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REGIONAL ACTIVITY
GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE OF INTERESTSCIENTIFIC FOCUS/THEMEACTIVE SINCE
     
Asian Monsoon region
Understanding the complex interplay between atmospheric composition and its role in the Asian Monsoon region
2013
Tropics
Improving the accuracy of model-simulated QBO and using this to improve decadal-scale climate projections
2015
Polar regions
Advancing our understanding of polar stratospheric clouds in particular related to their role in polar ozone loss
2015
Tropics
Understanding dynamical stratosphere-troposphere coupling in the tropical regions
2016
Asia
Focused on bringing together scientists from the Asian region focusing on SPARC research topics
2015
Antarctic
Improving the physically-based estimates of sea-level change coming from West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) over the present century and beyond
2013
Arctic and Antarctic
An analysis of the three budgets that govern the evolution of sea ice and its impact on the Earth’s climate system, namely conservation of heat, momentum balance, and tracer conservation
2014
Greenland and Antarctic
A consortium of international ice sheet models and coupled ice sheet-climate models that fully explore the sea level rise contribution from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets
2014
(Jointly with the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Antarctic
Improves understanding of the Antarctic sea ice zone through focussed and ongoing field programs, remote sensing and numerical modelling
1996
Global
Improves current knowledge and understanding of the temporal dynamics and physical properties of snow as a component of the coupled climate system
2013
Arctic
Examining whether recent extreme weather in North America, eastern Asia and northern Europe are random events or were related to recent global or Arctic climate change
2014
(Jointly with SCAR/IASC)
Greenland and Antarctic
Research on the estimation of the mass balance of ice sheets and their contribution to sea level, and integration of observations and modelling efforts
2012
Atlantic
Identify major emerging scientific issues related to research in Atlantic climate variability, climate change and climate predictability and foster research initiatives in Atlantic climate studies
1999
Pacific
Oversee and facilitate the implementation of CLIVAR in the Pacific sector in order to meet the objectives outlined in the Science and Implementation Plans in collaboration with other relevant panels, research foci groups and task teams
1999
Indian Ocean
Provide scientific and technical oversight for a sustained ocean observing system for the Indian Ocean in order to provide ocean observations needed for climate variability research, and to underpin operational ocean applications and services relevant to the region
2004
Southern Ocean
Serve as a forum for the discussion and communication of scientific advances in the understanding of climate variability and change in the Southern Ocean, and advise CLIVAR, CliC, and SCAR on progress, achievements, new opportunities and impediments in internationally-coordinated Southern Ocean research
1999
Global
Design and implement a means to investigate the interactions between climate mean state and different modes of monsoon variability, thereby furthering monsoon prediction capability
2015
Global
Addresses the CMIP6 science question on investigating the origins and consequences of systematic model biases, by providing a framework for evaluating (including assessment of systematic biases), understanding, and improving ocean, sea‐ice, tracer, and biogeochemical components of climate and earth system models contributing to CMIP6
2016
(Jointly with GODAE OceanView)
Global
Provide a framework for comparison and evaluation of ocean synthesis products
2006
(CLIVAR endorsed project)
South Atlantic
Advance our understanding of the role of the South Atlantic Ocean in the MOC system and the establishment of an observing system to capture key components of the circulation
2012
(CLIVAR endorsed project)
Northwest Pacific
Understand the dynamics of the Northwestern Pacific circulation and its roles in warm pool maintenance and low-frequency variability, and modulation of the ENSO cycle, East-Asia Monsoon variability, and the Northwestern Pacific tropical cyclones
2010
(CLIVAR endorsed project)
Global
Provide a framework for comparison and evaluation of ocean synthesis products
2006
Mediterranean (HyMeX), Cold regions (CCRN), and other past and planned RHPs in various regions of the world
Physical processes surrounding water and energy exchanges within a region
1993
(a number of RHPs have been initiated and successfully completed)
(Jointly with Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation (FPA2))
Arctic and Antarctic
a global competition challenging teams to push the boundaries of polar ocean monitoring capabilities. The first team to complete a 2000km continuous mission with an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) under the sea ice in the Arctic or Antarctic will win the prize money totalling 500,000 CHF.
2016
Arctic and Antarctic
International coordinated framework that produces improved generation of regional climate change projections for input into impact and adaptation studies
2013
Global
CORDEX encompasses 14 domains across the globe, the IPOC office and SAT coordinates the work within and across the domains
2015
CORDEX CORE Coordinated Output for Regional Evaluations as a contribution to CMIP6 and the IPCC process
Global
A core framework that gives a succinct set of downscalings for each region that also spans plausible ranges of climate change
Probable duration of first stage 2017-2021
Global
Requesting specific CMIP6 output for regional climate downscaling. CORDEX builds on a foundation of previous downscaling intercomparison projects to provide a common framework for downscaling activities around the world
Probable duration of first stage 2017-2021
Global
Outline standards for the incorporation of ESD in CORDEX
2016
CORDEX Science Challenges
Global
The CORDEX Regional Challenges (Added Value, Human element, Coordination of coupled modelling, Precipitation, Local wind systems) provide a focus for downscaling research, to be pursued as complementary to the WCRP Grand Challenges
2016
CORDEX South America
South America
Coordination of CORDEX/regional downscaling/modelling activities within the domain
20??
CORDEX Central America
Central America
Coordination of CORDEX/regional downscaling/modelling activities within the domain
20??
North America
Coordination of CORDEX/regional downscaling/modelling activities within the domain
20??
Europe
Coordination of CORDEX/regional downscaling/modelling activities within the domain
20??
Africa
Coordination of CORDEX/regional downscaling/modelling activities within the domain
20??
South Asia
Coordination of CORDEX/regional downscaling/modelling activities within the domain
20??
East Asia
Coordination of CORDEX/regional downscaling/modelling activities within the domain
20??
CORDEX Central Asia
Central Asia
Coordination of CORDEX/regional downscaling/modelling activities within the domain
20??
South East Asia
Coordination of CORDEX/regional downscaling/modelling activities within the domain
20??
Australasia
Coordination of CORDEX/regional downscaling/modelling activities within the domain
20??
Middle East, North Africa
Coordination of CORDEX/regional downscaling/modelling activities within the domain
20??
Flagship Pilot Study (FPS) - EURO-CORDEX + Med-CORDEX
Europe/Mediterranean
Convective phenomena at high resolution over Europe and the Mediterranean
2017-2021
Flagship Pilot Study (FPS) - EURO-CORDEX
Europe
Impact of land use changes on climate in Europe across spatial and temporal scales
2016-2020
Flagship Pilot Study (FPS) - Med-CORDEX
Mediterranean
Role of the natural and anthropogenic aerosols in the Mediterranean region: past climate variability and future climate sensitivity
2016-2020
Flagship Pilot Study (FPS) - Med-CORDEX
Mediterranean
Role of the air-sea coupling and small scale ocean processess on regional climate
2017-2021
Flagship Pilot Study (FPS) - CORDEX South America
South Eastern South America
Extreme precipitation events in Southeastern South America: a proposal for a better understanding and modeling
2017-2019
CORDEX South East Asia (SEA)
Southeast Asia
Capacity building/training
2013-2018
CORDEX Africa Analysis
Africa
Capacity building/training
2015-2018
KINGA (CORDEX Africa Impacts Atlas)
Africa
Impacts/threshold study for different degrees of warming
2017-2020