The Climate Symposium 2014

Satellite observations are a key element in an integrated and sustained climate observing system and have been critically important for monitoring and understanding the Earth’s climate system during the past several decades. The expected completion of the IPCC Fifth Assessment (AR5) in 2013-2014 makes it timely to discuss these achievements, to assess future opportunities and challenges with satellite derived climate information, and to provide guidance on future priorities.

WCRP together with EUMETSAT are planning a symposium to discuss the current state of climate science and climate observations with particular emphasis on the role of space-based Earth observations. The symposium will take place in Darmstadt, Germany, on 13-17 October 2014.

The symposium will be an important step towards defining requirements, and the further development of an efficient and sustained international space-based Earth observing system.

This symposium is intended to bring together the international experts in climate observations, research, analysis and modeling to present and discuss results from their studies, with a particular emphasis on the role of space-based Earth observations in improving our knowledge of the current climate at global and regional scales, and in the assessment of models used for climate projections.

More detailed information will be available during the coming months, in the meantime if you have questions please direct them via email to the Organising Committee in the first instance (climate.symposium@eumetsat.int).