CLIVAR Bulletin, July 2012.

The development of the Future Earth – Research for Global Sustainability initiative launched in Rio+20 is well underway. The Alliance builds on the success of the international global environmental change programmes including WCRP. Co-sponsors are ICSU, ISSC, UNEP, UNESCO, UNU, with WMO as an observer.

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Early bird registration payment deadline has been extended to 15 July.

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NASA’s Earth Science Division and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Centre for Climate Sciences invite applicants to participate in their August summer school. Application deadline is 6 July.

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The latest issue of CLIVAR’s Bulletin includes reports of the 19th SSG session and the VAMOS workshop on modelling and predicting climate in the Americas.

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Lifestreaming of Rio+20 is available at webtv.un.org

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The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) is congratulating all recipients of this year’s Awards!

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Session organizers are Troy Thornberry, Andrew Rollins and Holger Voemel. The AGU Fall meeting will be held on 3-7 December in San Francisco. Abstracts are due by 8 August.

A078: Water Vapour in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere (UT/LS)

Water vapor in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UT/LS) plays a significant role in Earth’s climate. Systematic disagreements among H2O measurements in the UT/LS indicate there are unrecognized uncertainties with in situ and/or satellite measurements that may impact our understanding of transport mechanisms, radiative balance and ice nucleation microphysics in the tropopause region. We invite contributions related to UT/LS H2O measurements and their implications for the understanding of UT/LS processes. Specific topics include: H2O measurement and measurement-model comparisons; measurement and model results describing the distribution and trends in UT/LS H2O; tropopause region transport and dehydration processes.

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Applications are invited for one or two postdoctoral position(s) in tropical meteorology, climate dynamics and modeling at JIFRESSE/UCLA, the Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles.

The successful candidate will join a team from JIFRESSE/UCLA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and California Institute of Technology to investigate key processes, predictability, and modeling of tropical atmospheric variability with emphases on multi-scale interactions and the intraseasonal time scale, e.g., the Madden-Julian Oscillation.

Applicants should have a recent Ph.D. in atmospheric or ocean sciences, or a closely related field. They should have a strong background in tropical meteorology, climate dynamics, and extensive experience in processing large datasets. Experience with climate modeling and with the application of reanalysis and satellite datasets to model evaluation is desirable. The appointments are contingent upon completion of the Ph.D., and are awarded initially for a one-year period with possible renewal in one-year increments for a maximum of two additional years.Interested applicants should send a statement of interest, curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information of three references to Dr. Duane Waliser () and Dr. Xianan Jiang ().

UCLA is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

Science Highlights in the June issue of WCRP e-zine include: special issue of Climate Dynamics on decadal prediction; latest results from GeoMIP; paleoclimate modelling contribution to CMIP5; and priorities for reanalysis research.

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