2017 WCRP CliC Annual Report online

Thumbnail2017ARThe 2017 WCRP-CliC Annual Report is available. The report gives an overview of our activities in 2017 and includes contributions from all of the CliC Projects/Groups Leads.

Table of Content

Overview from the Co‐Chairs
Scientific Steering Group (SSG) Members
The International Project Office
Report Format
WCRP Grand Challenge ‐ Melting Ice and Global Consequences
 – Ice Sheet Modelling Intercomparison Project 6 (ISMIP6)
 – Marine Ice Sheet Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (MISOMIP)
 – Earth System Model ‐ Snow Model Intercomparison Project (ESM‐SnowMIP)
 – Glacier Model Intercomparison Project (GlacierMIP)
 – Sea Ice and Climate Modeling Forum / Diagnostic Sea Ice Model Intercomparison Project (SIMIP)
 – Permafrost Carbon Network
Sea Ice
 – Arctic Sea Ice Working Group (ASIWG)
 – BEPSII ‐ Biogeochemical Exchange Processes at Sea Ice Interfaces
Permafrost
 – Permafrost Modeling Forum
Ice Sheets
 – SCAR/IASC/CliC Ice Sheet Mass Balance and Sea Level (ISMASS)
Regional Activities
 – CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR Southern Ocean Regional Panel
 – CLIVAR/CliC Northern Oceans Region Panel
 – Polar Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (Polar CORDEX)
Inter‐disciplinary Activities
 – WCRP Polar Climate Predictability Initiative (PCPI)
2017 CliC Meetings and Workshops