Martin Visbeck appointed as new CLIVAR co-chair
At it's meeting in Arcachon, France, in April 2008, the Joint Scientific Committee (JSC) for WCRP agreed to appoint Martin Visbeck as a co-chair of CLIVAR, joining Jim Hurrell and Tim Palmer in the role. Martin, who is currently Professor, Research Division Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics, Leibniz-Institute for Marine Science at the University of Kiel, Germany, will strengthen the oceanographic expertise on the SSG Executive. He is a previous chair of CLIVAR's Atlantic Implementation Panel. A short biography can be found here
Broadening CLIVAR SSG menbership
At it's meeting in Arcachon, the JSC also agreed that one co-chair/chair of each CLIVAR panel and working group take ex officio membership with other co-chairs as alternates.
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New face at the ICPO
Dr Kate Stansfield, an experienced oceanographer, has recently joined the ICPO where she has taken up responsibility for the CLIVAR Southern Ocean Panel and helping with aspects of the work of GSOP. Kate also has experience of working in Africa and is also responsible for CLIVAR's Varaibility of the African Climate System Panel. Welcome Kate!
 
 
 
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