CliC is pleased to release its 2014 Annual Report which summarizers the amazing number of activities that we sponsored, supported, and in many cases, initiated over the past few years. We hope you will take the time to read the achievements, as well as our plans for the coming year(s).
Citation: Baeseman, J. and G. Hamon. 2015. 2014 Climate and Cryosphere Project Annual Report. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.15879
We are trying to harmonize and improve the way in which sea-ice related variables are saved in CMIP6 and other…
GlacierMIP is a new 4-yr Targeted Activity under the umbrella of the Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) project aiming at systematic intercomparison of glacier models that are capable of modeling the evolution of glaciers outside the ice sheets on a global-scale. Similar to previous ice sheet modeling initiatives, GlacierMIP provides a framework for a coordinated model intercomparison to foster model improvements and reduce uncertainties in global-scale glacier projections.
Our primary objectives are to:
We solicitate participation in GlacierMIP.
The ESA-CliC Earth Observation & Arctic Science Priorities meeting was held on January 20, 2015, at the Fram Centre in…
- This workshop is an activity of the SCAR/IASC/CliC ISMASS activity.
We are pleased to announce a 3-day symposium on modelling and observation of solid-earth response to ice-ocean load changes. The symposium will be followed by a 1-day hands-on workshop on modelling of elastic deformation. Please save the dates:
May 26-29, 2015 at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute in Fairbanks, Alaska
The World Climate Research Programme WCRP, Max-Planck-Institute für Meterologie MPI-M and Hans Ertel Centre for Weather Research announce the 1st…
The assessment of the potential for recent Arctic changes to influence broader hemispheric weather is a difficult and controversial topic,…
A workshop will be held from 8-10 April at the University of Reading in the UK to discus polar climate…
The CliC Office is happy to announce that Gwénaëlle Hamon is staying on at the CliC International Project Office in…
-CCRN is a CliC endorsed project.
The Changing Cold Regions Network (CCRN) released its first newsletter in December 2014.
CCRN is a new collaborative research network bringing together the unique expertise of a team of over 50 university and government scientists, including 36 Canadian scientists representing 4 government agencies and 8 universities, as well as 15 international scientists. The network is funded for 5 years through the Climate Change and Atmospheric Research (CCAR) Initiative of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).
CCRN’s objectives are to integrate existing and new sources of data with improved predictive and observational tools to understand, diagnose and predict interactions amongst the cryospheric, ecological, hydrological, and climatic components of the changing Earth system at multiple scales, with a geographic focus on Western Canada’s rapidly changing cold interior.
In December, CCRN submitted their 2nd Annual Science and Progress report to NSERC. The first year of CCRN was very much taken up with recruitment, turning a project proposal into a detailed work plan etc. Their 2nd Annual General meeting, at Wilfrid Laurier University in October 2014, showed that an impressive amount of work is now underway.
A few highlights from CCRN….