Bjerknes Climate Prediction Unit

The Atlantic and Arctic oceans have emerged as key sources of climate predictability on multi-annual timescales. This has triggered exciting developments in operational climate prediction and enhanced opportunities in climate services for Europe and the surrounding regions. This workshop aims to bring together leading researchers and practitioners to discuss recent advances and challenges in this field, covering predictions of the physical climate, biogeochemistry, and ecosystems, and their applications, such as transformation of these predictions into usable climate services. We focus on addressing how to bridge the gaps between subseasonal-to-decadal prediction and long-term climate change projections, between global and regional scales, and between providers and users of climate information. Arranged around three themes with a general focus on the Atlantic-Arctic region:

1.Progress in understanding the mechanisms for predictability;

2.Development of climate prediction systems;

3.Emerging opportunities in climate prediction services;

the workshop seeks contributions fostering the exchange and cross-fertilization of ideas all the way from the development of climate predictions to the provision of tailored climate information and new knowledge to be used in decision-making.