GCOS invites all interested experts, from those making observations to those using the climate data, to review the 2022 GCOS Implementation Plan.

This report aims to guide the development and improvement of the global climate observing system. It is the latest in a series of similar plans produced every 5-6 years and will be presented to the UNFCCC later this year at COP 27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

Following this review all the comments will be examined by the GCOS expert panels and writing team before a final version is approved by the GCOS Steering Committee for submission to the UNFCCC, WMO and IOC.

The review opens on 2 May 2022 and closes on 3 June 2022.

You can pre-register for the review here.

The International CLIVAR Climate Dynamics Panel (CDP) plans to organize workshops annually. 

The workshop will consist of six weekly 2-hour sessions from September 12^th to October 21^st, 2022, including 4 oral sessions, 1 poster session and 1 final panel discussion. The sessions will be on each Wednesday with the timings varying to accommodate participation from different time zones.

The first CDP annual workshop will target our understanding of internal and externally forced variability in the climate system, their interaction on decadal timescales and longer, and the effects of variability on extreme events. We invite submissions on the topic with the aim of tackling the following overarching questions:

• How to isolate the relative contributions of external and internal variability to observed decadal and longer variability?

• How do the various external forcings modulate internal variability？ 

• Progress in narrowing observational and modeling uncertainties in external and internal variability

• Effects of external and internal variability on extreme events

We welcome studies based on models (including SMILEs), theory, historical and proxy observations, novel methods (e.g., ensemble paleoclimate reanalysis). The goal of this workshop is to foster discussion that will stimulate focused research on this important topic.

For more information visite the CLIVAR website here.

IGAC welcomes nominations and self-nominations to its Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) from the international community. Serving on the IGAC SSC is ideal for well-established mid to senior career scientists. IGAC is currently accepting nominations for the 2023 SSC. For 2023, nominations for scientists working in Europe (particularly Eastern Europe) are strongly encouraged. Additionally, we are seeking SSC members that are interested in advancing IGAC’s new mission goal of engaging society. In addition to scientists, this could also include nominees from the social sciences or health communities who are engaged with the atmospheric chemistry community to address the societal impact of emissions and chemistry.
Nominations will be accepted until 30 May 2022. For information on serving on the IGAC SSC, please see The Expectations and Role of IGAC SSC Members.
IGAC accepts both nominations and self-nominations.  Please see below the requirements for each type of nomination.
Requirements to nominate someone to the IGAC SSC:

• Fill out the IGAC SSC Nomination Form.
• Upload the nominees CV and publication list (if not part of the CV).
• Upload a statement from the nominee on “Why do you want to serve on the IGAC SSC and what will you bring to IGAC?” The statement should be ~300 words or less.
• Recently, IGAC has changed its mission statement to include ‘engaging with society’ as one of IGAC’s four main goals (in addition to advancing knowledge, fostering community, and building capacity). Upload a short (200 words or less) statement from the nominee on how they envision IGAC engaging with society
• Provide in the form a reason for the nomination.

Requirements for self-nomination to the IGAC SSC:

• Fill out the IGAC SSC Self-Nomination Form.
• Upload you CV and publication list (if not part of the CV).
• Upload a letter of support from someone in the international scientific community.
• Provide a statement on “Why do you want to serve on the IGAC SSC and what will you bring to IGAC?”. The statement should be ~300 words or less.
• Recently, IGAC has changed its mission statement to include ‘engaging with society’ as one of IGAC’s four main goals (in addition to advancing knowledge, fostering community, and building capacity). Upload a short (200 words or less) statement on how you envision IGAC engaging with society

Please keep in mind that IGAC strives to have an SSC with diversity in geographical representation, gender, and expertise. To view current SSC members and their expertise, visit igacproject.org/people. 

For more information on the role and expectations of SSC members, please feel free to contact the IGAC Director, Langley DeWitt ().

There is only one week left to send us your travel support application for the SPARC General Assembly in October 2022!

Limited financial support is available for Early Career Researchers (ECRs) and require an application. Here ECRs are master students, PhD students, PostDocs or researchers within 7 years of highest obtained degree (excluding parental leave). The funding provided can be used to partially cover any travel expenses to attend the general assembly and/or waiver of the registration fee. This support gives priority to applications from the Global South.

Applicants should download an application form (docx, pdf) and send the following to the SPARC office (sparcGA2022[at]sparc-climate.org):

• The completed application form.
• Confirmation that you submitted an abstract using the online form here.

Note that it is required to submit an abstract before sending in an application for travel support.

More information on the event can be found here.

We remind you that the call for abstracts for the 2^nd Climate Observation Conference, organised by GCOS with the support of EUMETSAT on 17-19 October 2022 in Darmstadt, Germany is open.

Abstracts can be submitted online through the conference website for either an oral or poster presentation. The abstract submission deadline is 1 June 2022: only 6 weeks left!

Do not hesitate to circulate this email to any interested person and apologies for the double posting.

We look forward to receiving your abstract and to welcoming you in October in Darmstadt!

Applications are open for the IGAC Early Career Short Course (EC-SC) to be held 8-10 September 2022 in Manchester, UK. The EC-SC is a networking, professional development, and instruction course on atmospheric chemistry designed by a committee of early career researchers working in atmospheric chemistry. Applications are open to researchers in graduate school and within three years of graduation (PhD or Masters). 

Travel and hotel costs for chosen applicants will be covered for the duration of the short course. Applicants must also be attending the iCACGP-IGAC2022 conference 10-15 September 2022. Applications for scholarships for the main conference will open soon.

Applications for the short course are due by 31 May 2022.

Application form for the EC-SC located at this link.
This year’s planning committee. 
Schedule for the EC-SC coming soon. 
Abstract submission for the iCACGP-IGAC2022 conference open here.  (note: will need to sign in to Oxford Abstracts). 

We look forward to receiving your applications. If you have questions, don’t hesitate to reach out. 

The EUCP (European Climate Prediction System) project comes to a close next month and we’d like to invite you to hear more about our activities and achievements at our project Final Event, taking place online during 4^th-6^th May 2022.

Details including provisional programme, event registration and opportunity to register to present a poster can be found at:

EUCP Final Meeting 2022

About the EUCP project:

EUCP (European Climate Prediction) is a Horizon 2020 funded research project that supports both scientists and climate information providers to produce better climate information for these users, as well as directly producing some of this information.  It develops cutting-edge approaches to using climate predictions and projections, as well as providing new climate simulations, never rolled out before on a European level, laying the foundation for a future regional climate prediction system for Europe.

The scientific challenges addressed by EUCP include: improving decadal predictions; getting better regional information from ensemble projections using constraints/weighting and storylines; high resolution/convection permitting simulations and their application;  temporal merging across prediction and projection timescales to offer seamless products.

Read more: EUCP Project – European Climate Prediction system

This year marks the 30th anniversary of SPARC, a core project of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). In this time, SPARC has evolved into a major international research coordination hub for atmospheric sciences, with the primary goal to facilitate research that improves our understanding of atmospheric processes and their role in climate.

SPARC is particularly recognised for its lively scientific community. To celebrate SPARC’s achievements over the last three decades, we invite you all to celebrate with us and join us for a series of three webinars leading up to the grand SPARC General Assembly in October 2022.

We are delighted to announce we will host the first SPARC 30th anniversary webinar on Thursday 21st April 2022 13:00 UTC. Prof. Susan Solomon from the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will give a presentation on “Evolving Challenges in Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate”, taking us through some history of how our science has experienced a succession of things that have challenged our understanding and how the science community rose to the challenges. She will also talk about the recent findings related to stratospheric research and that there is still more to discover.

To participate the webinar register here.

The IGAC March 2022 Newsletter (issue 69) is now available online. For anyone interested in what’s new, find out more here.

If you are attending the Arctic Science Summit Week (either in person or on-line) in Tromsø, Norway, please join the open-hybrid CliC Session “Ice and People” on Saturday 26 March, 4-6pm (UTC+1). See flyer for more details.