The WCRP Digital Earths Lighthouse Activity and Earth System Modelling and Observations (ESMO) Core Project are jointly convening a workshop to bring together all relevant communities interested in ultra-high-resolution modelling. 

There is an opportunity for remote participation on October 5th 2022.  You can register for an online breakout session here: https://forms.gle/L58Jt5toSU8eVzM29 

The workshop will be in person from October 3-7, 2022 at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, CO, U.S.A.  The talks will be recorded and we are making available a pair of virtual breakout sessions to serve participation in different time zones, to be conducted on Wednesday, October 5th 2022 for 1.5 hours each. 

This workshop is motivated by the urgent need for improved climate information and the major advantages and scientific potential of ultra-high-resolution climate modeling.

The intended outcomes include the establishment of a global research network with expertise in ultra-high-resolution (kilometer-scale or finer) global and regional Earth system modelling including its individual components. The workshop outcomes will be documented in a white paper.

For those who still want to submit an abstract and register for in person participation, please go to the workshop website for more information:

https://www.mmm.ucar.edu/events/2022/wcrp

●      Abstract submission deadline: September 14, 2022

●      Registration deadline: September 20, 2022

If you would like to participate in an online session answering the same questions as the onsite participants please sign up at the link above (https://forms.gle/L58Jt5toSU8eVzM29). We look forward to hearing your contributions!

Best regards

The organising committee

Date: October 11-13, 2022.

Venue: Kulturhuset in Oslo, Norway, and online.

Register here! OBS! Updated link!!

Free of charge! First come – first serve: max 50 onsite participants.

The deadline for registration is 30 September at 23:59 UTC.

The main objectives of this workshop are to:

• promote reconciliation of global and regional climate models (GCMs, RCMs), empirical statistical downscaling (ESD) and historical observations/reanalyses for better information in support of robust future climate outlooks and climate change adaptation
• discuss how to further facilitate the use of climate information that is embedded in the data that it produces
• discuss what information is needed for various purposes and how to use it.  

How do we best use the available information based on the context? We will discuss principles for consolidating downscaled information in decision-making/climate services/climate change adaptation. We also want to bring in know-how on how to involve statistics. The workshop, hosted by the Norwegian Meteorological Insitute, is held in collaboration with the Norwegian Public Health Institute and the Norwegian Centre for Climate Services, to foster co-production of knowledge on climate-health issues and for the provision of robust actionable information.

A reminder to those of you considering proposing a session at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2023 that proposals are due by 19 September 2022.

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/provisionalprogramme

Poster Clusters

Poster clusters should be designed to bring together a community working on a specific topic within the broader conference themes. The aim is to help participants to organize their poster viewing and to provide a forum for discussion about the cluster topic. In addition to dedicated on-site poster sessions, all posters will be available on the hybrid platform poster gallery at least two weeks before the conference. Virtual poster sessions will be organized during these two weeks. The poster cluster names will be listed under the OSC programme sessions in the abstract submission system when it opens in December 2022.

If you or your organization/working group/etc., would like to propose a poster cluster topic, please click here to know more about the poster cluster application and to fill in the survey form, no later than 30 September 2022.

Side Events

The OSC will occupy the entire Kigali Convention Center during the week of 23-27 October 2023. The venue has many rooms of varying sizes that can accommodate workshops, meetings, learning labs, townhalls or other events.There is also the option to propose a video for transmission on hybrid platform during breaks and possibly during the conference itself. If you or your organization would like to host an event at the OSC, please click here to know more about the side event application and to fill in the survey form, no later than 30 September 2022.

• To download the flyer that provides a brief overview of the conference, click here.

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

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Distinct Upward Propagation of the Westerly QBO in Winter 2015/16 and Its Relationship With Brewer-Dobson Circulation. By M.-J. Kang, S.-W. Son, and H.-Y. Chun in the Geophysical Research Letters.

The “Polar Vortex” Winter of 2013/2014. By J. Cohen et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmosphers.

Bayesian assessment of chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) and halon banks suggest large reservoirs still present in old equipment. By M. Jeramaz Lickley et al. in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

Predictability of European winter 2020/2021: Influence of a mid-winter sudden stratospheric warming. By J.F. Lockwood et al. in the Atmospheric Science Letters.

A Lagrangian View of Seasonal Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange. By M.R. Schoeberl, R. Ueyama, and L. Pfister in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

Tropospheric and stratospheric ozone profiles during the 2019 TROpomi vaLIdation eXperiment (TROLIX-19). By J.T. Sullivan et al. in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

Gravity Wave Morphology During the 2018 Sudden Stratospheric Warming Simulated by a Whole Neutral Atmosphere General Circulation Model. By S. Watanabe et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

A Case Study of Midlatitude Noctilucent Clouds and Its Relationship to the Secondary-Generation Gravity Waves Over Tropopause Inversion Layer. By J. Miao et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

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Discussion papers – open for comment:

Ozone pollution in China affected by stratospheric quasi-biennial oscillation. By M. Li et al. in Atmospherc Chemistry and Physics.

• Priority Variables Consultation

The CMIP IPO invites you to take part in this consultation on priority variables for inclusion within a core set of variables forming the baseline for exchange of climate model data, in any intercomparison project, in accordance with FAIR data and Open Science principles. This consultation is relevant to those involved in developing and operating climate models, data infrastructure and those utilising climate model outputs. We anticipate this is of relevance to those providing access to and/or utilising the outputs of climate models within commercial, public and third sectors as well as within academia.

The online form is available at: https://bit.ly/WCRP-CV-Phase2OnlineForm. Consultation closes 18:00 UTC Friday 23 September. Please do circulate within your relevant networks.  

The work developing the core variables is being coordinated and led by Martin Juckes, UKRI-STFC. Its implementation is being supported by the CMIP International Project Office

• Open call for CMIP7 Task Teams

The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Earth System Modelling and Observations (ESMO) project, through its Working Group on Coupled Models’ (WGCM) CMIP panel and WGCM infrastructure panel (WIP), is establishing a number of Task Teams to support the design, scope, and definition of the next phase of CMIP and evolution of CMIP infrastructure and future operationalisation.

This open call is an invitation to enthusiastic and motivated individuals from across the community, and beyond, to join the CMIP7 Task Teams and contribute to the future direction of CMIP. The first set of Task Team call texts and the application form are now available at the WCRP CMIP website here with an application deadline of 19^thSeptember 2022. Further task teams are being developed and their calls for application will be opened soon.

Please do share across your networks and if you have any questions contact .

Submit your proposals for poster cluster topics and/or side events at the WCRP Open Science Conference (OSC) that will take place in Kigali, Rwanda 23-27 October 2023.  A 2-page flyer that provides a brief overview of the Conference can be found here.

Please submit your proposals no later than 30 September 2022. 

There’s only one week left for abstract submission to the “Workshop on Modelling the Climate System at Ultra-High-Resolution: Resolving atmospheric storms, ocean sub-mesoscale eddies, rivers, and glaciers” that will take place in Boulder, CO, USA from 3-7 October.

Please visit the workshop website to submit your abstract and register as soon as possible and no later than 31st August. Please recall that all abstracts will be automatically accepted as posters from which 10 or so will be selected for additional oral presentation.

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Read the full newsletter here.

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

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Analysis of global trends of total column water vapour from multiple years of OMI observations. By C. Borger, S. Beirle, and T. Wagner in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

GNSS radio occultation in-filling of the African radiosonde data gaps reveals drivers of tropopause climate variability. By T. Ding et al. in The Journal of Geophysic Research: Atmospheres.

Ozone–gravity wave interaction in the upper stratosphere/lower mesosphere. By A. Gabriel in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

Quantifying stratospheric biases and identifying their potential sources in subseasonal forecast systems. By Z.D. Lawrence et al. in Weather and Climate Dynamics.

Investigations on Concentric Gravity Wave Sources over the Brazilian Equatorial Region. By P.K. Nyassor et al. in the Journal of Gephysical Research: Atmospheres.

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Discussion papers – open for comment:

Airborne coherent wind lidar measurements of the momentum flux profile from orographically induced gravity waves. By B. Witschas et al. in Atmosheric Measurement Techniques.