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Bjerknes Climate Prediction Unit Annual meeting 2025

Time: 10:00 – 15:50

Place:

In person: Bjerknes lecture room 4020 (Jahnebakken 5, top floor)

Online: Zoom

Program:

10:00 – 10:10 Welcome and brief introduction, Noel Keenlyside (UiB & BCCR)

Research Area 1: Mechanisms leading to climate predictability

10:10 – 10:40 Research Area 1: Summary and discussion, Nour-Eddine Omrani (UiB & BCCR)

10:40 – 11:10 Speaker 1 (TBD)

Research Area 2: Improving dynamical predictions

11:10 – 11:40 Research Area 2: Summary and discussion, Francois Counillon (NERSC & BCCR) and Yiguo Wang (NERSC & BCCR)

11:40 – 12:10 An update on the development of sea ice initialisation in NorCPM, Nicholas Williams (NERSC & BCCR)

12:10 – 13:10 Lunch Break

Research Area 3: Limits of climate predictability

13:10 – 13:40 Research Area 3: Summary and discussion, Helene Langehaug (NERSC & BCCR) and Ingo Bethke (UiB & BCCR)

13:40 – 14:10 Changes in the North Atlantic Oscillation over the 20th century, Stephen Outten (NERSC & BCCR)

14:10 – 14:40 Predicting Atlantic and Benguela Niño events with deep learning, Marie-Lou Bachelery (CMCC)

Research Area 4: Applications of climate predictions

14:40 – 15:10 Research Area 4: Summary and discussion, Ole Wulff (NORCE & BCCR) and Iselin Medhaug (NORCE & BCCR)

15:10 – 15:40 Bayesian Recalibration of IFS Subseasonal Flow Regime Prediction and Its Application on Predicting Dry Spells, Hsin-Yu Chu (UiB & BCCR)

15:40 – 15:50 Meeting wrap-up, Noel Keenlyside (UiB & BCCR)

This informal discussion space is open to all Bjerknes members and guests.

Please feel free to join us and we welcome contributions from all.

Best regards,

Mariko

On behalf of the Bjerknes Climate Prediction Unit leader group