At the start of 2024, the CLIVAR Scientific Steering Group (SSG) bid farewell to member Dr Wenju Cai, and welcome a new member Dr Shoshiro Minobe.

Dr Wenju Cai served as a member of the SSG in 2018 and 2023, and as Co-Chair from 2019 to 2022.  Prior to joining the SSG, Dr Cai served as member and Co-Chair of the CLIVAR Pacific Region Panel.  

Dr Shoshiro Minobe is a professor at the Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University in Japan.  He brings to the SSG an expertise that spans interannual to decadal variability of the ocean and atmosphere from regional to global scales, and changes over longer timescales, as well as theoretical and numerical studies for physical oceanography.  He previously served as member and Co-Chair of the CLIVAR Climate Dynamics Panel.