2017 WCRP CliC Annual Report

The Climate and Cryosphere Project (CliC) is one of five core projects of the WMO/ISCU/IOC World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) (http://www.wcrp-climate.org) together with CLIVAR, GEWEX, SPARC, and CORDEX. The core projects work closely with the WCRP Joint Planning Staff (JPS) and other working groups of WCRP. The projects organize their work through various focused initiatives, experiments, scientific advisory committees, and panels. This report summarizes the science performed by the CliC research groups during 2017.