2011 Climate Variability Workshop Presentations Decadal Variability & Predicability in Six AOGCMs Grant Branstator, NCAR-CGD CESM CVWG Clara Deser, NCAR-CGD Uncertainties in Climate Change Projections of Tropical Circulation Sarah Kang How Stationary Waves Influence the Northern Annular Mode Response to Tropical Forcing Paul Kushner Natural variation in ENSO flavors Matt Newman Nature of Heat Waves in Western Russia as Simulated with CCSM4.0 Judith Perlwitz Variability in tropical storm frequency Saravanan Decadal predictability of tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean temperature trends due to anthropogenic forcing Amy Solomon