CLIVAR in the Atlantic Sector: a Joint Effort Towards a Better Understanding of Climate Variability and Predictability
Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: [EN] The CLIVAR (Climate Variability and Predictability) project, established in 1995 by the WCRP (World \nClimate Research Programme), aims at understanding the climate variability and improving models for \nclimate predictions by coordinating the efforts of research groups in more than 70 countries around the \nworld. CLIVAR activities consist of a balanced approach between observations, modelling and theory as \nwell as diagnostic studies (http://www.clivar.org). \nCLIVAR objectives in the Atlantic sector focus on improving the understanding and assessing the \npredictability of three climate phenomena: the North Atlantic Oscillation, the tropical Atlantic variability \nand the variability of the Meridional Overturning Circulation. This paper attempts to give an overview \nof the state-of-the-art of these Atlantic modes of variability, the ongoing and planned CLIVAR activities \nrelated to these climatic phenomena and finally the recent advances in their predictability.
Author: Boscolo, Roberta
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W205726773