39th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Abstract Information

Abstracts are closed! The deadline was 27 August 2025 at 5:00 PM ET

Abstract Fee and Author Instructions
All presenters must also register for the meeting.

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The 39th Conference on Climate Variability and Change is sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and organized by the AMS Committee on Climate Variability and Change.

The science of climate variability and change encompasses a broad range of space and time scales and brings together a variety of interrelated disciplines. We welcome submissions on all scientific aspects of climate variability and change, including observational, theoretical, and modeling-based approaches. 

Call for Papers

Papers for the 39th Conference on Climate Variability and Change are solicited on the following:

  • African Climate Change and Variability
  • Atmospheric Rivers: Processes, Impacts, and Communicating Uncertainty
  • Drought: Mechanisms and Impacts in the Past, Present, and Future
  • Earth system predictability across timescales for informed decisions and societal resilience at the community level
  • El Niño Southern Oscillation: Dynamics, Prediction and Projection
  • End-to-End Climate Attribution
  • Feeding the future: Is there a role for meteorology and climate science?
  • Frontiers in Earth System Modeling
  • Global water cycle and upper ocean salinity process in a changing environment: observations, theories, and modeling studies
  • Heat Waves: Mechanisms, Predictability, Prediction, and Impacts
  • Land Use and Land Cover Change
  • Large-Scale Atmospheric Dynamics and Climate: Jet Streams, Storm Tracks, Stationary Waves, and Monsoons
  • Multiyear to Decadal Climate Variability: Mechanisms, Predictability and Prediction
  • Other Topics on Climate Variability and Change
  • Responsible Integration of AI in Climate Modeling, Projections and Services
  • Weather Regimes: Predictability, Prediction, and Applications

Joint Sessions

  • Aerosol-Earth system interactions from regional to global scale (Joint with the 18th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions)
  • Building for Tomorrow:  Climate Mitigation and Adaptation in Real Estate (Joint with the Houston Forum on Climate Linked Economics)
  • Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Climate Science:  From Large-Scale Climate Patterns to Synoptic Scale Weather Events (Joint with the 25th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science)
  • The role of the Stratosphere-Troposphere Coupling in Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Prediction (Joint with the 23rd Conference on Middle Atmosphere)
  • Probability and Statistics in Climate Science (Joint with the 29th Conference on Probability and Statistics)
  • Toward Effective Climate Risk Stress Testing in Banking (Joint with the Houston Forum on Climate Linked Economics)

Student Award Opportunities

Student Presenter Travel Allowances

The 39th Conference on Climate Variability and Change is awarding two (2) travel allowances of up to $1,000 each to allow student presenters to attend the AMS 106th Annual Meeting in Houston, TX 25 - 29 January 2026. The award should be used to offset travel related expenses only (registration fees, transportation, lodging and food). To apply, students (Undergraduate and Post-Graduate) should prepare a short written statement (no more than one page) declaring their financial need and circumstance, relevance of their research to the conference, how they will benefit from attending the conference and a copy of their abstract for the meeting. Students who wish to apply must submit their application to the program chairs via email with the subject line “AMS 106th Annual Meeting - Student Presenter Travel Allowance Application”: Ademe Mekonen (adememekonnen@gmail.com) and Emily Becker (Emily.becker@miami.edu).

 

Deadline for applications: 31 October 2025

Recipients will be notified on or before: 7 November 2025

Conference Contacts

For additional information, please contact the program chairs: Ademe Mekonen (adememekonnen@gmail.com) and Emily Becker (Emily.becker@miami.edu).