Terms of Reference
1. Provide international coordination and help organise collaboration on climate change detection and indices relevant to climate change detection.
2. Further develop and publicise indices and indicators of climate variability and change from the surface and sub-surface ocean to the stratosphere.
3. Encourage the comparison of modelled data and observations perhaps via the development of indices appropriate for both sources of information.
4. Coordinate these and other relevant activities the ET chooses to engage in (such as perhaps observing system experiments that help determine where observations are needed for climate change detection) with other appropriate agencies such as GCOS, CBS, CIMO, CAgM, CHy, IPCC, and START, as well with the joint WCRP JSC/CLIVAR Working Group on Coupled Modelling, the WCRP Observations and Assimilation Panel, and regional associations.
5. Explore, document and make recommendations for addressing the needs for capacity building in each region, pertinent to this topic.
6. Submit reports in accordance with timetables established by the OPAG chair and/or Management Group.
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Member | Role | Country | |
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Scott Woodruff | United States of America | ||
Kevin Horsburgh
NERC National Oceanography Centre, UK |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
Albert M.G. Klein Tank
Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut |
Co-chair | Netherlands | |
Xuebin Zhang
Environment Canada, Meteorological Service of Canada, Ontario |
Co-Chair | Canada | |
Xiaolan Wang
Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada, Ontario |
Canada | ||
Lisa Alexander
University of New South Wales - Climate Change Research Centre |
Australia | ||
Ali Behrangi
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
United States of America | ||
Lucas Gudmundson
ETH Institute for Atmoshperic and Climate Science |
Switzerland | ||
Gabriele Hegerl
University of Edinburgh, School of Geosciences |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
James Renwick
Victoria University of Wellington, School of Biological Science |
New Zealand | ||
Ying Sun
China Meteorological Administration |
China |