Climate Working Group (CWG) Summer 2012 Meeting

Read-ahead Background Materials (UPDATED - 7/26/12)

• State of the Climate in 2011
• Explaining Extreme Events of 2011 from a Climate Perspective (BAMS)
• Pathways to Substantial Improvement of the Climate Forecast System (CFS) (NEW - 7/24/12)

  CWG Terms of Reference (NEW - 7/26/12)
  Current CWG Membership (NEW - 7/26/12)
  Current CWG Member Terms (NEW - 7/26/12)

   

• Sustaining Marine Resources in a Changing Climate:
  1. Climate change impacts on marine ecosystems (Doney et al 2012) (NEW - 7/25/12)
  2. On the use of IPCC-class models to assess the impact of climate on Living Marine Resources (Stock et al 2011) (NEW - 7/25/12)
  3. Climate change impacts on the biophysics and economics of world fisheries (Sumaila et al 2011) (NEW - 7/25/12)
  4. Needs Assessment: Climate-related Products and Services for Sustainable Marine Ecosystems in a Changing Climate (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sustainable Marine Ecosystems Team) (NEW - 7/26/12)