CLIVAR

History

• 1985: The World Climate Research Programme initiated the TOGA , to study interannual variability driven by the ocean-atmosphere system in the tropics.
• 1990: The WCRP began the first observational phase of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment
• 1991: Joint Scientific Committee called on a group of experts to come together and consider the possible future directions for climate research, building on the foundation laid by TOGA and WOCE.
• 1992: The deliberations of the Joint Scientific Committee were published in 1992 in a brochure entitled ‘CLIVAR – a study of Climate Variability and Predictability’.
• 1993: The WCRP JSC decided to undertake CLIVAR as a major activity.
• 1995: CLIVAR was officially launched, initially as a 15-year project. The launch coincided with the end of TOGA.
• 1997: The first CLIVAR implementation plan was published.

  Panels and working groups

Global panels

• Global Synthesis and Observation Panel
• Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices
• Working Group on Ocean Model Development

  Regional panels

• Asian-Australian Monsoon Panel
• Atlantic Implementation Panel
• CLIVAR/GEWEX Africa Climate Panel
• CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR Southern Ocean Panel
• CLIVAR/IOC-GOOS Indian Ocean Panel
• Pacific Panel
• Variations of the American Monsoon Systems

  National programmes

• US CLIVAR: This contributes directly to the U.S. Global Change Research Program by coordinating and advancing research within the US to improve the documentation, understanding, modeling and prediction of variations in global and regional climate. It is supported by participating programs in five United States Government agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Science Foundation, the United States Department of Energy, and the Office of Naval Research.
• CLIVAR-España in Spain
• Canadian CLIVAR Research Network
• UK CLIVAR