| Following the IGAC2021 Virtual Conference, there are several side meetings scheduled to discuss IGAC-related scientific collaborations happening NEXT WEEK. These are open to the general IGAC Community, not just those registered to attend the conference. Keep up to date with the schedule here and see below for more information on the side meetings happening the week of September 20, 2021. Sept 20, 2021 11:00-13:00 UTC Southern Hemispheres Working Group Side Meeting Short Description of Meeting: Learn more about the Southern Hemispheres Working Group and how to connect and collaborate. Join at the meeting time via zoom link here Sept 22, 2021 14:00-16:00 UTC Time to reignite an IGAC activity on biomass burning? – open discussion Short Description of Meeting: Is there a need for an IGAC-sponsored activity surrounding biomass burning? What other international collaborative structures exist that the IGAC community can tap into? Join at the meeting time via zoom link here Sep 24, 2021 13:00-15:00 UTC NUNATAK Laboratories Discussion, Click to register here Short Description of Meeting: The Centre for Environmental Technologies (CETAM-USM) has two Refuge Laboratories in the Chilean Central Andes mountain (CCA), namely, NUNATAK-1 on 3,000 masl (-32.844, -70.129), and NUNATAK-2 on 2,500 masl (-33.665, -70.086), in which the impact of environmental pollution is studied through the atmosphere-cryosphere interaction on this mountain. For this purpose, we have installed these NUNATAKS that are mobile, autonomous, and collaborative for the study of pollution in the glaciers of the CCA. The NUNATAKS is also a secure platform for Chilean and international researchers to place their equipment to measure and study the atmosphere and cryosphere of the CCA. NUNATAKS is equipped with several equipment for continuous monitoring of air quality (BC, PM1, PM2.5, PM10, Radon, CO, NO, NO2, O3, H2S, SO2, NH3, VOCs, NMHC, etc.), broadband albedo, solar radiation, and meteorology. In addition, the NUNATAKS work as platforms to support snow samples collection, and they have space to accommodate several people during scientific campaigns. Therefore, through this meeting, we hope to publicize its existence, discuss possible collaboration, and installation of measurement equipment for international atmospheric chemistry teams. |
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EUMETSAT announces the new series of online short courses
Starting with October 2021, we are happy to restart our series of open, online short courses on data discovery for weather, oceanography, air quality and climate.
We would once again appreciate your support in advertising the series via your accounts and communications channels.
The events are open to all and address a wide range of attendees, from service providers to young (and less young) scientists and forecasters. Each event includes a webinar on Zoom, a demonstration of data discovery and application. We believe they are a great opportunity to both explore the data and engage in discussion with EUMETSAT experts and colleagues.
The schedule, information about registration and the course pages are available on the EUMETSAT training platform.
Please let us know if you need any additional information.
Upcoming Climate Coffees
We would like to inform you about our upcoming series of webinars, the Climate Coffees.
The European Climate Research Alliance (ECRA), and Blue-Action have started a collaboration to host the Climate Coffees, a series of regular informal discussion events around climate science. The speakers provide a short talk, followed by discussion, questions and comments.
Sign up for updates by sending a message to this address: or by checking in on updates on the event website on http://ecra-climate.eu/ClimateCoffee.
See below for the upcoming events and topics:
Thursday, 16. September 2021: Rasmus Benestad, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Norway
on the Norwegian approach to Downscaling (TBC) join on Zoom
Thursday, 30. September 2021: Ralf Ludwig, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich; Department of Geography (homepage)
Impact and attribution of extreme events using large, hydro-meteorological model ensembles join on Zoom
Thursday, 14. October 2021: Magdalena Mittermeier, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich; Department of Geography (homepage)
Studying Climate Change Effects on Extreme Weather Patterns using Neural Networks join on Zoom
Thursday, 28. October 2021: Len Shaffrey, National Centre for Atmospheric Science,Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading (homepage)
How will climate change affect North Atlantic storms? join on Zoom
emtpy slots – let us know if you want to contribute!
Thursday, 11. November 2021
Thursday, 25. November 2021
Open Call for WCRP Academy Lighthouse Activity Co-Chair
Andrew Charlton-Perez has recently taken up an exciting new position at the University of Reading. As such, he has had to step down as Co-chair of the WCRP Academy Lighthouse Activity – although we are delighted that he will stay on for a year as part of the Academy team. We also thank Andrew for the tremendous job he has done since last October in advancing the Academy from a couple of pages of draft ideas to a well-structured and focused activity.
To identify a new co-chair for the Academy, we have opened a call for self-nominations for the role. The appointed co-chair will work with Angela Maharaj to take the activity forward. Please see the details of the role and how to apply on the WCRP website.
The deadline for self-nominations is 1 October 2021.
Please share this call with anyone who you think might be interested and/or let us know if you know of anyone who would have the experience and energy to take on this role.
AGU Fall Meeting 2021 Early Bird Registration is Open
| Register now to join a diverse community of scientists, students, journalists, policymakers, organizations and educators in New Orleans and online everywhere for the world’s largest Earth and space sciences conference. The AGU Fall Meeting 2021 is all about giving you the tools to advance your work and career, providing a forum to grow your personal network and identifying what “Science is Society” (our theme) means to you. We know that many of you want to help individuals who were affected by the destruction caused by Hurricane Ida in Louisiana and Mississippi. Please read our From the Prow post for details. In addition, some of you have asked what happens now with #AGU21. We are in close contact with state and local officials as they continue to assess the situation. Based on current updates, we are confident that we will have our meeting in New Orleans, LA and online everywhere. Register here Here is what to expect from #AGU21: Keynotes and Plenaries – Presidential Forum speaker Dr. Robert D. Bullard with more announcements to come Scientific Program – Named Lectures; Union and Innovation Sessions; eLightning; Town Halls; Scientific Workshops General Programming – Sketch Your Science; Skills for Science; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Science Policy 101; and many more popular topics Poster Presentations – in-person and virtual sessions will include traditional poster presentations as well as dynamic online iPosters and PDF presentations. Exhibit Hall – your opportunity to broaden your knowledge base, learn about new products and services, and embrace the joy of science with this year’s extensive list of exhibitors Field Trips – participate in off-site adventures both in-person and virtually. Registration for field trips opens in October Student & Early Career Events – resources for students and professionals at all levels in Earth and space sciences Honors Ceremony and Banquet – celebrate those individuals who have made outstanding contributions to our community and to society |
102nd AMS Annual Meeting – Abstract Deadline Extended
The 102nd American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting will be held on 23–27 January 2022 in Houston, Texas.
The meeting will be in person with some virtual components. More information can be found on the AMS 2022 website. Information on registration rates are available here .
The abstract submission deadline is 8 September 2021.
A number of conferences of interest to the SPARC community have been organised for this meeting. The following is a non-exhaustive list:
21st Conference on Middle Atmosphere
35th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
24th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
10th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability
Workshop on Understanding and Modeling Complex Risks in Coupled Human-Environment Systems
8 – 10 February 2022, online
We are pleased to announce that the Risk KAN Working Group on Modeling and Insurance is organizing a virtual workshop on Understanding and Modeling Complex Risks in Coupled Human-Environment Systems in February 2022. We have several high level keynote speakers and welcome abstract submissions for the 3 main topics:
- Systemic Risks
- Advances in Modeling Socio-Economic Impacts
- Resilience and Adaptation
For more information and for submitting an abstract, please visit:
We look forward to your contribution to the workshop!
Kind regards,
Alessio Ciullo, Jana Sillmann, Jürgen Scheffran and Christian Franzke
Understanding mitigation in the climate security nexus webinar, Thursday 26 August
Could climate action hinder peace and security?
Climate security webinar | Thursday 26 August | 4-5pm CET
Don’t miss your last chance to register for the latest live discussion on climate security from the CGIAR. Our latest climate security webinar series – moderated by Mark Leon Goldberg of the Global Dispatch podcast – which runs throughout the lead-up to COP26, brings together leading thinkers to unpack the causes and links between climate, security and conflict.
On Thursday, we ask if climate action harms peacebuilding and security. In an underdeveloped area of analysis this webinar will explore how efforts to mitigate climate change impact and influence security.
We’re excited to welcome as our host Lini Wollenberg, Flagship Leader, Low-Emissions Development, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and welcome back Mark Leon Goldberg as moderator.
Register now
Stream it live from 4pm CET this coming Thursday on YouTube or LinkedIn, and ask our speakers your questions directly by simply typing them into the comment box under the livestream.
Job Opportunity: Head of climate group at physikalisch-Meteorologische Observatorium Davos und World Radiation Center
The „Physikalisch-Meteorologische Observatorium Davos und World Radiation Center“ (PMOD/WRC) is advertising for the position of head of the climate group, who will continue and develop research into the Earth’s system and upper atmosphere modeling. PMOD/WRC is a research institute and international calibration center focused on meteorological solar radiation and imaging measurements. In our function as the World Radiation Centre, we ensure the worldwide standardization of solar irradiation measurements and maintain several groups of reference instruments. A substantial part of our activity also relates to study of atmospheric aerosol, ozone layer, terrestrial climate, Sun’s activity and space weather. A team of about 50 employees conducts research and designs and builds instruments (both for ground and space) at PMOD/WRC, which is situated in the highest alpine city and has a research history going back more than 100 years (www.pmodwrc.ch).
Application deadline is 29 October 2021. Full description and more information can be found here.
2nd Climate Observation Conference is postponed
We regret to announce that the second Climate Observation Conference is postponed.
In the coming months, we will be working towards a new event format which allows experts from around the world to fully engage and interact, with the prospect of holding the Conference in 2022.
We sincerely thank those who have put time and effort into their registration and we apologise for this delay. We are contacting those who submitted an abstract: their contributions will be considered for the new conference.
The new date of the Climate Conference will be announced in due time on this website.
We encourage you to join us then and look forward to seeing you all there, stay tuned!!!