The call for nominations to APARC’s Scientific Steering Group (SSG) is now open. The SSG currently comprises 12-14 researchers from around the world with a wide range of expertise in atmospheric dynamics and chemistry. They guide APARC’s priorities and activities, working together with
the SSG co-chairs and the APARC project office.
Please note that you can either nominate a candidate or nominate yourself. The SSG takes a strategic view of APARC’s role, so we are looking for individuals with a broad view of atmospheric science and climate change as well as expertise in their own field. Scientific expertise, career stage as
well as gender and geographical balance are considered. The initial term of service is for four years
(January 2025 – December 2028), with a possible extension of two years.
You find all relevant information and the online form to submit your nomination at the APARC website.
In case you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the IPO:

We will have a planning Workshop for S-RIP Phase 2 (S-RIP2, https://s-rip.github.io/) in Boulder, CO, USA immediately following the Quadrennial Ozone Symposium (QOS, 15-19 July 2024).  The workshop will begin with an ECS event on Saturday (20 July) and informal small group meetings on Sunday (21 July).  The formal workshop will be Monday 22 July through the morning of Wednesday 24 July.

We particularly want to foster participation of Early-Career Scientists (ECSs: PhD students, postdoctoral fellows) from all over the world in S-RIP2 and encourage those who are attending the QOS in Boulder, as well as local ECSs, to participate in our workshop.  Some financial support will be available for ECS who need to change tickets and/or extend accommodations in Boulder after the QOS.

We particularly encourage applications for the ECS event and participation in the workshop from the Global South. Workshop registration fees will be waived for ECSs. Participation in the S-RIP ECS event on 20 July will be free of charge, including coffee break, lunch, and a social evening; participation in this event may be limited (~10-15 people). 

Please save the dates! Note: An announcement on options for registration and accommodation will be made soon, when those arrangements are finalised.

The World Climate Research Programme is calling for nominations for membership of its Joint Scientific Committee (JSC). Initial terms are for four years, starting January 2025. Nominations will close on 15 March 2024.

For further details please see: https://www.wcrp-climate.org/news/wcrp-news/2100-jsc-call-2024

The Kigali Declaration, one of the biggest outcomes of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)’s Open Science Conference 2023, calls for immediate climate action, amplification of the relevance and benefits of climate research to society, and increased accessible and equitable investments towards climate mitigation.  

With 734 signatories, the majority of whom were conference participants, the Declaration is the collective voice of the participants of the Open Science Conference. The aim of the conference was to discuss the present state and the future evolution of climate science, and the actions urgently required to mitigate against and adapt to climate change. The participants acknowledged that human-induced climate change and other human impacts on the environment are among the major reasons behind the polycrises and rising inequalities currently faced by the world.  

For further details see: https://www.wcrp-climate.org/news/wcrp-news/2123-kigali-declaration

Background

The European Space Agency’s Climate Change Initiative (CCI) aims to realise the full potential of the long-term Earth Observation archives collected by ESA and Third Party satellite missions. Since 2010, the Ozone CCI team (https://climate.esa.int/en/projects/ozone) has been developing, maturing, generating and sustaining multiple complementary multi-decadal satellite ozone Climate Data Records (CDRs) tailored for climate monitoring, climate research and climate modelling applications. The CCI portfolio consists of total and tropospheric ozone column data products as well as vertically resolved ozone products by nadir and limb-viewing sensors.

Objectives

The main objectives of this workshop are (a) to bring together scientists involved in the generation of ozone Climate Data Records, as well as (potential) users of such multi-decadal ozone time series, and the broader ozone and climate communities, (b) to present the state of the art in ozone Climate Data Record production, (c) to discuss results from major Climate Data Record users, e.g., stratospheric ozone assessments for WMO/UNEP, tropospheric ozone assessments for TOAR II, studies focusing on UT/LS, evaluation of climate modelling, data assimilation and reanalysis, (d) to collect and update user requirements for ozone Climate Data Records, and (e) to discuss remaining challenges for the generation of ozone Climate Data Records.

Registration

Only registered participants will receive meeting access details prior to the workshop. There will be no fee, but you’ll have to bring your own coffee. You are kindly invited to register for the workshop before Tuesday 14 May 13h UTC at: https://events.spacepole.be/event/185/registrations.

This is the first call for Abstracts for the 2^nd SPARC open science workshop on the atmospheric impacts from Hunga Tonga, at Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS), Paris, France from Mon 22^nd Apr to Wed 24^th Apr 2024.

The workshop’s aim is to encourage collaboration and discussions towards the 2025 SPARC Hunga-Tonga impacts report, and we invite interested scientists from the broader atmosphere, climate and geoscience communities to attend to hear and present latest findings on the eruption’s effects.

The first 2 days of the meeting will be the main open-science workshop, with talks and posters on the latest Hunga-Tonga impacts science, sessions aligned to each chapter of the report,

Abstract submission and registration is now open, via the workshop website at:

https://sparc-ht24.sciencesconf.org/

Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune in association with Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany, is organising an International Workshop on Stratosphere-Troposphere Interactions and Prediction of Monsoon weather EXtremes (STIPMEX) during 02-07 June 2024.

The workshop is supported by  MoES, IMD, IMPO, WCRP/SPARC, ACAM, SSiRC, WWRP/WGTMR, and Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany. For more details refer to the attached workshop flyer and website below

https://sparc-extreme.tropmet.res.in/

There will be sessions relevant to SSiRC, e.g. on ATAL or the impact of recent volcanic eruptions on the Asian Monsoon. Please consider submitting an abstract, and do pass the information on to anyone who may be interested.

It is our pleasure to inform you that the last date for abstract submission for the upcoming International Workshop on “Stratosphere-Troposphere Interactions and Prediction of Monsoon Weather Extremes (STIPMEX)” at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Pune, India, has been extended to 29 February 2024.

NSF NCAR ACOM is looking for a Level II or III Ladder Track Scientist to lead or become the lead of the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM) and to work on questions related to modeling of the dynamics, physics, and chemical transport in the “whole atmosphere”. Specifically we are seeking someone with expertise in dynamics, thermodynamics, and transport processes, and their interactions, from the troposphere to the lower thermosphere. The position is within the NSF NCAR Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling (ACOM) Laboratory but the candidate would work closely with teams in the Climate & Global Dynamics (CGD) Laboratory and the High Altitude Observatory (HAO). The position is open until 12 February 2024.

More details on the position and how to apply can be found here: https://ucar.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UCAR_Careers/job/Foothills-Lab-0/Scientist-II-III_REQ-2023-438-1

The 6th WCRP International Conference on Reanalysis (ICR6) will be held from 28th October to 1st November, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. This edition of the conference is supported by the WCRP, the Japan Meteorological Agency, and “Climate change actions with co-creation powered by Regional weather information and E-technology” (ClimCORE). 
 
For more information about the conference, check out their website: https://www.wcrp-climate.org/news/wcrp-news/2092-wcrp-reanalysis-conference-6

11-14 March 2024 in Mainz, Germany

conference website: https://tp-challenges2024.uni-mainz.de/ .

Please note that the abstract submission deadline has been extended to 12 January 2024.

If you plan to present your work at the meeting, please do not forget to register and submit your abstract.

The scientific steering group will decide on the type of your presentation and inform you by 19 January.

Limited funds to support travel of early-career scientists are available. In this case please submit an informal application and the abstract of the work you want to present to

We would appreciate if you could forward this announcement to your colleagues. And, again, we apologize if you receive this announcement several times.

Program committee:

Peter Hoor, Joachim Curtius, Christiane Voigt, Ulrich Achatz, Peter Spichtinger, Andreas Engel, Holger Tost