2012 CVCWG Workshop Presentations Average and optimal decadal predictability Grant Branstator, NCAR-CGD Climate drift in the CCSM4 decadal prediction experiments Haiyan Teng, NCAR-CGD ENSO and PDO teleconnections and western U.S. extreme precipitation events in CESM1 Michael DeFlorio Multi-scale climate processes and rainfall variability over the Maritime Continent Jian-Hua Qian Projected changes in the atmospheric hydrological cycle Jeff Kiehl Assessing the influences of the Indian Ocean SST variability onto Australian rainfall Andrea Taschetto Change in hydroclimate in SW United States in CMIP5 models Mingfang Ting Analysis of tropical cyclone precipitation using an object-based algorithm Grego Skok Present-day and projected permafrost conditions in CCSM4 and potential feedbacks on global climate Dave Lawrence, NCAR-CGD Sea level rise impacts on storm surges along U.S. coasts Claudia Tebaldi, NCAR-CGD Quantifying contributions to global warming pattern in NCAR CCSM4 climate model Ming Cai Future shifts in the Southern Hemisphere extratropical circulation Julie Arblaster Shifts in climatic regions Irina Mahlstein On the origin of tropical Atlantic biases in coupled models R. Saravanan Tropical Indo-Pacific warming patterns and the slowdown of the Walker circulation Hiroki Tokinaga A handful of futures: A new framework for multi-model analysis Ben Sanderson, NCAR-CGD Bering Strait, AMOC hysteresis, and abrupt climate change Aixue Hu, NCAR-CGD Using observational simulations to distinguish low-cloud feedbacks in CCSM3 and CESM Daniel Feldman Understanding decadal timescale externally forced versus internally generated climate variability Gerald Meehl, NCAR-CGD Future plans of the CVCWG Warren Washington, NCAR-CGD