WCRP Open Science Conference

09/18/2014

The 2008 financial crisis, whose negative effects are still being felt, especially in Europe, had its origins in a major speculative bubble in the U.S. housing market, fueled by the excessively risk-inclined behavior of many financial institutions, both inside and outside the U.S. That financial cri…

01/05/2012

Communicating climate science to the media and public

This event, sponsored by the AMS, took place at lunchtime on Wednesday of the WCRP Open Science Conference. A panel of professional experts in communicating science presented their views and advice, followed by a question and answer period. There was a very good turn out, an estimated 150 early career scientists attended... read more
http://conference2011.wcrp-climate.org/documents/ECS%20lunch_summary.pdf

12/13/2011

During last session of the conference, the Panel of experts received from the audience 41 questions in writing. The questions have been collected and grouped into the following nine themes/topics. They will be used in defining the WCRP and its major Projects future strategy and implementation plan... see the questions
http://conference2011.wcrp-climate.org/documents/FinalQuestions.pdf

11/08/2011

The conference was fantastic! My thanks to you and everyone involved in the organization of the conference. Gerarda M. Shields

11/07/2011

We are pleased to announce the complete list of awardees for the best posters and papers presented at the WCRP Open Science Conference. These recipients were selected based on rigorous evaluation of 487 posters and 26 papers presented by students and early career scientists.

http://www.wcrp-climate.org/documents/competition.pdf

10/27/2011

I want to use this medium to appreciate the WMO for the travel grant given me in order to attend the on-going WCRP open science conference. It had been awesome and very inspiring ever since I arrived here. I am glad that I was able to make it. Thanks and God bless all the organizers of the conference.

Dr. M.L. Akinyemi
Covenant University,
Ota, Ogun State,
Nigeria

10/27/2011

WCRP to launch a Global Drought Information System.
2011 has seen devastating droughts in Africa and SW USA causing famine, wildfires and economic losses. Can we do better at providing early warnings so that farmers, aid agencies and global markets can take preparedness action? The World Climate Research Programme believes so. WCRP is launching a major new initiative to develop a “Global Drought Information System”. This system would provide a user anywhere in the world access to information on current scientific understanding of drought and the history of drought in that region, current conditions, causes of those conditions and forecasts. Watch WCRP’s website for more…

10/27/2011

An emerging theme from the World Climate Research Program Open Science Conference ( ): The need for actionable science. Decision-makers – including water providers, farmers, insurance companies, oil exploration companies and many more – need climate and other scientific information to guide decisions. But there is often a mismatch between the scientific data available and the information these companies need. WCRP’s panel on private sector climate science and service needs, company executives and scientists discussed how to work together to produce actionable information.

10/27/2011

How is the WCRP OSC being received by the students and early career scientists? The organizing committee would love to hear some feedback and motivate discussions and participations of young scientists during the conference Q&A sessions. Do leave comments below if you liked the conference and the key points you will take back home from this conference.

10/26/2011

The roster of videos is growing on our YouTube channel, including interviews with Wijffels, Trenberth, Behar, and bilingual versions for Latif (English + Deutsch) & Vera (English & Español):

Videos from WCRP OSC Climate Research in Service to Society 24-28 October 2011 Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Denver, CO, USA

10/26/2011

Day 3 Schedule:
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
8:30-10:00
Plenary Session A4: Assessing and Improving Model and Predictive Capabilities (Chair: M. Kimoto)

From Regional Weather to Global Climate: Challenges and Progress in Improving Models (C. Jakob)

Challenges and progress in sub-Seasonal to decadal prediction on Regional Scales (A. Scaife)

Long-term Climate Change: Forcing, Response and Climate Sensitivity (S. Bony)

Panel Discussion followed by Q&A with the Audience

10:00-10:30
Morning break - sponsored by NCAR Earth System Laboratory (NESL)

10:30-12:00
Poster Viewing (Sessions: C3, C25, C26, C27, C28, C29, C30, C31, C32, C33, C34)

12:00-13:30
Lunch for all registered Early Career Scientists and Panel Discussion on Communicating Science - Sponsored by American Meteorological Society (AMS)

13:30-15:30
Parallel Sessions:
Session B7: Assessing the Reliability of Climate Models, CMIP5 (conveners: V. Eyring, P. Glecker, B. van den Hurk, P. Braconnot)
Session B8: How Climate Change Impacts Climate Variability (conveners: K. Rosenlof, L. Terray, C. Deser, D. Karoly, A. Clement, H. Goosse)
Session B9: Radiative Forcing of Climate and Chemistry-Climate Interactions (conveners: T. Shepherd, V. Ramaswamy, T. Nakajima, D. Hauglustaine)

15:30-16:00
Afternoon Break

16:00-18:00
Parallel Sessions B7, B8, B9.... continue

19:00- 21:00
Conference Gala at Denver Art Museum - co-sponsored by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation
All registered conference participants and spouses are welcome

10/25/2011