Decadal climate variability, predictability and prediction: Opportunities and challenges

(1) National Center for Atmospheric Research, P. O. Box, 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, USA, jhurrell@ucar.edu (2) Leibniz-Institut fuer Meereswissenschaften, IFM-GEOMAR, Duesternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany, mlatif@ifm-geomar.de (3) Leibniz-Institut fuer Meereswissenschaften, IFM-GEOMAR, Duesternbrooker Weg 20, D-24105 Kiel, Germany, mvisbeck@ifm-geomar.de (4) GFDL / NOAA, P. O. Box 308, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08542, USA, tom.delworth@noaa.gov (5) National Center for Atmospheric Research, P. O. Box, 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, USA, gokhan@ucar.edu (6) Leibniz-Institut fuer Meereswissenschaften, IFM-GEOMAR, Dusternbrooker Weg 20, D-24105 Kiel, Germany, ddommenget@ifm-geomar.de (7) University of Bergen, Allegaten 70, 5007 Bergen, Norway, helge.drange@gfi.uib.no (8) Institute of Marine Research and Bjerknes Center for Climate Research, P.O. Box 1870 Nordnes, N-5817 Bergen, Norway, ken.drinkwater@imr.no (9) GFDL, Princeton Forrestal Campus Rte. 1, 201 Forrestal Road, Princeton, NJ 08542, USA, Stephen.Griffies@noaa.gov (10) KNMI, P. O. Box 201, 3730 AE DeBilt, The Netherlands, Wilco.Hazeleger@knmi.nl (11) University of Tasmania, Private Bag 76, Hobart TAS, 7001, Australia, Neil.Holbrook@utas.edu.au (12) Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, FL 33149, bkirtman@rsmas.miami.edu (13) Leibniz-Institut fuer Meereswissenschaften, IFM-GEOMAR, Dusternbrooker Weg 20, D-24105 Kiel, Germany, nkeenlyside@ifm-geomar.de (14) Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstrasse 53, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany, jochem.marotzke@zmaw.de (15) Met Office Hadley Centre, UK, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK, james.murphy@metoffice.com (16) National Center for Atmospheric Research, P. O. Box, 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, USA, meehl@ucar.edu (17) ECMWF, Shinfield Park, Reading, RG2 9AX UK, Tim.Palmer@ecmwf.int (18) Met Office Hadley Centre, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK, holger.pohlmann@metoffice.gov.uk (19) GFDL / NOAA, P. O. Box 308, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08542, USA, Tony.Rosati@noaa.gov (20) Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Rt. 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, USA, seager@ldeo.columbia.edu (21) Met Office Hadley Centre, UK, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK, doug.smith@metoffice.gov.uk (22) National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, P.O. Box 243, Earley Gate, Reading, RG6 6BB, UK, r.sutton@reading.ac.uk (23) IPRC, SOEST, University of Hawaii, 2525 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA, axel@hawaii.edu (24) National Center for Atmospheric Research, P. O. Box, 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, USA, trenbert@ucar.edu (25) National Center for Atmospheric Research, P. O. Box, 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, USA, tribbia@ucar.edu

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