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Tipping Elements, Irreversibility and Abrupt Change in the Earth System Discussion Series
Monthly, Virtual
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AIMES, the Earth Commission Working Group 1 Earth and Human Systems Intercomparison Modelling Project (EHSMIP) under the Global Commons Alliance and the Safe Landing Climates Lighthouse Activity of World Climate Research Program (WCRP) are organizing a discussion series that aims to advance the knowledge about tipping elements, irreversibility, and abrupt changes in the Earth system. It supports efforts to increase consistency in treatment of tipping elements in the scientific community, develop a research agenda, and design joint experiments and ideas for a Tipping Element Model Intercomparison Project (TipMip). The primary objective is to create an international science platform for the study of climatic, ecological and social tipping elements and their interactions in the Earth system.

Recent Technical Developments in Land Data Assimilation 
June 19-21, 2023, 10:00 – 1:00 EDT, Virtual 
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The goals of the workshop build on the goals of the AIMES Land DA Working Group to: 1) foster knowledge exchange across all groups working in land data assimilation; and 2) build a community of practice and collaboration in land DA, particularly for addressing the technical challenges we face in implementing land DA systems. This workshop also builds on the outcomes of the 1st Land DA workshop in 2021, which is summarized in this review article and meeting report and the 2nd annual workshop in 2022. Learn more about the Land DA Community.


Town Hall on Ensemble Methods for Land Data Assimilation

Town Hall on Ensemble Methods for Land Data Assimilation Tuesday, February 28th at 9:00 - 10:30 (UTC +0)Tuesday, February 28th at 23:00 - 0:30 (UTC +0)Wednesday, March 1st at 4:00 - 5:30 (UTC +0)Registration: Closed Organizers†: Prashant Kumar (1), Shunji Kotsuki (2), Andy Fox (3), Tristan Quaife (4), Hannah Liddy (5)(1) Space Applications Centre, ISRO, India; (2) Center for Environmental Remote...

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Town Hall on Machine Learning for Land Data Assimilation

Town Hall on Machine Learning for Land DA Wednesday, February 22 | 10:00-12:00 EST // 16:00-18:00 CETRegistration: Open until Wednesday, February 15, 2023 Organizers†: Istem Fer (1), Jana Kolassa (2), Natasha MacBean (3), Hannah Liddy (4)(1) Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland; (2) NASA GSFC, USA; (3) Western University, Canada; (4) Columbia University/NASA GISS, USA† Organized by the...

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GLP/AIMES Webinar: Creating the Behavioural Models of Land Systems Working Group

GLP/AIMES Webinar: Creating the Behavioural Models of Land Systems Working Group Date: 16 February 2023 at 14:00 GMTOrganisers: James Millington (working group coordinator), Calum Brown, Tatiana Filatova, Birgit Müller, Derek Robinson, Mark Rounsevell, Maja Schlüter The BeModeLS working group coordinator and steering committee have developed a set of aims and objectives, as shown on our webpage....

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Discussion Series: Cloud feedbacks and atmospheric dynamics

Discussion Series: Cloud feedbacks and atmospheric dynamics Location: VirtualDates: 23 November 2022, 10:30 - 12:00 CETRegister: https://cloud-feedbacks-and-atmospheric-dynamics.confetti.events/ Join AIMES, Earth Commission, Future Earth and the WCRP Safe Landing Climates Lighthouse Activity for the cloud feedbacks and atmospheric dynamics webinar in a series that aims to advance the knowledge...

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Discussion Series: Coral reefs

Discussion Series: Coral reefs Location: VirtualDates: 20 October 2022, 15:30-17:00 CESTRegister: https://tipping-series-coral.confetti.events/ Join AIMES, Earth Commission, Future Earth and WCRP webinar in a series that aims to advance the knowledge about tipping elements, irreversibility, and abrupt changes in the Earth system. The event includes two presentations on potential tipping of coral...

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2022 ‘New Directions in Land Data Assimilation’ – Workshop Presentations

13-15 June 2022 | 10:00-13:00 EDT // 16:00-19:00 CEST Organizers†: Natasha MacBean (1), Jana Kolassa (2), Andy Fox (3), Tristan Quaife (4), Hannah Liddy (5)(1) Indiana University, (2) NASA GMAO, (3) Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, (4) University of Reading, (5) Columbia University/NASA GISS† Organized by the AIMES Land Data Assimilation Working Group Workshop Overview: The goals of...

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SOLAS Open Science Conference 2022: Register Now to Receive the Early Bird Rate

SOLAS Open Science Conference 2022: Register Now to Receive the Early Bird Rate The 8th SOLAS OSC will be held from 25 to 29 September 2022 online and on-site in Cape Town, South Africa. With its first OSC in Africa, SOLAS offers scientists a platform to learn and exchange about cutting edge research in the field, present their own findings, and connect with colleagues from all over the...

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AIMES Session at SRI 2022 | Nature-Based Solutions: Exploring the challenges and potential

AIMES Session at SRI 2022 | Nature-Based Solutions: Exploring the challenges and potential When: Monday 20 June 2022, 7:30AM - 9:00AM EDT (Virtual) Speakers: Pete Smith (University of Aberdeen), Jianwu Tang (University of Chicago), Dimitri Syrris (Baotree), Susan Cook-Patton (The Nature Conservancy)   About: At the heart of the Paris Agreement, each country’s efforts to reduce its...

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Save the Date: iLEAPS OzFlux Joint Conference

Save the Date: iLEAPS - OzFlux Joint Conference The iLEAPS - OzFlux hybrid conference will be held on Tuesday 31 January - Friday 03 February 2023. The topic is Biosphere - Atmosphere Interactions and Global Change from Microbial to Planetary Scales. The original date of the iLEAPS - OzFlux Joint Conference was February 2021. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the conference has moved to 2023. The...

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Past Events

Eastern Regional Dynamic Global Vegetation Modeling Conference
March 24-26, 2023, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
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The Eastern Regional Dynamic Global Vegetation Modeling Conference (ER-DGVM-C) brings together vegetation/land modelers primarily in the U.S. Eastern region for an annual regional conference to share science and foster collaborations. 2023 marks the inaugural meeting. This collegial, weekend conference is geared toward scientists, postdocs, and students who work with dynamic global vegetation models (DGVMs), particularly models that couple with surface hydrology and the atmosphere models. Scientists who conduct research on field sites, with satellite data, or other process-based models that inform model physics and parameters and provide boundary conditions are also encouraged to participate. Participants from outside the U.S. Eastern region are welcome.

Tipping Points and Understanding Earth Observation Data Needs for a Tipping Element Model Intercomparison Project
October 10-14, 2022
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Building on the successful Forum on “Tipping points in the Earth’s Climate” in January of 2021, this Workshop involves Earth Observation experts in the planning of the experimental protocol and in understanding needs and co-design data-use strategies for modelling of tipping elements and their interactions. Discussions during the Workshop are expected to include the broader data requirements of the community working on climate feedbacks and abrupt climate change.

Land Surface Modeling Summit
September 12-14, 2022
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The Land Surface Modeling Summit will take place for four days at the University of Oxford, UK. It is the first international modelling meeting to bring together the international land modelling community to discuss development priorities and challenges and ways in which the community can work together to build the next-generation land models needed to address the pressing scientific and societal questions of the 21st century.

Land Use and Ecosystem Change Summer School
August 16 – 23, 2022
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The AIMES/GLP Working Group on Large-Scale Behavioural Modeling of Land Use Change helped to organize an international summer school at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) ‘Campus Alpin’ in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The summer school will introduce students to a wide range of issues related to land use change, socio-ecological systems, and ecosystem functioning.

Tropical Forest Degradation: Observations, Modeling, and Socio-ecological Implications
11-13 November 2019
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Workshop: Linking Earth System Dynamics and Social System Modeling, Boulder CO
23-25 May 2016
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