Highlights from this issue
include: - Overview of the 8th GEWEX Open Science Conference, including reports on the Early Career Scientist (ECR) Workshop and ECR/student presentation competition winners
- New GEWEX Process Evaluation Study (PROES) on warm rain formation will lead to new diagnostic methodologies and data for constraining representations of warm rain processes in models
- Aerosols, Clouds, Precipitation and Climate (ACPC) initiative analyzes satellite- and ground-based data and cloud-resolving modeling for aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions
- Global Land/Atmosphere System Study (GLASS) Science Panel reviews the year's progress
Deadline: 1 October 2018
The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP), and the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) are awarding two prizes for notable achievements in model and data development. The WCRP/WWRP International Prize for Model Development is awarded for outstanding contributions for model development by WCRP and WWRP. The WCRP/GCOS International
Data Prize was established by WCRP and GCOS to reward climate or Earth system data that has had a tangible impact on the community.
Nominations are now open for the 2018 prizes, with a deadline of 1 October 2018. For details, see the announcement pages for each prize:
Survey Deadline: 31 October 2018
The International Science Council (ISC) project ‘Gender Gap in Science‘ is a global approach to addressing the gender gap in mathematical, computing, and natural sciences, looking at how to measure the gender gap and how to reduce it. If you are involved in these sciences at any level, including as a student, you are invited to share your career and education experiences before 31
October 2018.
Proposal Deadline: 8 October 2018
The National Geographic Society (NGS) and Microsoft’s AI for Earth program are partnering to support the exploration of how AI can help us understand, engage, and protect the planet. The $1 million AI for Earth Innovation Grant will provide grants to 5-15 novel projects, supporting the creation and deployment of
open source trained models and algorithms that are available to other environmental researchers and innovators.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 1 September 2018
The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) is soliciting offers to host an
International Project Office (IPO) to coordinate its cryospheric activities from 1 January 2019 onward. The Climate and Cryosphere Core Project (CliC) of WCRP serves as the focal point for climate science related to the cryosphere, its variability and change, and interaction with the broader climate system. CliC activities have resulted in a wealth of cutting-edge research, valuable data products, and innovative use of models to project changes in the Polar Regions and other
frozen areas globally. Past host institutions of the CliC office have consistently benefited from elevated international exposure as well as increased leverage in national and international funding and partnership opportunities. The CliC International Project Office can act as a focus for cryosphere research in its host institution and country and through its network, infrastructure and expertise, can facilitate international research collaboration.
Read about LoCo, a GEWEX Global Land-Atmosphere System Study (GLASS) Panel effort, online in the June 2018 issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological
Society. The Local Land-Atmosphere Coupling (LoCo) project and working group were formed to examine land-atmosphere interactions at the process level, focusing on understanding and quantifying these processes in nature and evaluating them in models. LoCo's array of land-atmosphere coupling metrics for different applications and scales is covered in this overview article.
Dates: 22-23
October 2018
Location: Sorbonne University, Paris, France
Registration Deadline: 13 September 2018
The GEWEX UTCC PROES working group aims to gain a better understanding of the interconnection between the convection and the properties of the outflowing anvils. The group will meet from 22-23 October 2018 in Paris to discuss progress made on studying upper tropospheric clouds and convection. The workshop organizers request that participants
register at https://www.gewexevents.org/events/utcc-proes-workshop/registration/.
Dates: 22-24 October 2018
Location: Santiago, Chile
ANDEX is a proposed new Regional Hydroclimate Project (RHP), under the umbrella of GEWEX, that aims to improve our understanding and prediction of climate and hydrology along the Andes Cordillera. It will
integrate atmospheric and hydrologic models, and assimilate local and remotely sensed data products.
The workshop in Santiago de Chile is to determine the level of interest in this proposed GEWEX RHP and to assess whether the level of scientific activity currently underway or planned would be sufficient to get to the stage of initiating RHP. The Santiago meeting aims to: - Review the Andes Hydroclimate White
Book status
- Identify overarching themes and major questions
- Establish a first approach to implementation plans
More information on topics and speakers can be found in the preliminary agenda. You can register here, selecting "ANDEX" for the question on which meeting you wish to register for.
Dates: 15-19 July 2019 Location: Met Office, Exeter, UK Abstract Submission Opens: 7 January 2019
ParaCon is hosting the Convection Parametrization: Progress and Challenges workshop at the Met Office (Exeter, UK) from
15 to 19 July 2019. Topics include: - Dynamics of updraughts, downdraughts, and cold pools
- Triggering, cloud populations, and organization
- Convection Parametrization frameworks, and representation of convection in the grey zone
- Convection-dynamics coupling
- Turbulence
approaches
- Model evaluation techniques
Abstract submission opens 7 January 2019 and closes 15 March 2019. Early bird registration opens 4 February 2019, and regular registration fees will be applied starting 17 May 2019.
Application Deadline: Varies for each position
The team at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is launching a major recruiting effort, searching for 10-15 researchers at all career stages. PNNL is looking for scientists from early career to senior
level to build, lead, and contribute to projects spanning the atmospheric, climate, and Earth system sciences. The positions span several different areas; details can be found at https://goo.gl/yL7erM.
Some of the positions deal with: - Cloud observations and remote sensing
- Climate
dynamics and atmospheric feedbacks
- Terrestrial biogeochemistry
- Arctic amplification and high-latitude processes
- Integrated assessment and multi-sector modeling
- Software engineering to support multi-sector modeling
- Convection and cloud physics
- Aerosol observations and modeling
- Aerosol-cloud interactions
- Global cloud resolving modeling
- Hydrology and land surface processes
- Land-atmosphere interactions
Expression of Interest Deadline: 3 September 2018
The CLEX node at the University of Melbourne
is offering several Ph.D. scholarships on a competitive basis. Topics include data assimilation (DA), ensemble forecasting, dynamics, and predictability.
To meet the University’s internal deadline, submit your expression of interest by Monday, 3 September 2018. The full application must be submitted by 31 October 2018 for domestic students (Australians or NZ citizens or Australian permanent residents) and 30 September 2018 for
international students. Data Sets
The NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC), in coordination with the
European Space Agency (ESA) and the Copernicus Sentinel Project, are pleased to announce the availability of the Sentinel-5 Precursor (S5P) TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) Level-1B (L1B) and select Level-2 (L2) data products including UV Aerosol Index (UVAI), Cloud Product, Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), and Carbon Monoxide (CO). Additional data products to be made available in the coming months include sulfur dioxide, ozone (tropospheric column, total column), methane (vertical
column), and formaldehyde (vertical column). Sentinel-5P data are generated by the Copernicus Sentinel project, and are made available by ESA for distribution in the USA through NASA GES DISC.
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