Director of the Regional Information for Society (RIfS) International Project Office, Ouranos, Montreal, Canada

The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and Ouranos invite applications for the position of Director of the Regional Information for Society (RIfS) International Project Office (IPO).

The director will assemble the new IPO team, define the IPO’s identity and fulfill its mandate, in support to the implementation of the RIfS Science Plan.

For details about the position and how to apply, click here.

The deadline for application is on 17 February 2023.

The 12th Atmospheric Limb Workshop is organized by BIRA-IASB’s ALTIUS team.

Dates: 22-26 May 2023
Location: Brussels, Belgium

The call for abstracts is now open until January 16. The scientific programme will be built based on the contributions submitted in the following topics:

– Upcoming limb instruments
– Limb scatter: techniques, algorithms, products
– Occultation: techniques, algorithms, products
– Emissions: techniques, algorithms, products
– Aerosol and clouds: profiles, composition, trends
– Trace gases: profiles, trends
– Limb products validation
– Assimilation of limb products, and synergistic exploitation
– ALTIUS

Further information can be found on the event page https://events.spacepole.be/event/146, including abstract submission. When submitting your abstract, you may choose one or more applicable topics. You may also write in the comments section if you have a preference for an oral or poster presentation. There is no cost for submitting an abstract.

We look forward to welcoming all interested colleagues!

Kind regards,
Noel Baker, on behalf of the local organizing committee

The demand for and interest in CMIP data is growing rapidly with users coming from an increasingly diverse range of backgrounds beyond the climate research community including climate services, impact modelling, regional and local policy/decision makers and indigenous communities from across the globe. This task team will seek to smooth the path between the conception of experiments and the use of the resulting data. We are looking for a diverse and multidisciplinary team of 8-12 experts representing the range of CMIP-like data providers, data users, and infrastructure providers. We are especially keen to ensure representation from all global regions and across career stages and have therefore extended the call deadline to promote wider participation. Find out more here where the call text can be downloaded for further information on the aims and objectives of the Task Team, and the relevant point of contact.

Applications should be submitted via this form (office) by Monday 23rd January 2023 and if you have any questions please contact .

Registration and abstract submission for the upcoming QBO workshop are now available here (google doc). The workshop will be held March 27-31, 2023 in Oxford, UK and is organized by the QBOi (Quasi-Biennial Oscillation initiative) SPARC activity in conjunction with CCMI and the GW (Gravity Wave) SPARC activities.

For in-person presenters needing to arrange travel, we will send abstract acceptance notices as soon as possible (beginning in early January). 

Workshop scientific program:

• Processes driving the QBO, including its recent disruptions and future projections
• Tropical gravity waves: observations, high resolution models, and parametrizations
• QBO interactions with atmospheric composition, including ozone and stratospheric aerosols from geoengineering and volcanic eruptions
• Wave-mean flow interactions and their role in predictability on seasonal to decadal timescales.
• Atmospheric teleconnections, including the QBO’s links with the MJO and Northern and Southern Annular Modes.  

We are pleased to announce the following invited speakers: 

Ewa Bednarz, Martina Bramberger, Mohamadou Diallo, Rolando Garcia, Chaim Garfinkel, Marco Giorgetta, Peter Hitchcock, Kaoru Sato, Adam Scaife, and Seok-Woo Son.

Updates and further information will be available on the workshop website. The workshop is organised by QBOi in conjunction with the CCMI and GW activities. Please feel free to forward any colleagues that you think may be interested.

Best wishes,

QBOi coordinators

(James, Neal, Yoshio, Scott, Yaga)

A selection of new science articles from the past week of interest to the SPARC community (a SPARC Office choice).

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Dependence of strategic solar climate intervention on background scenario and model physics. By J.T. Fasullo and J.H. Richter in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

Heterogeneity and chemical reactivity of the remote troposphere defined by aircraft measurements – corrected. By H. Guo et al. in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

Underestimated Passive Volcanic Sulfur Degassing Implies Overestimated Anthropogenic Aerosol Forcing. By U.A. Jongebloed et al. in the Geophysical Research Letters.

Secondary gravity waves from the stratospheric polar vortex over ALOMAR Observatory on 12-14 January 2016: Observations and modelling. By S.L. Vadas et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

Monitoring the 2021 Cumbre Vieja Volcanic Eruption Using Satellite Multi-Sensor Data Fusion. By E. Weisz and W.P. Menzel in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

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Discussion papers – open for comment:

A Colorful look at Climate Sensitivity. By B. Stevens and L. Kluft in the EGU Sphere.

A selection of new science articles from the past week of interest to the SPARC community (a SPARC Office choice).

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Potential impact of tropopause sharpness on the structure and strength of the general circulation. By L. Boljka and T. Birner in  npj climate and atmospheric science.

Climatology of Clear-Air Turbulence in Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere in the Northern Hemisphere Using ERA5 Reanalysis Data. By J.-H. Lee et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

Diverse Interannual Variability of Asian Summer Monsoon Onset Process. By B. Liu and Y. Duan in the Geophysical Research Letters.

A Multimodel Investigation of Asian Summer Monsoon UTLS Transport Over the Western Pacific. By L.L. Pan et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.