Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions  over the Earth
Meetings
MeteoSwiss, Zurich, Switzerland, 23-25 June 2008

1st ACRE Workshop: Reanalyses Data,

Historical Reanalyses & Climate Applications

The   aim   of   the   workshop   was   to   mirror   the   ACRE   initiative,   by   bringing together   researchers   who   recover,   image,   digitise   and   archive   historical data   for   reanalyses,   together   with   developers   of   various   reanalyses   and those   from   the   climate   applications   and   impacts   communities   who   have   an interest   in   using   reanalysis   products.   It   was   hoped   that   in   such   an   assembly,   participants   would   be able    to    gain    a    better    appreciation    of    each    others’    efforts    and    needs    so    that    a    firmer    basis    for collaboration   and   cooperation   could   be   forged,   with   users   being   primed   in   terms   of   their   expectations of,   and   feedback   on,   the   range   of   products   that   will   flow   from   the   first   release   of   the   full   20th   Century Reanalysis Project (1892-2008) early in 2009. This   is   planned   to   be   the   first   of   several   major   workshops   bringing   together   those   involved   in   the   full range   of   activities   under   the ACRE   initiative. As   a   result   of   this   first   workshop,   and   the   creation   of   four working   groups   (detailed   in   the   body   of   the   text)   within   ACRE,   there   will   now   be   scope   for   more specific working group meetings. Report Agenda and Presentations
Sponsors Federal   Department   of   Home Affairs FDHA Federal   Office   of   Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
FFOUL/IDL, Campo Grande, Lisbon, Portugal, 18-20 September 2013

5th ACRE Workshop: Forging Stronger Linkages

This   workshop   reviewed   the   global   activities   of   ACRE   projects,   exposing ACRE   partners   to   the   global   reach   of   its   activities.      It   brought   together international   climate   scientists   (from   the   UK,   France,   Russia,   Netherlands, Portugal,   Germany,   New   Zealand   and   China),   experts   in   the   humanities   and social   sciences,   and   the   UK   and   US   archival   and   library   communities.      The workshop   also   showcased   ACRE’s   ongoing   developments   in   the   areas   of citizen science, massive-scale data handling and web-based open platform capabilities. Especially    important    was    the    discussion    of    state-of-the-art    high-resolution    visualizations    of    data, metadata,   data   images   and   reanalyses   products.   The   successful   development   of   this   technology   is crucial   to   making   the   full   impact   of   the   output   and   outreach   from   the   international   ACRE   initiative   as user friendly, tailored and shaped as possible. Presentations   covered   ACRE   activities   in   Chile,   the   South   Pacific,   India,   the   Arctic,   China,   SE   Asia, Australia,    the    Southern    Ocean,   Africa    and    Europe.       Also    covered    were    topics    of    managing    and analysing big data, with an emphasis on workshops to identify key issues to be resolved. Report Agenda and Presentations
Sponsors Meteo France, Toulouse European        Reanalysis        of Global    Climate    Observations (ERA-CLIM) Global       Climate       Observing System (GCOS)