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Our mission is to observe, understand, and model the hydrological cycle and energy fluxes in the Earth’s atmosphere at and below its surface.

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GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · Nov 22

The Global Energy and Water Exchanges project (GEWEX) of the World Climate Research Program, is a network of scientists gathering information on global water and energy cycles by research, observations, and science activities, which will help to predict changes in the world’s climate. www.gewex.org

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coordinates science activities to facilitate research into the global water cycle and interactions between the land and the atmosphere

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GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · 8d

October’s Global Flood Cross Cutting project online meeting is this Friday, 3 Oct, at 9:00am EDT! Join us for a keynote from Prof. Ben Livneh (U. of Colorado), a Q&A session, updates from the Global Flood CC project, and an open discussion session.

Head to www.gewex.org/floods-cc/ for more info.

GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · 14d

Apply to attend the AI for Climate and Weather Forecast training school! APARC & WCRP are hosting AI4Climate from 24–28 Nov 2025 in Dakar, Senegal. If you’re an early career scientist interested in applying AI to climate and weather forecasting, apply by 15 Oct at sites.google.com/view/ai4clim....

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GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · Sep 4

The ML4LM webinar series is back after an August hiatus! Join us next Tuesday, 9 September at 13:30 UTC for a presentation and discussion with Prof. Nuno Carvalhais (Max Planck Institute) on "On the Use of ML for Modeling Land Surface Dynamics”.

Sign up at gmu.zoom.us/webinar/regi....

GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · Sep 1

We hope you enjoyed a fantastic summer break!

A quick reminder that our next Global Flood CC monthly online meeting is this Friday, 5 Sep. at 9 am (EDT)
Keynote presentation by Prof. Gabriele Villarine

For information and link to join the meeting visit www.gewex.org/floods-cc/

GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · Aug 19

Did you catch the latest issue of the GEWEX Quarterly? It's up on our website at www.gewex.org/gewex-conten..., and this edition talks about Arctic mixed-phase clouds in models, the ORCESTRA field campaign, the InPRHA initiative to improve multi-hazard flood forecasting systems, and more!

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GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · Aug 1

Have you missed today's monthly Flood CC meeting with Keynote speaker Prof. Tim Peterson from Monash University?

Not to worry, here is the link to the recording.

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Have a great weekend...

GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · Jul 23

Cheers to 25 fantastic years of the Global Land-Atmosphere System Study panel! Huge thanks to all members, past & present—you made it happen. Big shoutout to the University of Reading for their warm hospitality. Here’s to many more years of exciting research, great talks, and awesome teamwork ahead!

GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · Jul 17

Considering submitting an abstract for AGU25?

The latest GEWEX E-News features a special edition focused on the AGU25 and includes a non-exhaustive list of AGU25 sessions convened by GEWEX community members and sessions relevant to the GEWEX community.

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GEWEX E-News Special - AGU25 Sessions

Special Edition: AGU Sessions This special edition of the GEWEX e-news features a special on the 2025 American Geophysical Union (AGU25) Meeting.This…

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GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · Jul 15

2025 GHP Meeting just wrapped up. 3 days of great presentations & discussions, fresh ideas, and plans to maintain the momentum of this vibrant Panel, all whilst having a great connecting with each other.
We sincerely thank our host Concordia University for their wonderful hospitality.

GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · Jul 2

UPDATE: For the next ML4LM webinar, our speaker will be Dr. Nina Raoult (ECMWF), presenting "Bridging Physics and Data: Parameter Estimation and Emulation of Land Surface Models with Machine Learning"!

Join us on July 9 at 15:30 UTC: register at gmu.zoom.us/webinar/regi.... Hope to see you there!

GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · Jun 26

Join us for the next installment of the Machine Learning for Land Models (ML4LM) webinar series! On July 9th at 15:30 UTC, Prof. Andrew Bennett (University of Arizona) will speak on “Hybrid Modeling for Land”, followed by a 15 minute Q&A session. To join, register at gmu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...!

GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · Jun 13

The newest Crosscutting initiative within the GEWEX Hydroclimatology Panel is the River Experiment, or RivEx, led by a team determined to standardize the comparison of river models. Read up on RivEx in the latest issue of the GEWEX Quarterly, starting on page 5, at www.gewex.org/gewex-conten....

GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · Jun 3

The next ML4LM webinar is coming up! Join us on Monday, 9th June at 14:30 UTC for a presentation on "DifferLand: The First Differentiable Land Model" from Prof. Pierre Gentine (LEAP-STC, Columbia University). A Q&A session will follow Prof. Gentine's talk. Register at gmu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...!

GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · Jun 2

Upcoming Global Flood Cross Cutting project online meeting is Friday, June 6th, at 9 am EDT
Keynote speaker presentations from Prof. Ioana Popescu, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, NL & Prof. Wu Huan, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Additional information available at www.gewex.org/floods-cc/

Flood Crosscutting Initiative | GEWEX

About The Flood Crosscutting (CC) Initiative is a global project initiated under the auspices of GEWEX/WCRP which allows the GEWEX Hydroclimatology Panel (GHP) to propagate flood modeling and research...

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GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · May 29

Attention, Surface Water and Open Topography (SWOT) data users! The next SWOT Science Team Meeting from October 14-17, 2025 in Arcacho, France, welcomes contributions from researchers beyond SWOT science team members. For for more information, visit swot2025.org.

SWOT ST 2025 - Welcome

The SWOT mission brings together two communities focused on a better understanding of the world's oceans and its terrestrial surface waters. U.S. and French oceanographers and hydrologists and interna...

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GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · May 23

Don't miss the Baltic Earth Scientific Colloquium online!

Join Dr. Sonja Ehlers on Monday, June 2nd, 2025, at 15:00-16:30 (CEST), as she unveils critical insights into plastic pollution's impact on aquatic ecosystems.

Register to receive the Zoom link: baltic.earth/events/detai...

Baltic Earth Scientific Colloquium Series - baltic.earth

This is the scientific colloquium series organized by Baltic Earth. The colloquia take place online in the Zoom format, and have a fixed time slot in the working week: First Monday in the month, every...

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GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · May 19

Read how the LS4P team, in near real time, showed that the disastrous 2024 flooding in Southern China and Bangladesh was primarily driven by very warm spring 2024 temperatures in the Tibetan Plateau. Start on page 8 of the latest edition of the GEWEX Quarterly at www.gewex.org/gewex-conten...!

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GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · May 13

You've got a couple days left to apply for the Robust Information Working Group of WCRP's Regional Information for Society project! If you're interested in what constitutes robust climate change information and what applying that information can look like, visit www.wcrp-rifs.org/get-involved....

Open Call: Robust Information Working Group - WCRP RIfS

Open Call: Robust Information Working Group and associated Task Teams Background The Regional Information for Society (RIfS) Core Project of WCRP is calling for members of the newly established Robust...

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GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · May 9

Join us next week for the fifth ML4LM webinar on "Physically-Based Land Modeling & ML–What Are the Complementarities?", presented by Prof. Christoph Rüdiger (ECMWF) on 14th May at 13:30 UTC. Register at gmu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...!

GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · Apr 29

The latest GEWEX E-News is out! There's plenty happening in the next few days, including the Global Groundwater Network (GGN)'s Splinter Meeting at EGU on Wednesday, April 30th at 8:30 (meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...). Read more at gewexorg.optin.com/newsletter/a...!

GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · Apr 24

There's still time to apply to the 11th Baltic Earth Summer School on Climate of the Baltic Sea Region! It will introduce students to fundamental processes of the atmosphere, ocean, sea-ice, and land surface. Baltic Sea region students can apply by May 1st: www.io-warnemuende.de/bess-2025.html

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GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · Apr 17

Mark your calendars for the next Machine Learning for Land Surface Models (ML4LM) webinar on May 14th at 13:30 UTC! Prof. Christoph Rüdiger (ECMWF) will address the question of "Physically-Based Land Modeling & ML–What Are the Complementarities?". Register at gmu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...!

GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · Apr 15

🎉 Announcing our new GEWEX Ambassadors: Irina Sandu and Germán Poveda! 🎉 We thank them for their commitment to GEWEX, and are honored to have them represent and promote the community. You can visit the profiles of Irina, Germán, and other GEWEX Ambassadors at www.gewex.org/about/organi....

GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · Apr 10

The latest GEWEX Quarterly is now available.

Discover groundbreaking research on Tibetan Plateau warming, Opportunities for water cycle research with gravimetry satellite missions, more on the RivEx initiative, GEWEX membership updates and other news!

www.gewex.org/resources/ge...

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GEWEX @gewex.bsky.social · Apr 2

Applications are open for the Hackathon on Machine Learning for the Earth System, August 27-29 in Bonn! This is a hands-on event for Ph.D. students and early-career researchers passionate about applying ML to weather and climate research. All skill levels welcome. Apply at cesoc.net/machine-lear....