Links to Further Information
Below you will find several lists of related initiatives, organizations, stakeholders and partners.
WCRP (World Climate Research Programme)
- CHFP (Climate-system Historical Forecast Project)
- CliC (Climate and Cryosphere Project)
- GEWEX (Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment)
- GEWEX GASS (Global Atmospheric System Studies)
- GEWEX GLASS (Global Land/Atmosphere System Study)
- GHP (GEWEX Hydroclimatology Panel)
- GSOP (Global Synthesis and Observations Panel) of CLIVAR
- Ice-HFP (Sea Ice Historical Forecast Project)
- ASPeCT (Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate) of SCAR/CliC
- SPARC (Stratosphere-troposhere Processes And their Role in Climate)
- SNAP (SPARC Stratospheric Network for the Assessment of Predictability)
- S2S (Subseasonal to Seasonal Prediction Project)
- PCPI (WCRP Polar Climate Predictability Initiative)
- WGSIP (Working Group on Seasonal to Interdecadal Prediction)
CAS (Commission for Atmospheric Sciences) &
WWRP (World Weather Research Programme)
- GAW (Global Atmosphere Watsch Programme) EPAC
- WWRP Nowcasting an Mesoscale Research WG
- WWRP SERA WG
- HIWeather (WWRP High Impact Weather Project)
THORPEX (The Observing System Research and Predictability Experiment)
- Africa THORPEX
- Asia THORPEX
- Europe THORPEX
- North America THORPEX
- Southern Hemisphere THORPEX
- THORPEX DAOS WG (THORPEX Data Assimilation Observing System)
- THORPEX GIFS-TIGGE (Global Interactive Forecast System THORPEX Interactive Grand Global Ensemble)
- THORPEX PDP WG (THORPEX Predictability and Dynamical Processes)
JOINT
- JWGFVR (Joint Working Group on Forecast Verification Research)
- WGNE (JSC/CAS Working Group on Numerical Experimentation)
- WWRP SERA WG
CBS (WMO Commission for Basic Systems)
- ET-OFPS (Expert Team on the Operational Weather Forecasting Process and Support) under OPAG-DPFS (Data-Processing and Forecasting System)
- ET-OPSLS (Joint CBS-CCl Expert Team on Operational Predictions from Sub-Seasonal to Longer-Time Scales)
- OPAG-IOS (Open Programme Area Group on Integrated Observing Systems)
- WMO Lead Centre for Long-Range Forecast Multi-Model Ensemble
- WMO Lead Centre for the Long Range Forecast Verification System
GOVERNANCE
- CAS (WMO Commission for Atmospheric Sciences)
- EC-PHORS (EC Panel on Polar and High Montain Observations, Research and Services)
- THORPEX ICSC (THORPEX International Core Steering Committee)
- WCRP JSC (World Climate Research Programme Joint Scientific Committee)
- WWRP SSC (World Weather Research Programme Scientific Steering Committee)
POLAR GROUPS
- ACCESS (Arctic Climate Change, Economy and Society)
- Arctic ECRA (European Climate Research Alliance)
- Arctic ROOS (Arctic Regional Ocean Observing System)
- IASC (International Arctic Science Committee) Atmosphere Working Group
- IICWG (International Ice Charting Working Group)
- PSTG (Polar Space Task Group)
- SAON (Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks)
- SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research)
- SEARCH (Study of Environmental Arctic Change)
ADDITIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND STAKEHOLDERS
- AARI (Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Russia)
- AWI (Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany)
- Antarctica New Zealand
- AOMIP [GS2] (Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project)
- Arctic Council
- Arctic Council Indigenous People’s Secretariat
- Arctic-HYDRA (The Arctic Hydrological Cycle Monitoring, Modelling and Assessment Program)
- ARCUS (Arctic Research Consortium of the United States)
- ArcticRIMS (A Regional, Integrated Hydrological Monitoring System for the Pan-Arctic Land Mass)
- ArcticNet (Canada)
- APECS (Association of Polar Early Career Scientists)
- Australian Antarctic Division
- BASC (US Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate)
- British Antarctic Survey
- CGMS (The Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites)
- CEMS (Community Earth System Model) PCWG (Polar Climate Working Group)
- COMNAP (Council of Managers of National Antarctic Program)
- FARO (Forum of Arctic Research Operators)
- FAMOS (Forum for Arctic Modeling and Observational Synthesis)
- GTN-P (Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost)
- GODAE (Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment) OceanView
- IABP (International Arctic Buoy Programme)
- IAOOS (Ice-Atmosphere-Arctic Ocean Observing System)
- IASC (International Arctic Science Committee)
- IASSA (International Arctic Social Sciences Association)
- IAPSO (International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans) of IUGG
- ICPM (International Commission on Polar Meteorology) of IUGG-IAMAS
- IPA (International Permafrost Association)
- IPAB (International Programme for Antarctic Buoys)
- ISAC (International Study of Arctic Change)
- NERC (UK Natural Environment Research Council / UK Arctic Office)
- Norwegian Polar Institute
- Polar Educators International
- SCAR Expert Group on Operational Meteorology in the Antarctic
- SOOS (SCAR Southern Ocean Observing System)
- Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty
- Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory
CIRCUMPOLAR & SOME OTHER NMSs/MODELLING CENTRES
- AMPS (The Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System)
- Argentina: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
- Australia: Bureau of Meteorology & CAWCR (Collaboration for Australian Weather and Climate Research)
- Brazil: INMET (Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia)
- Canada: ECCC (Environment and Climate Change Canada)
- Chile: Dirección Meteorológica de Chile
- Finland: Finnish Meteorological Institute
- Iceland: Icelandic Met Office
- New Zealand: MetService (Meteorological Service of New Zealand) & NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research)
- Norway: Meteorologisk institutt
- Russian Federation: Hydrometcenter of Russia
- South Africa: SAWS (South African Weather Service)
- Sweden: SMHI (Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute)
- UK: Met Office & ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts)
- USA: NWS-NCEP (National Weather Service - National Centres for Environmental Prediction)

Iceberg in Antarctica (photo: Tilman Hesse, Alfred Wegener Institute)

Icebergs in Antarctic (photo: Tilman Hesse, Alfred Wegener Institute)

Iceberg in Antarctica (photo: Tilman Hesse, Alfred Wegener Institute)

Icebergs in Antarctica (photo: Tilman Hesse, Alfred Wegener Institute)

Icebergs in Antarctica (photo: Tilman Hesse, Alfred Wegener Institute)