I keep having to resort to web pages all over the place as well as email to find the AR5 timetable, which has changed a few times. So I’m going to put it here, and update it as necessary (via trackbacks and/or direct editing).

Updated 18/05/2010: following Karl Taylor’s comment below.

The general AR5 timetable

Completion dates (source: Renate Christ, Nov 2009, pdf).

  • Working Group I: Mid September 2013
  • Working Group II: Mid March 2014
  • Working Group III: Early April 2014
  • Synthesis Report: September 2014

The WG1 schedule

(source: the IPCC WG1 website, annotated with extra information about status of papers via a document dated Dec 2009 received via email):

  • 2010
    • Nov: First Lead Authors Meeting (LA1), 8-11 November 2010, Kunming, China
      • preprints, papers submitted, accepted, in press, and published are all eligible for consideration
  • 2011
    • Jul: Second Lead Authors Meeting (LA2), 18-22 July 2011
      • preprints, papers submitted, accepted, in press, and published are all eligible for consideration
    • Dec: Expert Review of the First Order Draft (FOD), 16 December - 10 February 2012
  • 2012
    • Feb: Expert Review of the First Order Draft (FOD), 16 December - 10 February 2012
    • Apr: Third Lead Authors Meeting (LA3), 16-20 April 2012
    • Jul: Papers must be submitted by 31 July 2012 to be eligible for assessment.
    • Oct-Nov : Expert and Government Review of the Second Order Draft (SOD), 5 October - 30 November 2012
  • 2013
    • Jan: Fourth Lead Authors Meeting (LA4), 14-19 January 2013
    • Mar: Papers cited by WG1 must be published or accepted by 15 March 2013 (with proof, for example, by a letter of confirmation from the editor).
    • Jun-Aug : Final Government Distribution of the WGI AR5 SPM, 7 June ? 2 August 2013
    • Sep: Preparatory Meeting of WGI AR5 SPM/TS Writing Team & CLAs, 13-14 September 2013
    • Sep: WGI AR5 SPM Approval Plenary (WGI-12), 16-19 September 2013

comments (1)

Karl Taylor (on Monday 17 May, 2010)

Hi Bryan,

As far as I know, this is consistent with recent further discussions except:

There are question marks that should be replaced with dashes (and in the first instance it should be December 2011 - February 2012.

I would promote the sub-bullet under Apr 2012 to a bullet, and use the following new, clearer wording (agreed to by Jerry Meehl and Thomas Stocker): “Jul 2012: Papers must be submitted by 31 July 2012 to be eligible for assessment.”

I would promote the sub-bullet under Jan 2013 to a bullet and use the following new, simpler wording: “Mar 2013: Papers cited by WG1 must be published or accepted by 15 March 2013 (with proof, for example, by a letter of confirmation from the editor).”

Karl