InterDec

Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany – is leading the project. The institute’s main actions focus the role of Ural Blocking, Arctic sea ice loss and stratospheric processes in driving Northern Hemisphere extreme conditions in observations, coordinated sea-ice sensitivity experiments and very large ensemble of historical and climate change climate model simulations. The institute also focuses implications of polar-lower latitude linkages for climate predictions. University of Tokyo, Japan, is a partner in the project. It studies the impact of enhanced resolution on the realism of lower-latitude-Arctic linkages and extratropical air-sea interaction, in addition to dissemination of achieved predictive capacities information to relevant stakeholders. Also from Japan is the Niigata University. The university focus Stratospheric processes for Arctic-Mid-latitude-Tropics linkages in coordinated sea-ice sensitivity experiment results and their comparison with observations. The Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, mainly studies the impacts of Arctic warming and recent strong sea-ice reduction on Northern Hemisphere continental climate variability and extreme events. From Germany, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung GEOMAR, is involved. Their actions focus on Identifying elements of the observed climate variability that can be
explained by wind forcing in observations and pacemaker experiments; Interbasin linkages and Dissemination of achieved predictive capacities information to relevant stakeholders,
end-users and decision makers. The Norwegian Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, studies Arctic warming impact on Northern Hemisphere continental climate variability and extreme events in coordinated atmospheric sensitivity experiments. The University of Bergen, also from Norway, looks into the role of tropical and extratropical oceanic forcing for Artic and midlatitude variability during the 20th century in observations and wind-driven pacemaker experiments. University of Reading, UK, studies Tropical Arctic linkages involving sub-seasonal processes and implications for predictability in the North Atlantic European region. Main actions of the Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut, from Sweden, focus on the role of North Atlantic Ocean circulation in linking polar and lower latitudes and interbasin linkages in observations and climate models. The European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts, from the UK, studies Tropical Arctic linkages involving sub-seasonal processes and implications for predictability in the North Atlantic European region.

We are interested in the processes that establish Earth’s climate and that cause it to change.