World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)

• WMO - World Meteorological Organization
• ICSU - International Council for Science
• IOC - Intergovernmental Oceangraphic Commission of UNESCO

WCRP PROJECTS:

• CliC - Climate and Cryosphere Project
• CLIVAR - Climate Variability and Predictability
• GEWEX - Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
• SPARC - Stratospheric Processes And their Role in Climate Study
• SOLAS - Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study -- co-sponsored by WCRP,   the Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (CACGP), the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR)

EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE PARTNERSHIP:

• ESSP - (joint initiative of WCRP, the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme (IGBP), the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP), and DIVERSITAS)

ESSP Projects:

• GWSP - Global Water System Project
• GCP - Global Carbon Project
• GECAFS - Global Environmental Change and Food Systems
• GECHH - Global Environmental Change and Human Health
  

WCRP ACTIVITIES AND COMMITTEES:

• Joint Scientific Committee
• WCRP Modelling Activities
• WCRP Observations and Analysis

CO-SPONSORED BY WCRP:

• START - System for Analysis, Research and Training

OTHER WCRP RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS:

• CEOS - Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
• GEOSS - Global Earth Observation System of Systems
• GTOS - Global Terrestrial Observing System
• IGOS - Integrated Global Observing System
• IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change