https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/5182/KeywordsCommunityGuide_Baseline_v1_SIGNED_FINAL.pdf 23.8 2026-04-29T10:52:37.449Z https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/projects/b971f45d-3a45-4ef2-99df-d6b88bbc7cc3 CLIVAR CLIVAR- An International Programme on Climate Variability and PredictabilityCLIVAR is an international research programme investigating climatevariability and predictability on time-scales from months to decadesand the response of the climate system to anthropogenicforcing. CLIVAR, as one of the major components of the World ClimateResearch Programme (WCRP), started in 1995 has a lifetime of 15 years.The overall purpose and goal of CLIVAR is:To describe and understand climate variability and predictability onseasonal to centennial time-scales, identify the physical processesresponsible, including anthropogenic effects, and develop modeling andpredictive capabilities where practicable.The specific CLIVAR Objectives are:Describe and understand the physical processes responsible for climatevariability and predictability on seasonal, interannual, decadal andcentennial time scales, through the collection and analysis ofobservations and the development and application of models of thecoupled climate system and its component parts, in co-operation withother relevant climate research and observing programmes;Extend the record of climate variability over the time scales ofinterest through the assembly of quality-controlled paleoclimate andinstrumental data sets;Extend the range and accuracy of seasonal to interannual climateprediction through the development of global coupled predictivemodels;Understand and predict the response of the climate system to increasesof radiatively active gases and aerosols and to compare thesepredictions with the observed climate record in order to detect anyanthropogenic modification of the natural climate signal.CLIVAR Home Page: 'http://www.clivar.org/'International CLIVAR Project Office256/20 Southampton Oceanography CentreEmpress Dock, SOUTHAMPTON SO14 3ZH, UKPhone: +44-2380 596777Fax: +44-2380 596204email: icpo&#64soc.soton.ac.uk