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CliC/CLIVAR Arctic Climate Panel (ACP) The CliC/CLIVAR Arctic Climate Panel maintains expert knowledge on the coupled land-ocean-atmosphere-cryosphere system in the Arctic and its global connections, from the point of view of observations, monitoring, process studies, and numerical modelling. The ACP contributes to studies in all CliC Project Areas and acts as CLIVAR's regional panel for the Arctic. The ACP area of interest includes the Arctic Ocean and its marginal seas, land surface, and the atmosphere above them, which interact forming the Northern Hemisphere polar climate system. The Panel reports to the CliC and CLIVAR Scientific Steering Groups (SSGs). The Panel Chair and its members are appointed through an agreement between the CliC and CLIVAR Scientific Steering Groups. They are appointed for an initial period of four years, and extensions may be recommended for two years at a time. However, the Scientific Steering Groups or Arctic Climate Panel Chair may recommend a shorter term, depending on the needs of the panel at the time.
1. To assess the status of research into climate variability and predictability of the coupled land-ocean-atmosphere-cryosphere system in the Arctic and its global connections, including identification of gaps requiring process studies, sustained and campaign-based observations, and model experiments; to serve CliC, CLIVAR, and WCRP as a source of knowledge on these issues, and to propose directions for perspective research in this area. 2. To facilitate and serve as a forum for the discussion and communication of scientific advances in the understanding of climate variability and change in the Arctic and to make such information readily available to scientists and public at large. 3. To keep under review the status of climate research and observations in the Arctic made by various scientific and operational organisations including the Arctic Ocean Science Board and the International Study of Arctic Change and liaise with them in order to ensure that their activities contribute as much as possible to the objectives of the WCRP. 4. To enhance interaction between the meteorological, oceanographic, cryospheric, biogeochemical and palaeoclimate communities with an interest in the climate of the Arctic. 5. To work in concert with relevant CliC and CLIVAR panels and other WCRP groups to integrate Arctic observations and modelling into corresponding global and regional activities, ensure that the objectives of CliC and CLIVAR are met, and resources are used efficiently. 6. To work with the WCRP, CliC and CLIVAR data systems on issues related to distribution and archiving of Arctic observations. 7. To help attract a new generation of scientists into the field of Arctic climate research.
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