- https://www.wcrp-esmo.org/calendar/esmo-scientific-steering-group-meeting-and-wgorc-kick-off
- ESMO Scientific Steering Group Meeting and WGORC Kick Off
- 2025-12-08T00:00:00+01:00
- 2025-12-12T23:59:59+01:00
- The ESMO SSG and the new Working Group on Observations for Researching Climate will convene in Reading, UK, for a week-long meeting focusing on new ESMO activities linking modelling and observations and establish paths forward for the new working group.
ESMO’s Scientific Steering Group (SSG) and the new Working Group on Observations for Researching Climate (WGORC) will meet in Reading, UK, on 8–12 December 2026 for a week-long program that links modelling and observations and sets paths forward for WGORC. The agenda features plenary sessions spanning the model–observation–AI interface, reanalyses, climate services and extremes, evaluation and comparison (including obs4MIPs), high-resolution modelling and associated observations, data stewardship and infrastructure, advances in observations (from new missions to non-standard platforms), and key climate metrics and forcings, alongside SSG/WGORC breakouts and joint sessions to shape concrete next steps. The meeting will convene experts from across ESMO partners to coordinate priorities, surface data and infrastructure needs, and catalyze collaborative activities for the coming year.