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Global Extremes Platform
Overview ⋅ Leadership ⋅ Support Unit⋅ Working Group on Event Attribution
Overview
The Global Extremes Platform (GEP) builds upon and integrates activities on weather and climate extremes across WCRP. It is designed to make a contribution to improving the ways of delivering science, information, and data concerning extremes in a well-synthesized format for the climate research community, policymakers, and other users of climate science. To achieve this, GEP is developing a public-facing database that can offer global extreme indices data products derived from station observations, reanalysis products, and model simulations. GEP is also establishing a Working Group on Event Attribution that aims at developing expert guidance to ensure event attribution information, particularly in an operational context, is clear, robust, and consistent.
GEP centres on three main themes:
- Extreme Indices
- Event Attribution
- Assessment of Weather and Climate Extremes
Leadership
| Name | Affiliation | Country | Function |
| Xuebin Zhang | University of Victoria (UVic) | Canada | GEP co-chair |
| Sonia I. Seneviratne | ETH Zurich | Switzerland | GEP co-chair |
| Botao Zhou | Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST) | China | GEP-SU director |
Oversight for GEP activities will be provided by a Scientific Steering Group (SSG), whose membership will be open for nomination.
Support Unit
With support from the Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST), the WCRP Global Extremes Platform Support Unit (GEP-SU) was officially set up on November 28, 2022 in Nanjing, China. GEP-SU provides assistance to the activities that are agreed between GEP and the Regional Information for Society (RIfS) Scientific Steering Group, and works closely with the RIfS International Project Office, and in cooperation with the WCRP Secretariat, to implement the GEP objectives and facilitate the development of scientific, educational and outreach activities through climate community engagement.
GEP-SU members:
| Name | Affiliation | Country | Function |
| Botao Zhou | Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST) | China | GEP-SU director |
| Ying Han | Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST) | China | GEP-SU coordination officer |
| Qiaohong Sun | Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST) | China | GEP-SU science officer |
Address
GEP-SU Office
Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology
No.219, Ningliu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China (Postcode: 21004)
Working Group on Event Attribution
The Working Group on Event Attribution newly constituted under GEP has a mandate to lead strategic discussions within the community on the direction of event attribution research, review existing literature and practices, and develop technical guidance on the methods and interpretation of event attribution.
Members:
| Mark McCarthy (co-chair) | Met Office, UK |
| Megan Kirchmeier-Young (Co-chair) | Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada |
| Aurélien Ribes | Météo France, France |
| Izidine Pinto | Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), The Netherlands |
| Mark New | University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Pandora Hope | Bureau of Meteorology, Australia |
| Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick | The Australian National University, Australia |
| Ying Sun | China Meteorological Administration (CMA), China |
| Yukiko Imada | University of Tokyo, Japan |
| Luke Harrington (RIfS SSG) | University of Waikato, New Zealand |
For all general inquiries, please contact us at GEP-SU@nuist.edu.cn.