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Climate Research Information
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World Climate Research Programme ( WCRP) sponsored by the International Council for Science ( ICSU), the World Meteorological Organization ( WMO) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission ( IOC) of UNESCO, is uniquely positioned to draw on the totality of climate-related systems, facilities and intellectual capabilities of more than 185 countries. Integrating new observations, research facilities and scientific breakthroughs is essential to progress in the inherently global task of advancing understanding of the processes that determine our climate.
The two overarching objectives of the WCRP are:
1) to determine the predictability of climate; and
2) to determine the effect of human activities on climate
...to facilitate analysis and prediction of Earth system variability and change for use in an increasing range of practical applications of direct relevance, benefit and value to society.
These two objectives underpin and directly address the needs of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and contribute to many other international policy instruments. More...
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The U.S. Climate variability and Predicatability Research Program ( CLIVAR) is an international, interdisciplinary research effort within the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) focusing on the variability and predictability of the slowly varying components of the climate system. CLIVAR investigates the physical and dynamical processes in the climate system that occur on seasonal, interannual, decadal and centennial time-scales. CLIVAR recgnizes that a critical measure of sucess in its research program is a transferal of insight and knowledge to routine production of climate forecasts, information and products. These forecasts and climate products have inherent value to decision makers.
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The National Center for Atmospheric Research ( NCAR) activities as an integrator, innovator, and community builder are contributing to the development of a predictive Earth system science that can help sustain Earth’s habitability, improve environmental quality, safeguard human health, reduce the impacts of natural disasters, and increase economic productivity. More...
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The Computational and Information Systems Laboratory ( CISL) contains a large and diverse collection of meteorological and oceanographic observations, operational and reanalysis model outputs, and remote sensing datasets to support atmospheric and geosciences research, along with ancillary datasets, such as topography/bathymetry, vegetation, and land use. More...
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CISL Research Data Archive ( RDA) ( Access Data Archive) Data for Atmospheric and Geosciences Research. Managed by NCAR's Data Support Section.
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Coordinated Energy & Water Cycle Observations Project ( CEOP) ( Access Data) is a merger of the previous World Climate Research Project (WCRP) Global Energy and Water-cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Hydrometeorology Panel (GHP) and the ‘Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period’ (‘CEOP’), which was an element of WCRP initiated by GEWEX. CEOP is now the international focal point for WCRP/GEWEX Global Hydrometeorological Research and welcomes all interested researchers to participate and contribute to the development of current and future hydrometeorological observations, simulations, and predictions. More...
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The NOAA Climate Prediction Program for the Americas ( CPPA) (Access Data) merges NOAA's CLIVAR Pan American Climate Studies (PACS) and GEWEX Americas Prediction Project (GAPP) into a single integrated competitive research program to improve operational intraseasonal to interannual climate and hydrologic forecasting.
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