Stephen Yeager (co-Chair)Affiliation: NCAR, USA Background: PhD in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA Research interests: Seasonal to decadal Earth system variability and predictability; prediction system development |
Jon Robson (co-Chair)Affiliation: NCAS, University of Reading, UK Background: PhD in Meteorology and Climate, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading Research interests: Mechanisms of regional climate variability, predictability, and prediction, especially on multiannual to decadal timescales |
Panos AthanasiadisAffiliation: CMCC, Italy Background: PhD in Meteorology and Climate, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK Research interests: Ocean-atmosphere interations and multi-annual to multi-decadal predictability with a focus on the Euro-Atlantic domain |
Ingo BethkeAffiliation: BCCR, University of Bergen, Norway Background: PhD in Oceanography and Climate, Nansen Center and Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Norway Research interests: High-latitude climate predictability, volcanic climate impact and prediction system development |
Chellappan GnanaseelanAffiliation: Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune Background: PhD in Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Research interests: Climate variability, Decadal climate prediction, Ocean Dynamics, Data Assimilation |
Yukiko ImadaAffiliation: MRI/JMA, Japan Background: Research interests: |
Takahito KataokaAffiliation: JAMSTEC, Japan Background: PhD in Physical Oceanography, The University of Tokyo Research interests: Climate variability and predictability |
Jerry MeehlAffiliation: NCAR, USA Background: PhD, Climate Dynamics, University of Colorado Research interests: Seasonal to decadal prediction, climate variability and change |
William MerryfieldAffiliation: ECCC/CCCma, Canada Background: PhD in Astrophysical, Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Colorado (Boulder) Research interests: Seasonal to decadal predictability and prediction and associated services |
Pablo OrtegaAffiliation: Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain Background: PhD in Physics Research interests: Multidecadal variability and predictability in the Ocean, the role of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation |
Iuliia PolkovaAffiliation: Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany Background: PhD in Natural Sciences, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hamburg Research interests: Initialization and data assimilation for climate predictions, mechanisms for predictability, climate services |
Doug SmithAffiliation: Met Office, UK Background: PhD in Computational Fluid Dynamics, Imperial College London Research interests: Seasonal to decadal predictions, response to external forcings |
Didier SwingedouwAffiliation: CNRS - Uni Bordeaux, France Background: PhD in climate science, LSCE, University of Paris-Saclay Research interests: Climate variability in the North Atlantic at decadal to multi-centennial time scale, response of the North Atlantic to global warming, tipping points, decadal predictability and paleoclimate |
Liping ZhangAffiliation: NOAA/GFDL, USA Background: PhD in Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China Research interests: Decadal climate variability and predictability |
Ex-Officio Members
Tatiana Ilyina (University of Hamburg) - Representative of WGCM