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AS1.34

Dynamics and impacts of extratropical climate variability from interannual to multidecadal time scales (co-organized)
Convener: Cheng Sun  | Co-Conveners: Jianping Li , Fred Kucharski , In-Sik Kang , Ruiqiang Ding , Juan Feng , Fei Xie , Yun Yang , Hyacinth Nnamchi , Feng Shi 

From interannual to multidecadal time scales, there is strong climate variability over the extratropical regions of the globe. Several modes of both extratropical atmospheric circulation (NAM/AO, NPO, PNA, NAO, SAM/AAO, etc.) and sea surface temperature (AMO, PDO, North Pacific Gyre Oscillation (NPGO), North Atlantic tripole (NAT), etc.) have been proposed to explain the extratropical climate variability. These modes have profound impacts on the global and regional climates (i.e., temperature, precipitation, frequency of high-impact weather/climate events such as hurricane/typhoon, drought/flood and cold/heat waves, etc.). The associated dynamics and physical processes, such as the ocean-atmosphere interaction, coupled oceanic-atmospheric bridge, atmospheric internal dynamics and oceanic dynamics, are important for understanding the extratropical climate variability and thus have implications for the interannual to decadal predictability. However, the relevant dynamics and processes are not very well represented in current climate system models. Often this is due to a lack of observations of the processes being modelled. Contributions are welcome from, but not limited to, research on observational, theoretical and modeling studies on the following topics:
 Physical processes and dynamics in the atmosphere/ocean and atmosphere-ocean coupling associated with the extratropical climate variability on time scales from years to multi-decades.
 The impacts and teleconnections of the extratropical climate variability on a broad range of time scales and underlying physical mechanisms.
 Comparison of observed and simulated extratropical climate variability and its climate impacts.
 Predictability, prediction and projection of extratropical atmospheric and oceanic variability at various time scales.