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. We particularly encourage submissions to the following themed sessions:
African Climate Variability and Change;
Assessing Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Interactions focusing on Carbon Uptake and Variability;
Atmospheric Rivers: Processes, Impacts, and Uncertainty Quantification;
Causes and Consequences of Polar Amplification;
Clouds, Radiation, and Climate Sensitivity;
El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Dynamics, Predictions, and Impacts;
Heat Waves: Mechanisms, Predictability and Prediction;
Influence of Decadal Trends on Sub-Seasonal to Seasonal Climate Predictions;
Inter-basin Interactions Between the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Indian Ocean, and the Southern Ocean, and Their Impacts on the Global Climate Variability;
Ken Mooney’s Legacy;
Land Use and Land Cover Change—Interactions with Weather and Climate;
Monsoon Dynamics: Variability, Change and Impacts;
Security and Resilience Applications with Global Earth System Models;
Tropical Pacific decadal variability and trends;
Water cycle in a warmer world through process understanding and climate and hydrological modeling
Joint Sessions
Accelerating Climate Action through Equitable and Just Education, Civic Engagement, and Workforce Development (Joint between the 31st Conference on Education, the 35th Conference on Climate Variability and Change, and the Third Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion);
Aerosol-climate interactions from regional to global scale (Joint between the 14th Symposium on Aerosol - Cloud - Climate Interactions and the 35th Conference on Climate Variability and Change);
Building Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Climate Science (co-sponsored by Board of Representation, Accessibility, Inclusion, and Diversity (BRAID)) (Joint between the 35th Conference on Climate Variability and Change and the Third Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion);
Causes and impacts of climate change on coastal communities (Joint between the 20th Symposium on the Coastal Environment and the 35th Conference on Climate Variability and Change);
Extratropical Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation: Dynamics, Variability and Impacts on Extreme Weather (Joint between the 35th Conference on Climate Variability and Change and the 31st Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/27th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP));
Extreme climate anomalies during 2020 and 2021: Attributions, Impacts, Predictions, and Decision Support Services (co-sponsored by the International Affairs Committee) (Joint between the 35th Conference on Climate Variability and Change and the Seventh Symposium on US-International Partnerships);
Land-Atmosphere and Land-Ocean Interactions (Joint between the 36th Conference on Hydrology and the 35th Conference on Climate Variability and Change);
Regional to Global Impacts of Large-Scale Cloud Seeding and Cloud Brightening (Joint between the 23rd Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification and the 35th Conference on Climate Variability and Change);
Statistics and Machine Learning for Climate Science (Joint between the 27th Conference on Probability and Statistics, the 35th Conference on Climate Variability and Change, and the 21st Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science);
Stratospheric Aerosol Climate Intervention and Natural Analogues (Joint between the 23rd Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification, the 35th Conference on Climate Variability and Change, and the 21st Conference on Middle Atmosphere);
The Role of Hindcasts in Prediction and Studies of Predictability (Joint between the 31st Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/27th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) and the 35th Conference on Climate Variability and Change);
The role of stratosphere-troposphere coupling in sub-seasonal to seasonal prediction (Joint between the 21st Conference on Middle Atmosphere and the 35th Conference on Climate Variability and Change);
The role of the stratosphere in climate variability and change (Joint between the 21st Conference on Middle Atmosphere and the 35th Conference on Climate Variability and Change)
Student Award Opportunities
The Climate Variability and Change Committee welcomes abstract submissions from students. Awards will recognize three outstanding oral and three outstanding poster presentations given by students. To be eligible for the awards, you must be a full-time undergraduate or graduate student enrolled at a university, and you also must be the lead author and presenter of the work. Registrants should indicate their eligibility for student awards when submitting their abstracts.