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

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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

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Panos Athanasiadis

Affiliation: 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

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Ingo Bethke

Affiliation: 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

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Chellappan Gnanaseelan

Affiliation: 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

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Yukiko Imada

Affiliation: MRI/JMA, Japan

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Takahito Kataoka

Affiliation: JAMSTEC, Japan

Background: PhD in Physical Oceanography, The University of Tokyo

Research interests: Climate variability and predictability

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Jerry Meehl

Affiliation: NCAR, USA

Background: PhD, Climate Dynamics, University of Colorado

Research interests: Seasonal to decadal prediction, climate variability and change


Pablo Ortega

Affiliation: 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

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Iuliia Polkova

Affiliation: 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

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Doug Smith

Affiliation: Met Office, UK

Background: PhD in Computational Fluid Dynamics, Imperial College London

Research interests: Seasonal to decadal predictions, response to external forcings

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Didier Swingedouw

Affiliation: 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

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Liping Zhang

Affiliation: NOAA/GFDL, USA

Background: PhD in Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China

Research interests: Decadal climate variability and predictability

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Ex-Officio Members

Tatiana Ilyina (University of Hamburg) - Representative of WGCM

Bill Merryfield (ECCC) - Representative of WGSIP