WCRP JPS update WGSIP17, Sept 13-14, 2015 SMHI, Sweden M. Rixen
New JPS Staff David Carlson, D/WCRP Boram Lee, Senior Scientific Officer Mike Sparrow, Senior Scientific Officer Josefa Potter, Administrative Assistant Matthias Tuma, Junior Professional
Budget Secure WMO and IOC support Missing ICSU contribution Decreasing national contributions Funding pressure on current activities Some opportunities: GFCS, Future Earth, … Maybe a new business model in the near future?
Grand Challenges Regional Climate Information: cancelled/on hold until clearer vision Near Term Prediction: new, being developed
WMAC WCRP-WWRP International Model Development Prize Model Development Summer School – MPI 2015, next? Transpose CMIP – WGSIP initial shocks/drift project Joint WGs session in 2017 (“Model Olympics”)?
WDAC obs4MIPs, ana4MIPs, open data publication Open data policy Data set quality assessment Possible WCRP-GCOS International Data Prize Earth System Reanalysis, Reanalysis Task Team Flux Task Team
(my personal selection of) Priorities for WGSIP17 Review progress on sub-projects Explore synergies with WMO commissions and C3S Cooperation with S2S and PPP ESGF and CHFP WGSIP/DCPP structure Capacity building, training, summer schools
Last but not least WGSIP17 report: thanks for preparing small summaries (1/2 page) of all presentations Many thanks to SMHI and staff support for hosting the meeting!!!