Save the Date! The next International Scientific Conference on the Global Water and Energy Cycle is slated for 29 April-4 May 2018 in Banff, Canada. More
details to come soon!
Inside the issue: GLASS-LoCo project is developing land-atmosphere coupling metrics and
diagnostics New initiative in the Pannonian Basin First SoilWat workshop addresses integration of soil and subsurface processes in climate models Second-generation PALS to be more flexible with user-defined benchmarks INARCH is developing a toolbox for downscaling and planning a special journal issue OzEWEX holds its first Australian Climate and Water Summer
Institute
The Sub-seasonal to Seasonal prediction project (S2S), jointly
established by the World Weather Research Program (WWRP) and World Climate Research Program (WCRP) in 2013, will end its first 5-year phase in November 2018. The main focus of the first phase of the project was the establishment of the S2S database, which now contains near real-time forecasts (3 weeks behind real-time) as well as re-forecasts from 11 operational centers. S2S will now undergo a review leading potentially to a second phase of 5 years.
S2S organizers are
starting to put together a research plan for a second and final 5-year phase of S2S, with proposed focus on model improvement through coordinated experiments, and on applications research to demonstrate the potential usefulness of S2S forecasts. The list of S2S sub-projects will also be reviewed. To that effect, S2S would greatly value your feedback as a member of the research, modeling, and/or operational forecasting communities through the questionnaire found at
https://www.wcrp-climate.org/s2s-project-review. If you have difficulties accessing this link, please contact Estelle de Coning ( edeconing@wmo.int), who is the point of contact for this survey.
Date: July 18, 2017 Location: Moss Landing Marine Laboratory, CA, USA
The SMAP Weather Focus Session will take place on July 18, the day prior to the 1st International Surface Working Group Meeting, at the Moss Landing Marine Laboratory in Moss Landing, CA, located at the center of Monterey Bay. The SMAP Weather Focus Session will be a technical applications meeting which focuses on Numerical Weather Predictions using SMAP data. The meeting is meant to give NOAA, EC, and ECMWF time to present and discuss NWP, the use of SMAP data (challenges and successes),
and future plans for using SMAP in an operational setting. A goal for the meeting is to understand how SMAP is being applied (whether operationally or in prototype) and provide some feedback to the SMAP project on this process. The meeting will also address an interest in the continuity of SMOS and SMAP for weather applications.
Dates: 19-20 July 2017
Location: Monterey, CA, USA
Abstract Deadline: 14 April 2017
The inaugural International Surface Working Group (ISWG) looks to discuss and investigate issues which are felt to not have received either coherent or sufficient backing from
existing international scientific coordination but are critical to support operational applications in forecasting and the monitoring of weather and climate. The workshop will be designed to be inclusive of all surfaces: land, ocean, and sea-ice. This workshop seeks to bring together scientists working on areas which are particularly poorly monitored by current satellite missions, such as satellite-based estimation of soil moisture, snow, land surface temperature and surface water body extents,
and promote international coordination of these areas.
Dates: 20-24 August 2017
Location: Xi’an, Shanxi, China
Abstract Deadline: 15 April
2017
The CAHMDA workshop takes place every two years, and this year’s Xi’an workshop focuses on provoking a further discussion about data assimilation methods and applications in remote sensing-hydrology-climatology research, including observation design, the performance assessments of observation instruments, and the use of new instruments. Researchers will discuss the latest developments and applications of new techniques, advancing understanding in catchment
hydrological modeling and data assimilation techniques.
Dates: 25-28 September 2017
Location: University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract Deadline: 30
April 2017
This CFMIP international meeting will focus on the theme of the WCRP Grand Challenge on Clouds, Circulation and Climate Sensitivity, in addition to addressing other ongoing CFMIP activities.The four-day meeting will contain oral and poster sessions on: - Modeling and observational constraints on cloud feedbacks, adjustments, and climate sensitivity, including the role of moist convection in cloud feedbacks
- Cloud/circulation/precipitation
coupling and its variability in present and future climates, including hydrological extremes and ITCZ and storm track changes
- Process-based evaluation of clouds and cloud-controlling factors in climate models using fine scale models and observations, including satellite simulators
- Interactions between clouds, greenhouse gases, and aerosols and their affect on temperature and precipitation in a changing climate
- How the organization of cloud systems will interact with
climate change
- Coordination of CFMIP and Grand Challenge activities with CMIP6
- Early outputs from analyses to the CMIP6/CFMIP3 experiments
Dates: 18th
September 2017 (CCI Soil Moisture User Workshop) 19th-20th September 2017 (Satellite Soil Moisture Validation and Application Workshop) Location: Vienna University of Technology Abstract Deadline: 1 May 2017
The purpose of the Satellite Soil Moisture and Application Workshop is to discuss and reconcile recent methodological advances in the development, validation and application of global satellite soil moisture
data. The workshop series is unique by bringing together satellite soil moisture users and developers to focus on both the derivation and exploration of soil moisture data from passive or active microwave satellite missions (SMAP, SMOS, ASCAT, AMRS-2, Sentinel-1, and other legacy missions).
The CCI Soil Moisture User Workshop is similar in scope but particularly invites users of the CCI Soil Moisture products. Users from any relevant application area are invited to
present their experiences with the data and provide ideas for future product improvements. The CCI Soil Moisture User Workshop is an event organized within the framework of ESA's Climate Change Initiative (CCI) Soil Moisture project.
Dates: 13-17 November 2017
Location: Rome, Italy
Abstract Deadline: 15 May 2017
This conference will bring together reanalysis
producers, observation providers, numerical modelers, and the user community to review current reanalysis activities and to discuss user needs for future reanalyses. ICR5 will provide us the opportunity to review progress and discuss future plans in key areas, including: - Status of current production systems
- Observation rescue activities
- Developments in observational databases
- Developments in data assimilation
- Applications, user requirements and
feedback
- Plans for future reanalyses
Application Deadline: Open until filled
The Climate and Earth System Dynamics Lab at Stanford
University invites applications for a post-doctoral researcher to study the dynamics and impacts of extreme climate events. Areas of emphasis include “single event attribution,” the physical dynamics that create unprecedented extreme events, and empirical analyses of the impacts of extremes on natural and/or human systems. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in a field relevant to the study of climate extremes. Interested applicants should send the following materials to Prof.
Noah Diffenbaugh (via email at diffenbaugh@stanford.edu): (1) a curriculum vitae, (2) a statement of research experience and interests, and (3) the names and contact information of at least three individuals from whom letters of reference may be requested.
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