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The latest issue of GEWEX Quarterly is online, and features pieces on:
- Tackling irrigation in GEWEX
- New SSG Co-Chair Xubin Zeng, and new GASS Co-Chair Sandrine Bony
- Improving the representation of soil in climate models with the SoilWat initiative
- Overview of the new WCRP Lighthouse Activities
- Identifying current advances and future challenges in evapotranspiration at the 2nd Determining Evapotranspiration Workshop
- Reviewing the process-oriented, benchmarking, and model intercomparison activities within GLASS
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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/. |
Record-breaking temperatures will occur more in the tropics, according to a new article out in Geophysical Research Letters. In "Quantifying the Occurrence of Record Hot Years Through Normalized Warming Trends", Xubin Zeng and coauthors analyzed raw temperature trends and normalized temperature trends to find that the tropics have
greater normalized warming and are actually experiencing more record-breaking heat events. You can find a summary of the piece in Science Daily at https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210602170622.htm. |
A new paper in a special edition of Hydrology and Earth System Sciences ( https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/25/1849/2021/) takes a
look at the impact of the Changing Cold Regions Network (CCRN) program, a recently-completed Regional Hydroclimate Project (RHP) focused on the understanding and prediction of change in the cold interior of western Canada. This article examines future changes in land cover and hydrological cycling across the interior of western Canada under climate conditions projected for the 21st century. Key insights into the mechanisms and interactions of Earth system and hydrological process responses are
presented, and this understanding is used together with model application to provide a synthesis of future change. The paper was published as part of a CCRN special issue, “Understanding and predicting Earth system and hydrological change in cold regions” ( https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/special_issue919.html). |
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is launching a competition to improve, through Artificial Intelligence and/or Machine Learning techniques, the current precipitation and temperature forecasts for 3 to 6 weeks into the future from the best computational fluid dynamic models available today. Visit https://s2s-ai-challenge.github.io/ for more information. |
Deadline: 1 July 2021
The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) will hold an Open Science Conference (OSC) during the first half of 2023. WCRP is soliciting Expressions of Interest from qualified
institutions to host the conference and act as a local organizer. Successful applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal.
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The Topical Webinar Series hosted by the Core Modelling and Forecasting Team of the Global Water Futures program is a weekly event from May to August. In contrast to thematic webinars, this series highlights science advances from across the globe and aims to spur critical discussions that will improve our understanding and capability in modeling and managing
cold-region hydrology. The next webinar, "All that glitters is not gold: error compensation in climate models", takes place on 10 June from 11:00-12:00 (CST).
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An overview of Calls for Papers can be found on GEWEX.org.
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Dates: 30 August–3 September 2021
Location: Online meeting
Abstract Submission Deadline: 14 June 2021
The Global Climate Observing System ( GCOS), with the World Climate Research Programme ( WCRP), and supported by European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites ( 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. The outputs will provide inputs into the next GCOS implementation plan, which will make recommendations to meteorological networks, major observing systems, and satellite agencies. Sustained observations of the global climate system are essential for understanding, predicting, mitigating and adapting to climate change. Progress in understanding and attributing climate change has been largely based on climate observations. In order to continue
improving this understanding, it is vital to make further progress towards achieving a fully implemented, sustainable, global observing system for climate. |
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Dates: 23–27 January 2022
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
Abstract Submission Deadline: 3 August 2021
The 102nd American Meteorological Society (AMS) Meeting will take place in late January 2022 at the George R. Brown Convention Center. A special symposium and several sessions of interest to the GEWEX community are listed below.
Kevin E. Trenberth Symposium
We invite and encourage you to attend this symposium honoring Dr. Kevin E. Trenberth as he enters into retirement after many years of influential research and community service. Papers for the Kevin E. Trenberth Symposium are solicited on all aspects of climate science, but are especially encouraged on the following topics:
- Global Water Cycle
- Global Energy Budget
- Climate Analysis: Observations and Reanalyses
- Climate Modeling: Advances and Challenges
Sessions of Interest
- Improved Monitoring, Modeling, and Prediction of Water Availability Across Scales (Joint between the 36th Conference on Hydrology and the 26th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS))
- Land-Atmosphere and Land-Ocean Interactions (Joint between the 36th Conference on Hydrology and the 35th Conference on Climate Variability and Change)
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Paper Submission Deadline: 30 August 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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Deadline: 31 December 2021
Earth's surface and its biological organisms exchange heat, momentum, carbon, and water with the overlying atmosphere at a multitude of scales. However, capturing those interactions across scales remains a challenge for observing systems and Earth system models. Here, the editors solicit papers highlighting recent investigations from land-atmosphere field campaigns, including observational analyses, tests of theoretical approaches to scaling or modeling these processes, and
model-based evaluation and diagnostic studies.
Papers can be submitted to JGR: Biogeosciences, JGR: Atmospheres, Earth and Space Sciences, or Journal of Advances in Modeling of Earth Systems (JAMES). The latter two are gold open-access and the first two have open-access options.
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Deadline: 31 December 2021
In this special issue, studies are sought that investigate the facts and mechanisms related to the processes from surface evapotranspiration to precipitation. The topics covered by this special issue will include, but not be limited to, the following:
- Land–atmosphere interactions and the hydrological cycle;
- Atmospheric boundary layer processes, cloud physics, and precipitation;
- Atmospheric moisture transport and tracking;
- Impact of human activities on the hydrological cycle;
- Aerosol–cloud–climate interactions.
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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: 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: 14–18 June 2021
Location: Virtual meeting
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: 29 June 2021–1 July 2021
Location: Virtual meeting
From 29 June to 1 July 2021, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) will host a 3-day virtual workshop on global hydrological modeling and forecasting. Day 1 aims at presenting and discussing recent advances in global and large-scale hydrological modeling used in water cycle predictions up to medium-range, and in monitoring applications such as regional and global reanalyses. Day 2 and 3 will focus on connecting large scale to local needs and decision making, as well
as catchment-scale advances in hydrometeorological forecasting, addressing challenges of hydrological ensemble forecasting and monitoring.
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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.
Dates: 29 August–3 September, 2021
Location: Virtual event
Sign-up Deadline: 27 August 2021
The Catchment Science Summer School is a 5-day short course that is intended for post-graduate students and post-docs interested in a hands-on catchment science curriculum, focusing on northern catchments, runoff processes and combined hydrometric, isotope/chemical tracer and modeling techniques in catchment hydrology. The learning objectives for this short course are to understand:
- Rainfall-runoff processes
- Rainfall-runoff model development, use, and testing
- Hydrochemical and isotopic measurement and analyses
- Linking field experiments with modeling approaches
- Evolution of empirical and theoretical understanding of runoff processes
- Landscape analysis, land-use and climate change impacts on streamflow
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Application Deadline: 30 June 2021
Millersville University is seeking a Director for the Millersville University Weather Information Center (MUWIC). The successful candidate will be responsible for the direction and management of all aspects of daily operation of the MUWIC, including twice daily weather updates; supervision and mentorship of students working in the MUWIC for the Campus Weather Service; outreach to the community; expert weather information service to the public, agencies and media outlets on behalf of the
meteorology program, department, and university; and more.
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Application Deadline: Open until filled
This position supports the Research and Analysis (R&A) component of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Earth Science Division (ESD), focusing on the content development based on results coming out of the R&A program and ESD management. A significant focus will be on the maintenance and evolution of the “results portal” that was developed in order to provide a consistent and user-friendly way for sharing of results between researchers,
communicators, and managers. The successful candidate will coordinate with others involved in results dissemination and communication for the various components of ESD and work to assure integration and consistency of relevant products.
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Application Deadline: Open until 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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