Workshop

Decadal Climate Prediction: Improving Our Understanding of Processes and Mechanisms to Make Better Predictions

calendar
Jun 7th, 2015 - Jun 12th, 2015
location
Aspen

This meeting brought together 32 national and international scientists who are members of the Decadal Climate Prediction Project. The aim of this project is to further the understanding of climate prediction on shorter time scales. As opposed to traditional climate prediction that focuses on century-long time scales, this project will attempt to address climate change on annual to decadal time scales.

While this new field of decadal climate prediction has seen rapid advances, there is still a lack of understanding regarding processes and mechanisms that control predictions on decadal timescales. A range of experiments and studies have been proposed by the meeting participants to help coordinate further developments. There are high expectations for this new field of decadal climate prediction from the stakeholder and policy-maker communities. Improving our understanding is essential for producing useful, near-term climate information that will inform decisions for the next decade.

Funding Partners
Decadal Climate Prediction: Improving Our Understanding of Processes and Mechanisms to Make Better Predictions group photo

Seasonal to Decadal Climate Prediction

Presented By Doug Smith
Date June 9, 2015

Agenda

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Day 1June 8, 2015

2:30 pm On the Regional Distribution of Arctic Sea-Ice Anomalies Leading Extreme NAO Events

3:00 pm Predicted Growth of Atlantic Sea-Ice in the Coming Decade

Organizers

George Boer

Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis
Senior Scientist
starEvent Co-Organizer

Gerald Meehl

National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Senior Scientist
starEvent Co-Organizer

Doug Smith

Met Office Hadley Centre
Climate Prediction Scientist
starEvent Co-Organizer

Attendees

Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI)
Executive Director
Centro euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC)
Scientist
Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique (CERFACS)
University of Hawaii
University of Exeter
Professor
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Scientist
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Senior Scientist
Institut Català de Ciències del Clima (IC3)
University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)
Professor
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis
Research Scientist
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL)
Met Office
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
University of Bergen
Professor
University of Tokyo
National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)
Chief, Development Branch, Climate Prediction Center
Columbia University
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL)
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
Rutgers University
University of Reading
Princeton University
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Project Scientist
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
Columbia University
Adjunct Professor
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
Climate Researcher
University of California, San Diego
Professor
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
The State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG)

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