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The call for poster contributions is open to September 15.

Please send your abstract to dijkstra@phys.uu.nl

Scope and participation

The objective of this workshop is to synthesize knowledge on the physics of three main phenomena of multidecadal-to-centennial climate variability: the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation and Pan-oceanic connections. Our main questions are:

• What are the different physical mechanisms suggested for the variability observed?
  
• How can we design (GCM) model experiments to falsify these mechanisms?
  
• What factors affect predictability of these phenomena of climate variability?
  

Invited presentations will provide overviews of observational, modeling as well as theoretical aspects of this variability. This provides an evaluation of what theories have been suggested based on idealized models, GCMs and observations. Additional presentations by postdocs and Ph.D. students will address recent developments. Next, there will be an extensive discussion what future modeling work, data analyses and theoretical studies are needed to falsify these theories. At the end of each day, a synthesis will be given on the state of knowledge of each particular topic. The output of this workshop will consist of a synthesis report of each of the three topics discussed during the meeting.

There are funds available for postdoctoral associates and Ph.D. stundents to attend the workshop.

Invited Speakers (confirmed)

P. Cessi., T. Huck, T. Delworth, L. te Raa, S. Kravstov, N. Schneider,
M. Mann, H. Johnson, A. Clement, D. Enfield, R. Sutton, B. Qiu, S.-P. Xie, N. Mantua

Organizers

• Henk Dijkstra, Department of Physics and Astronomy
• Utrecht University, The Netherlands
• Phone: +31-30-2533276
• E-mail: dijkstra@phys.uu.nl

• Francois Primeau, Department of Earth System Science
• University of California Irvine, Los Angeles, USA
• Phone: (949) 824-9435
• E-mail: fprimeau@uci.edu

• Fei-Fei Jin, Department of Meteorology
• The Florida State University
• Phone: (850) 644-85783
• E-mail: jff@met.fsu.edu

• Axel Timmermann, Department of Oceanography
• University of Hawai`i at Manoa
• Phone: (808) 956-2720
• E-mail: axel@hawaii.edu