Transcript WCRP to IGFA
WCRP update
WDAC3 Galway, Ireland, 6-7 May 2014
M. Rixen, WCRP JPS
Mission & Objectives
World Climate Research Programme
supports
climate-related decision making
and
adaptation planning
by coordinating research required to improve (1) climate predictions and (2) understanding of human influence on climate
“for use in an increasing range of practical applications of direct relevance, benefit and value to society”
(WCRP Strategic Framework 2005-2015).
Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) WCRP
ICSU’s Future Earth conceptual framework
Proposed Research Strategy: At the simplest level, Future Earth must answer fundamental questions about how and why the global environment is
changing, what are likely future changes, what the implications are for humans and other species, and what choices can be made to reduce harmful risks and vulnerabilities, enhance resilience, and create prosperous futures.
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1 st Call for proposal: Fast Track Initiatives and Cluster Activities, deadline
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was 4 April 2014 – needed some GEC core project umbrella Other calls coming soon, eligibility will be less stringent
Importance of fluxes for GCs: examples
• Regional climate information: BC between global and regional models, conservation of properties • Sea level rise: hiatus, ice sheet-ocean fluxes • Cryosphere in a changing climate: all land, ocean, atmosphere interfaces poorly understood • Changes in water availability: land use change and impact on water storage, run-off, etc • Clouds, circulation and climate sensitivity: parameterization, radiative and turbulent fluxes, model development • Climate extremes: role of ocean-atmosphere exchanges in enhancing/damping hurricanes and tropical cyclones
CMIP new structure
Earth System Grid Federation
JSC34-WMAC2: Earth System Grid Federation to become WCRP main mechanism for exchanging data (climate simulations+observations+reanalyses) in the next decade, including core projects New ‘early’ adopters: CORDEX, CHFP/WGSIP WGCM: a new Infrastructure Panel to maintain standards and metadata across MIPS
Intercomparison Models-Observations
Coordinated with CMIP5 are parallel efforts to collect and make available observationally-based products
Obs4MIPs A pilot effort to improve the connection between data experts and scientists involved in climate model evaluation. Aligned with CMIP5, with encouragement from the WGCM, WGNE, WDAC.
NASA and the U.S. DOE have initiated the project with significant contributions of appropriate NASA products.
This is expanding to other products from other agencies.
Communities to contribute data to Obs4MIPs such as cryosphere, biogeochemistry, etc.
obs4MIPs-CMIP workshop: 29 Apr – 1 May, NASA HQ
Cordex project office
• Offers being received • Review during CORDEX-SAT1 • Final decision in consultation with WGRC co-chairs
WCRP-IPCC workshop IPCC AR5: lessons learnt for climate change research and WCRP
• 8-10 September, ISSI, Bern • Identify key uncertainties, research and data gaps • Survey leading into workshop • Tentative attendees list: –
IPCC: WGI co-Chairs and TSU Head, CLAs, WGII co-Chairs and CLAs as appropriate, SREX representative(s), expected participation 25-30.
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WCRP: Director, JSC members as appropriate, representatives of Core Projects, Councils, Grand Challenges and modeling groups, additional nominated experts as appropriate, JPS as appropriate, total approx. 40, assuming that 25-30 will participate.
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Representatives of sponsor institutions and partner programmes including GCOS.
Miscellaneous
• Dense agenda, some remote briefs, time for discusssions • Presentations will be published on the Council web pages – unless we are told otherwise • Report: JPS takes notes on discussions, we need summaries of your brief(s) • WDAC chair to report at JSC35 on 2 July, Heidelberg, Germany