The "International Conferences on Subseasonal to Decadal Prediction" will bring together at one event researchers from both the subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction community as well as from seasonal-to-decadal predictions. The week-long event comprises both the "Second International Conference on Subseasonal to Seasonal Prediction (S2S)", the "Second International Conference on Seasonal to Decadal Prediction (S2D)" as well as a joint segment addressing mutual and emerging topics.

The meeting will be held Sept. 17-21 in Boulder, CO, USA. It is being jointly initiated by a range of activities within and close to the WCRP community, including the DCPP, GC-NTCP, WGSIP, S2S, and CLIVAR's DCVP panel. Abstract submission and applications for travel support are open until 16 March 2018. For full details, see the conference home page.

WCRP's Grand Challenge on Clouds, Circulation and Climate Sensitivity is calling for abstracts for its "2nd Meeting on Monsoons and Tropical Rain Belts", to be held from 2-5 July 2018 at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy.

The workshop will bring together expertise on large-scale atmospheric and oceanic dynamics, small scale cloud and precipitation processes, as well as hierarchical climate modeling and observation. It aims to identify opportunities for progress given existing and emerging modelling tools and theoretical frameworks.

The meeting is organized and co-sponsored jointly by the GC-Clouds, ICTP, CLIVAR, EGU and IUGG and preceded by an ICTP Summer School on Climate Dynamics. Application deadline for both is 1 March 2018. For details see the ICTP homepages.

The International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy, and in collaboration with CLIVAR, EGU and IUGG is calling for applications to the "ICTP Summer School on Theory, Mechanisms and Hierarchical Modelling of Climate Dynamics: Multiple Equilibria in the Climate System", to be held from 25 June to 2 July 2018 at ICTP in Trieste.

The school includes lectures on theoretical aspects of atmosphere, ocean and climate dynamics, with a focus on latest knowledge, relevant mechanisms and hypotheses around multiple equilibrium states. Afternoons will include practical sessions. The school will be followed by the "2nd Meeting on Monsoons and Tropical Rain Belts", 2-5 July 2018 likewise in Trieste, and organized through the WCRP Grand Challenge on Clouds, Circulation and Climate Sensitivity. Application deadline for both is 1 March 2018. For details see the ICTP homepages.

In June 2018, Polar scientists and stakeholders will assemble in Davos, Switzerland, for the POLAR2018 conference jointly organized by SCAR and IASC, which includes several high-level meetings and conferences. Travel awards for early career and indigenous researchers to present their work at this event have now been announced by IASC, SCAR and APECS. For full information, see the official travel award page.

WCRP will be represented at several of POLAR2018's meetings, including the "Mini-Symposium IV - Legacy and Future of IPY" and the Session TE-1 on "Observing with autonomous vehicles in polar regions". Full information can be found on the POLAR2018 program pages.

The Nippon Foundation POGO Centre of Excellence (NF-POGO CofE) is calling for applications for the 2018 edition of its 10-month training programme on observational oceanography. Prospective candidates from developing and emerging countries who have at least a first degree in science are invited to consult the programme's information and application page.

The training programme will take place on the offshore island of Helgoland and the UNESCO reserve Wadden Sea island of Sylt, Germany. Deadline for applications is 9 March 2018.

In evaluating applications, the organizers will give preference to applicants who currently hold an academic position in a developing country and plan to return after completion of the training. The scholarships provided by NF-POGO through the CofE cover travel, room, board, tuition, and a modest allowance.

For all unable to attend the 2nd WCRP Summer School on Climate Model Development, held 22-31 January 2018 in Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil, the summer school's lectures will be live streamed through the YouTube account of the Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos, the numerical weather prediction agency of Brazil. See the Summer School's home page for the full program and additional information 

A special issue of the journal "Surveys in Geophysics" summarizes the outcomes and findings of a workshop convened by WCRP's Grand Challenge on Clouds, Circulation, and Climate Sensitivity. Edited by Robert Pincus, David Winker, Sandrine Bony, and Bjorn Stevens, the overall 17 articles seek to summarize knowledge on, as well as bring together the topics of "Shallow Clouds, Water vapor, Circulation and Climate Sensitivity". Read the preface and all full articles on the special issue's home page at "Surveys in Geophysics".

13-15 March 2018 | Potomac, Maryland, USA

The abstract submission deadline was extended for the Workshop on "Remote Sensing for Studying the Ocean-Atmosphere Interface", co-sponsored by the European Space Agency (ESA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS). As a co-sponsor of SOLAS, WCRP encourages potential participants to consider submitting an abstract to by February 12 via the workshop homepage.

Abstract submission for the 8th GEWEX Science Conference (6-11 May 2018, Canmore, Canada) closes 18 December 2018. This year's conference is themed "Extremes and Water on the Edge". Head over to the conference webpage to read the full call and for submission instructions. Applications for the early career researcher workshop and travel support likewise close on Dec. 18.

The 2017 WCRP/WWRP International Prize for Model Development has been awarded to Dr Martin Vancoppenolle (Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, CNRS, France; left photo); and the WCRP/GCOS International Data Prize 2017 been awarded to Dr Markus Donat (right photo) from the University of New South Wales, Australia. Click the respective links for details.