface of soil and plant
- Model soil contamination and transport of pollutants
- Scaling soil biogeochemical models
- Modeling surface runoff and soil erosion at various scales: data, process, and mathematical representation
- Landscape heterogeneity: pragmatic modeling, methodology standards, harmonized measurements – and related challenges
- Modeling and evaluation of soil functions at all scales
- Modeling biogeochemical fluxes and soil organic carbon dynamics in soil systems
- Advances in soil modeling through data analytics, machine learning and prediction
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Dates: Thursdays, May through June 2021
Location: Virtual meeting
ESTF2021 aims to showcase a broad array of technology, research, and development projects related to NASA’s Earth science endeavors. From May through early July, eight virtual sessions will be held on Thursdays, and will include a targeted set of technology presentations around an Earth science theme, followed by a panel discussion. Topics of interest to the GEWEX community are below:
- Weather: 27 May 2021, 1:00-3:00 pm EDT
- Aerosols, Clouds, Convection, and Precipitation: 3 June 2021, 1:00-3:00 pm EDT
- New Observing Strategies for Earth Science: 10 June 2021, 1:00-3:00 pm EDT
- Atmospheric Gases: 17 June 2021, 1:00-3:00 pm EDT
- The Water Cycle: 24 June 2021, 1:00-3:00 pm EDT
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Dates: 10–11 June 2021
Location: Virtual meeting
In support of the AmeriFlux “Year of Water Fluxes” ( https://ameriflux.lbl.gov/year-of-water-fluxes/), and in collaboration with community representation from the U.S. Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility and Atmospheric System Research (ASR) program, there will be an open, interactive and virtual workshop on the topic of “ Improving understanding of
land-atmosphere interactions through integration of surface flux and atmospheric boundary layer measurements”. The workshop will address the following questions:
- What are the high-priority research questions that can be addressed with existing measurements ?
- What new boundary layer measurements should be prioritized, and where? What are the cutting-edge research questions that could be addressed with these new measurements?
- What is needed to increase interdisciplinary collaboration between ecologists/biogeoscientists and atmospheric scientists? How can we best share tools that are necessary to process, analyze, and interpret boundary layer measurements?
- How can this kind of collaboration improve predictive understanding of biosphere-atmosphere interactions and land-atmosphere coupling?
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Dates: 1–6 August 2021
Location: Virtual meeting
The Asia Oceania Geosciences Society 2021 Meeting (AOGS2021) will be held online this year. The GEWEX community might find the sessions below of interest. If you would like to have your session included in the list, please email us at gewex@gewex.org.
- Session HS02: The Third Pole Environment and High Mountains of Central Asia - Hydrometeorological Processes and Human Dimension
- Session AS05: Regional Climate Downscaling and Cordex: Challenges and Prospects
- Session AS28: Asian Precipitation Experiment: Process and Predictability of Asian Hydroclimate System
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Dates: 12–14 October 2021
Location: Darmstadt, Germany
The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), along with the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and supported by EUMETSAT, will be holding a conference that aims to assess how well the current global climate observing system supports current and near-term user needs for climate information. In particular, the meeting will examine how well observations of the global Earth cycles (the global energy balance, global water and carbon cycles, and explaining changing conditions of the
biosphere) support users’ needs for climate data.
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To advertise a career or training opportunity, please send us an email.
Application Deadline: 15 April 2021
The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) has an exciting opportunity for a scientist to work on the H2020 NextGEMS project. The role of this position is to further develop the representation of the land-atmosphere interaction in ECMWF’s Integrated Forecasting System (IFS) as part of NextGEMS.
NextGEMS aims to develop a new generation of global coupled Storm-Resolving Earth System Models (SR-ESMs), exploring kilometer-scale simulations (2-4 km both in the atmosphere and the ocean) with an explicit representation of essential Earth system processes, such as ocean mesoscale eddies, atmospheric deep convection, and certain orographic processes. |
Application Deadline: 22 April 2021
The new program inventWater, “Inventive forecasting tools for adapting water quality management to a new climate”, is offering 15 early-stage researcher positions across 10 top European research institutions and universities. The 15 projects include coupled watershed-lake water quality models, machine learning methods integrating climate and water monitoring data, incorporating water management into an Earth System Model, and more. See a brief description of all 15 positions at https://www.gewex.org/resources/position-announcements/#ICRA.
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Application Deadline: 30 April 2021
The Hydrosystem & Hydroinformatics Research (HHR) group at Clemson University is looking for a talented Ph.D. student to conduct research on hydroinformatics tools development for urban water modeling research activities and outreach programs. A publication record, strong programming and analytical background, and prior experience in surface water modeling research are preferred qualifications.
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Application Deadline: 31 May 2021 or until position is filled
The Agricultural Sciences Department, within the College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Life Sciences (CAFLS) at Clemson University, is seeking to fill a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of Climate Resilience. This position is foundational to a state-wide, strategic water initiative. The successful candidate will be expected to develop a nationally recognized, externally-funded research program on water and climate resilience.
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