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World Climate Research Programme Director’s Report

World Climate Research Programme Director’s Report. Ghassem R. Asrar Director, WCRP. Outline. Staff Members Major Activities since last JSC-30: conferences/meeting/events major publications Budget of 2009 and 2010 Activities planned for 2010/2011. JPS Members.

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World Climate Research Programme Director’s Report

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  1. World Climate Research ProgrammeDirector’s Report Ghassem R. AsrarDirector, WCRP

  2. Outline • Staff Members • Major Activities since last JSC-30: • conferences/meeting/events • major publications • Budget of 2009 and 2010 • Activities planned for 2010/2011

  3. JPS Members • WCRP Secretariat is located in Geneva, Switzerland. Ghassem Asrar Director Ann Alturo Administrative Assistant Valery Detemmerman Senior Scientific Officer Anne Chautard Administrative Assistant Vladimir Ryabinin Senior Scientific Officer Margaret Lennon Senior Secretary Roberta Boscolo Communication/Scientific Officer Catherine Michaut French Support Unit located in Paris

  4. CliC Staff • CliC Secretariat is located in Tromso, Norway. Daqing Yang Director Tordis Villinger Coordinator

  5. ICPO Staff ICPO Secretariat is located in Southampton, UK. Howard Cattle Director Nico Catalbiano Science Officer Anna Pirani Science Officer, located in Princeton Sandy Grapes Administrative Assistant Carlos Ereno Science Officer, located in Buenos Aires Kate Stanfields Science Officer

  6. IGPO Staff IGPO Secretariat is located in Silver Spring, USA. Richard G. Lawford Science Officer, part-time Peter J. van Oevelen Director Paul D. Try Science Officer, part-time Dawn P. Erlich Assistant to Director Robert A. Schiffer Science Officer, part-time Shannon Macken Communication and Administrative Officer Sam Benedict CEOP Science Officer, part-time Yuping Yan Chinese Coordinator, Located in China

  7. SIPO Staff SIPO Secretariat is located in Toronto, Canada. Norman McFarlane Director Victoria de Luca Office Manager Diane Pendlebury Project Scientist

  8. Conferences, Meetings, Events-2009 • Workshop on Evaluating and Improving Regional Climate Projections • 11-13 February 2009, Toulouse FRANCE • 2nd Lund Regional-scale Climate Modelling Workshop • 4-8 May 2009, Lund SWEDEN

  9. Conferences, Meetings, Events-2009 • 13 Session of the UNFCCC Convention subsidiary bodies for Scientific and Technological Advice • 1-12 June 2009, Bonn, GERMANY Nairobi Work Programme • WCRP contributes to the NWP through various activities: • Improving climate models and projections • Regional climate downscaling and modelling • Decadal climate predictions • Capacity building

  10. Conferences, Meetings, Events-2009 • Water in a Changing Climate: Progress in Land-Atmosphere Interactions and Energy/Water Cycle Research • 24-28 August 2009 Melbourne AUSTRALIA

  11. Conferences, Meetings, Events-2009 • High-Level Declaration on the establishment of a Global Framework for Climate Services • Development and incorporation of science-based climate information and prediction into planning, policy and practice

  12. Conferences, Meetings, Events-2009 • OceanObs09 • 21-25 September 2009, Venice ITALY

  13. Conferences, Meetings, Events-2009/10 • April 2009: • 30th Session of JSC, College Park, USA • May 2009: • 16th Session of CLIVAR SSG, Madrid SPAIN • September 2009: • 13th Session of WGCM, S. Francisco, USA • October 2009: • 17th Session of SPARC SSG, Kyoto, JAPAN • November 2009: • 25th Session of WGNE, Offenbach GERMANY • January 2010: • 22th Session of GEWEX SSG, New Delhi, INDIA • February 2010: • 6th Session of CliC SSG, Valdivia, CHILE

  14. Major Publications WCRP Implementation Plan and Accomplishment Report were Published in 2009.

  15. Major Publications WCRP at Glance, flyer published in 2009

  16. Major Publications The YOTC Science Plan, a joint WCRP- WWRP/THORPEX International Initiative. More information on: www.ucar.edu/yotc

  17. Major Publications Report of the Executive Council Task Team (EC-RTT) on Research Aspects of an enhanced Climate, Weather, Water and Environmental Prediction Framework. Published in July 2009 Challenges and opportunities in research on climate, weather, water and environment

  18. WCRP Budget

  19. WCRP Budget JCRF FUNDS AVAILABLE 2008-2010 (CHF)

  20. WCRP Budget

  21. WCRP Budget JCRF EXPENDITURES 2008-2010 (CHF)

  22. WCRP Budget Project Offices Funding Sources 2008-2010 (USD)

  23. WCRP Budget Funding for Projects – consultative process • Oct 09 – JPS requested IPOs to consult with SSGs to develop a budget for 2010 with priorities • Dec 09 – JCRF funds allocated to meet highest priority items – 120K USD/project • 2010 – Projects implementing highest priority activities – more funding conditional on additional JCRF income

  24. Cross-cutting Activities in 2010-2011 • WOAP-4, Hamburg, Germany, March 2010 • TG Sea-level Variability and Change, Bern, Swiss, March 2010 • RCM workshop, Lille France, June 2010 • Ice Masses and Sea Level workshop, June 2010 • WGCM-14, Exeter, UK, October 2010 • WGNE-26, Tokyo, Japan, November 2010 • Polar predictability workshop, Bergen, October 2010 • Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Workshop, TBD • YOTC-MJO task force meeting, Korea, June 2010 • Extreme event – Drought workshop, Barcelona Spain 2011 • WCRP Conference, Denver USA, October 2011

  25. World Bank Climate Project: Horn of Africa • WCRP, GCOS, WMO, ICPAC partners • 399K USD grant approved April 2009 • June 2009 – planning mtg Geneva • Climate info for adaptation to climate change • Three user-oriented workshops • April 2010 – first workshop, Nairobi • Focus on climate data and analyses, indices • Lead: Albert Klein Tank, KMNI (ETCCDI co-chair • Local host: Laban Ogallo, ICPAC director

  26. World Bank Climate Project: Horn of Africa • 2nd Workshop (tentatively Aug 2010) • Focus on regional climate downscaling and analyses • Lead: Richard Jones, Hadley Centre, (PRECIS) • 3rd Workshop • Focus on regional climate info needs for applications • Lead: Richard Washington, Oxford U (CLIVAR VACS co-chair)

  27. Summary • WCRP support for high priority climate science activities increasing significantly • Focus on Regional Climate Science is gaining momentum • Core Projects are doing an excellent job at engaging and supporting their respective networks of scientists • WCRP financial status continues to improve

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