Symposium
List [As of 30 Dec., 2004]
Themes
A. GASES, AEROSOLS AND CLOUDS
B. PRECIPITATION AND FORECASTING
C. CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE
D. ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS
E. STRATOSPHERE- TROPOSPHERE INTERACTIONS
F. POLAR ATMOSPHERES
G. ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRICAL EFFECTS
H. OZONE AND RADIATION
I. PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
J. JOINT SYMPOSIA WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION
OF SNOW AND ICE (ICSI) OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES (IAHS)
S. SPECIAL EVENTS
Description
of Symposia for IAMAS2005
A. GASES, AEROSOLS and Clouds
|
A1 |
Aerosols,
Radiation and Clouds |
| A2 |
Air
Pollution over Asia |
| A3 |
Carbon
Cycle and Climate |
| A4 |
Water
Stable Isotopes and Climate: Modelling and Observations |
| A5 |
Mineral
Dust Processes from Microphysical to Climate Scales |
| A6 |
Advanced
Remote Sensing of Trace Constituents in the Atmosphere |
| A7 |
NOx
from Lightning and Anthropogenic Production, and its
Transport and Chemical Transformation by Deep Convection
|
| A8 |
Intercontinental
Transport of Pollution |
A1:
Aerosols, Radiation and Clouds (ICCP, ICACGP, ICCL, and
IRC)
The uncertainties related to clouds remain one of the largest
problems in understanding global climate and estimating
climate change. It is widely recognized that small errors
in model parameterizations of global cloud cover, cloud
liquid water content, cloud particle concentration, ice/liquid
fractions, and precipitation amounts can affect the projected
warming resulting from changes in greenhouse gas and aerosol
concentrations. As outlined in the most recent IPCC report,
there continue to be significant uncertainties related to
the effects of aerosols on cloud properties and precipitation
processes. In addition, there are many questions related
to the radiative properties of clouds and how they are simulated
in atmospheric models.
This symposium invites papers reporting on recent advances
in scientific understanding achieved through improved measurements
(e.g., satellite remote sensing), field studies, and numerical
modelling. Key topics are expected to include:
| Aerosols |
Radiation |
Clouds |
|
I.
Aerosols concentration/size
II. Aerosol chemistry
III. Aerosol vertical and geographical distribution
IV. Cloud condensation nuclei
V. Ice nuclei
VI. Direct and indirect effects of aerosols
VII. Remote and in-situ sensing systems
VIII. Climate modeling techniques.
|
IX.
Radiation budget
X. Radiative properties of clouds and aerosols
XI. Combined measurements and shortwave, longwave
and microwave radiometers
XII. Inhomogeneous clouds
XIII. Non-spherical particles
XIV. Gaseous adsorption and spectroscopy
XV. Climate modeling techniques
|
XVI.
Cloud coverage/vertical distribution
XVII. Cloud particle concentration/size/shape
XVIII. Ice/liquid ratios
XIX. Precipitation formation
XX. Cloud systems
XXI. Remote and in-situ sensing systems
XXII. Climate modeling techniques
|
Conveners:
George
A. Isaac, Meteorological Service of Canada, 4905 Dufferin
Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3H 5T4; Tel: +1-416-739-4605;
Fax: +1-416-739-4211; george.isaac@ec.gc.ca
Norman
McFarlane, Canadian Center for Climate Modelling and Analysis,
Meteorological Service of Canada, Box 1700, Victoria, British
Columbia, V6N 3X3, Canada; Tel: +1-250-353-82327; Fax: +1-250-363-8247;
Norm.McFarlane@ec.gc.ca
Ulrike
Lohmann,ETH, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science
Honggerberg HPP L1.2, Schafmattstr. 30 CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland;
Tel: +41 (0)1 633 0514; FAX: +41 (0)1 633 1058; ulrike.lohmann@env.ethz.ch
Jinli
Liu, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing,100029 China; Tel: 86 10 6204 8922 ; Fax:
86 10 6202-8604; jliu@mail.iap.ac.cn
Guangyu
Shi, Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; Tel: +86-10-6204-0674;
Fax: +86-10-6204-3526; shigy@mail.iap.ac.cn
J.
Vanderlei Martins, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, JCET/NASA
GSFC, Phone: 1-301- 614 5818; Fax: 1-301-614 6307; martins@climate.gsfc.nasa.gov
A2: Air Pollution over Asia (ICACGP, IOC)
Air pollution over Asia has attracted the attention of atmospheric
scientists around the world, not only because of the serious
deterioration of air quality in this region due to rapid
economic development, but also because of concerns about
the intercontinental transport and potential impacts on
regional and global climate by air pollutants from this
region. Air pollution over Asia is characterized by complex
features resulting from the co-existence of multiple pollutants
with high concentrations, a situation that raises many scientific
questions which challenge the current scientific understanding
of air pollution chemistry and physics. Many research efforts
have been initiated by local, regional, and global organizations
to study air pollution over Asia from perspectives ranging
from local air quality control to global climate change.
This symposium invites papers reporting advances in the
scientific understanding achieved through investigation
of emission inventories, field observations, process studies,
and numerical modeling. Key topics are expected to include:
1) mega city and city-cluster air pollution in Asia; 2)
Asian haze and its impacts on the region's climate; 3) transport
of air pollutants across Eurasia and the Pacific; 4) interaction
of Asian dust with urban pollution plumes; 5) air pollution
complex; 6) regional air pollution and climate change; and
7) impacts of air pollution on health and ecosystems.
Conveners:
Hajime
Akimoto, Frontier Research Center for Global Change, Japan
Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 3173-25
Showa-machi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0001, Japan; Tel:
+81-45-778-5710; Fax: +81-45-778-5496; akimoto@jamstec.go.jp
Tong
Zhu, College of Environmental Science, Peking University,
Beijing 100871, China; Tel: +86-10-6275-4789; Fax: +86-10-6275-1927;
tzhu@pku.edu.cn
A3: Carbon Cycle and Climate (the Global Carbon Cycle
Project and ICCL)
The symposium on Carbon Cycle and Climate invites contributions
on the magnitudes and distributions of global carbon sources
and sinks at various temporal and spatial scales, and on
interactions between the global carbon cycle and climate.
The aim of this session is to encourage a multi-disciplinary
approach to considering the carbon cycle and its interactions
with climate and climate change. Topics of relevance include:
regional and national carbon inventories; CO2 emissions
from land use change and fires; measurements and modelling
of the net CO2 exchange of terrestrial ecosystems; land
surface modelling, including the treatment of carbon dynamics
in global climate models; interactions between the carbon
cycle and past, present and future climates; and applications
of model-data fusion in regional and global carbon cycle
studies. Papers are also welcome on studies of the global
carbon cycle in an Earth system model and in the context
of human dimensions.
Conveners:
Yingping
Wang, CSIRO Atmospheric Research, Private Bag 1, Aspendale,
Victoria, Australia; Tel: +61-3-9239 4577; Fax: +61-3-9239-4444;
yingping.wang@csiro.au
Yongjiu
Dai, Research Center for Remote Sensing and GIS, Beijing
Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Tel: +86-10-5880-5436;
Fax: +86-10-5880-5274; yongjiudai@bnu.edu.cn
Jinjun
Ji, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, China; Tel:
+86-10-6202-6126; Fax: +86-10-6204-5230; jijj@mail.iap.ac.cn
A4: Water Stable Isotopes and Climate: Modelling and
Observations (ICACPGP, ICCL)
Water stable isotopes are widely used to provide paleoclimatic
reconstructions using various natural archives; they can
be precious paleotemperature indicators but include an integrated
signature describing the atmospheric water cycle. The explicit
modelling of water stable isotopes is also possible in atmospheric
models and recent efforts have been directed towards their
representation in convection, mesoscale modelling, and cloud
microphysics. They also provide an additional technique
for evaluating the realism of coupled ocean-atmosphere climate
models. This symposium invites papers that can help in stimulating
interactions between the various communities sharing the
use of water stable isotopes leading to better constraints
on understanding of the water cycle.
Conveners:
Valerie
Masson-Delmotte, Lab. des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement,
LSCE UMR CEA/CNRS 1572 Bat 709, L'Orme des Merisiers CEA,
Saclay, 91 191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France, Tel: +33-1-69
08 77 15; Fax: +33-1-69 08 77 16; masson@lsce.saclay.cea.fr
Xiaoye
Zhang, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, 46 Zhongguancun
S. Avenue, Beijing 100081, China; Tel. +86-10-6840-8943;
Fax. +86-10-62175931; xiaoye@cams.cma.gov.cn
A5: Mineral Dust Processes from Microphysical to
Climate Scales (ICCP)
This symposium will be a follow-up to the very successful
sessions on mineral dust held at the IAMAS, 2001 Science
Assembly in Innsbruck, Austria, and at the 2nd International
Workshop on Mineral Dust in Paris in 2003. This symposium
solicits updates and new results in areas of mineral dust
research, including:
1) Dust sources and processes leading to dust suspension
and removal;
2) In-situ measurements of dust physical and chemical properties
(size, shape, concentration, vertical distribution, chemical
composition, mineralogy);
3) Optical properties of dust particles and their effects
on radiation;
4) Remote sensing of dust particles (passive and active
remote sensing);
5) Mineral dust effects on aerosols, clouds, and precipitation;
6) Predicting entrainment and deposition in mesoscale and
global models;
7) Mechanisms of interaction between climate and dust;
8) Inferring dust behavior from loess measurements;
9) Dust effects on air-quality and ecosystem (including
human) health; and
10) Explaining observed dust variability from interannual
to paleoclimatic time scales.
Conveners:
Zev
Levin, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Science, Tel
Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel; Tel: 972-3-6408274;
Fax: 972-3-6409282; zev@hail.tau.ac.il.
Charlie
Zender, Department of Earth System Science, 1 Physical Sciences
Road, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-3100 USA;
Tel: +1-949-824-2987; Fax: +1-949-824-3256; zender@uci.edu
Zifa
Wang, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; Tel: +86-10-8208-4278;
Fax: +86-10-6205-7476; zifawang@mail.iap.ac.cn
A6: Advanced Remote Sensing of Trace Constituents
in the Atmosphere (IRC, IOC, ICDM, ICACGP)
Remote sensing of atmospheric constituents has applications
at local, regional and global scales for various aspects
of air quality research, ozone measurement, and global change.
Instrumentation is now available for a number of platforms,
including ground-based, aircraft, balloon and satellite.
Many new instruments have been developed in response to
demand for timely data for a variety of purposes. This symposium
invites papers describing new measurements with established
and new instrumentation that have application in the above
areas.
Conveners:
James
R. Drummond, Department of Physics, University of Toronto,
Toronto M5S 1A7, Canada; Tel: +1-416-978-4723; Fax: +1-416-978-8905;
james.drummond@utoronto.ca
Pucai
Wang, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; Tel. +86-10-6204-0810;
Fax. +86-10-6202-8604; pcwang@mail.iap.ac.cn
A7: NOx from Lightning and Anthropogenic Production,
and its Transport and Chemical Transformation by Deep Convection
(ICAE, ICACGP, IOC)
This symposium invites papers contributing to study of the
role of thunderstorms in the production of NOx by lightning
and deposition of NOx in the upper troposphere by transport.
In addition, this symposium invites papers that assess the
relative roles of anthropogenic production of NOx in the
planetary boundary layer and the transport and chemical
transformation of NOx in the troposphere and their implications
for atmospheric chemistry and the environment.
Conveners:
James
E. Dye, National Center for Atmospheric Research, PO Box
3000; Boulder CO 80307, USA; Tel: +1-303-497-8944; Fax:
+1-303-497-8171; dye@ucar.edu
Pierre
Laroche, Atmospheric Environment Research Unit, Physics,
Instrumentation and Sensing Department, ONERA, 92322 Chatillon
Cedex France; Tel +33 1 46734723; Fax +33 1 46734148; laroche@onera.fr
Xiaoyan
Tang, College of Environmental Sciences, Peking University,
Beijing 100871, China; Tel: +86-10-6275-1925; Fax: +86-10-6275-1927;
xytang@ces.pku.edu.cn
Hajime
Akimoto, Institute for Global Change Research, Frontier
Research System for Global Change, 3173-25 Showa-machi,
Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0001, Japan; Tel: +81-45-778-5710;
Fax: +81-45-778-2292; akimoto@jamstec.go.jp
A8: Intercontinental Transport of Pollution (ICACGP)
"What comes around goes around" is one way to
express the phenomenon of long-range transport of pollution
from continent to continent across wide oceans. It is now
recognized that ozone, CO and a number of reactive trace
gases with intermediate lifetimes (days to weeks) can travel
far from their origins, having impacts downwind. This raises
interesting issues regarding the control and regulation
of trans-boundary pollution. Intercontinental transport
has been studied with models, through global networks and
in a series of recent field experiments. Papers on these
topics are solicited.
Conveners:
Anne
Thompson, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Atmospheric
Chemistry and Dynamics Branch, Greenbelt, Maryland USA;
Tel: +1-301-614-5731; Fax: +1-301-614-5903; anne.m.thompson@nasa.gov
James
Gleason, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Atmospheric Chemistry
and Dynamics Branch, Greenbelt, Maryland USA; Tel: +1-301-614-6036;
Fax: +1-301-614-5903; James.f.gleason@nasa.gov
Xiaoye
Zhang, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, 46 Zhongguancun
S. Avenue, Beijing 100081, China; Tel. +86-10-6840-8943;
Fax. +86-10-62175931; xiaoye@cams.cma.gov.cn
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B.
PRECIPITATION AND FORECASTING
| B1 |
The
Impacts of Aerosol Pollution and Biomass Burning on
Precipitation |
| B2 |
Space-Based
Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere |
| B3 |
Organization,
Structure, Modelling and Consequences of Tropical Precipitation |
| B4 |
Advances
in Weather Research |
|
B5 |
Advances
in Data Assimilation |
B1: The Impacts of Aerosol Pollution and Biomass Burning
on Precipitation (IAMAS and WMO)
The World Meteorological Organization, WMO and the umbrella
organization of IAMAS, the International Union Geophysics
and Geodesy, have embarked on an assessment of the effects
of aerosols on precipitation. This symposium will address
this issue and invites papers on such topics as the effects
of pollution aerosol, such as smoke from biomass burning,
on clouds and precipitation, including observations, measurements,
climatologies, and model representations on scales ranging
from local to global.
In addition a roundtable discussion will be held to discuss
scenarios for improving scientific insights into the effects
of aerosols on precipitation as well as issues of strategy,
technology development, sociological and policy aspects
and implications. Contributions to this roundtable, not
exceeding two pages, should be sent to roland.list@sympatico.ca
who will collate them on a IAMAS Webpage by February 2005.
Conveners:
Peter
V. Hobbs, Department for Atmospheric Sciences, Box 351640,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1640, USA Tel:
+1-206-543-6027, Fax: +1-206-685-7160, phobbs@atmos.washington.edu
Roland
List, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto,
Ont. M5S 1A7, Canada, Tel: +1-416-978-2982; Fax: +1-416-978-8905;
roland.list@sympatico.ca
Leonard
A. Barrie, Environment Division, Atmospheric Research and
Environment Programme, World Meteorological Organization,
7 bis, avenue de la Paix, BP2300, CH-1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland;
Tel: +41 22 730 82 40; Fax: +41 22 730 80 49; Lbarrie@wmo.int
Xiaobin
Xu, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, No.46, Zhongguancun
south road, 100081 Beijing, China; Tel: +86-10-6840-9574,
13520343073(cell); Fax: +86-10-6217-6793; xuxb@cams.cma.gov.cn
Zev
Levin, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Science, Tel
Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, 69978, Israel; Tel: 972-3-6408274;
Fax: 972-3-6409282; zev@hail.tau.ac.il
B2: Space-Based Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere (
IAMAS)
Satellites currently in orbit and those in the planning
stages are opening up the possibilities for new streams
of data from both passive and active sensors. This symposium
is designed to be an interdisciplinary research forum for
satellite-based studies of clouds and precipitation. Topics
of particular interest include cloud properties retrieval,
quantitative precipitation measurements, ground and aircraft
validation of satellite products, assimilation of observations
into numerical models, and new measurement technologies
and techniques.
A principal value of satellite observations is for the understanding
of physical processes in sufficient detail that they can
be accurately represented in numerical models. Space-based
technologies view volumes of the atmosphere that are most
similar to the grid scales of models and can accumulate
adequate statistics over time. However, these remote measurements
do not in general measure atmospheric properties directly.
From these measurements, derived quantities are inferred,
often using multi-sensor techniques. This information requires
its own validation in order to be useful to the modelling
community. This symposium seeks to bring together remote
sensing specialists, in-situ observationalists, and numerical
modelers in promoting an integrated approach to ensuring
that satellite analyses attain quality levels necessary
for quantitative applications.
Conveners:
David
Hudak, Cloud Physics and Severe Weather Research Division,
Meteorological Service of Canada, 14780 Jane Street, King
City, Ontario, L7B 1A3, Canada; Tel: +1-905-833-3896, x242;
Fax: +1-905-833-0398; David.Hudak@ec.gc.ca
J.
Marshall Shepherd, Global Precipitation Measurement Mission
(GPM), and Research Meteorologist, NASA Goddard Space Flight
Center, Code 912, Earth Sciences Directorate, Greenbelt,
MD 20771 USA; Tel: +1-301-614-6327; Fax: +1-301-614-5492;
marshall.shepherd@nasa.gov
Chris
Kummerow, Colorado State University, Dept. of Atmospheric
Science, Ft. Collins, CO 80523 USA; Tel: +1-970-491-7473;
Fax: +1-970-491-8449; kummerow@atmos.colostate.edu
Naimeng
Lu, Institute of Satellite Meteorology, National Satellite
Meteorological Center, 46, ZhongGuanCun Nandajie, Haidian
District, Beijing 100081, China; Tel. +86-10-6840-8757;
Fax. +86-10-7217-2724; lunaimeng@nsmc.cma.gov.cn
Kenji
Nakamura, Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center, Nagoya
University, Furocho, Chikusaku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan;
Tel. +81-52-789-5439; Fax: +81-52-789-3436; nakamura@hyarc.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Wu
Rongzhang, Institute of Satellite Meteorology, National
Satellite Meteorological Center, 46, Zhong Guan Cun Nandajie,
Haidian District, Beijing 100081, China; Tel: +86-10-6840-6394;
Fax: +86-10-7217-2724; wrz@nsmc.cma.gov.cn
B3: Organization, Structure, Modelling and Consequences
of Tropical Precipitation (IAMAS, ICCP)
Tropical precipitation is a dominant component of the weather
and climate of the tropics. It is also very significant
for mid-latitudes, as the associated latent heat released
drives the Hadley circulations that carry heat polewards
from the tropics. It is complex, highly localized, and variable.
This symposium invites papers on all observational, theoretical
and modelling aspects of tropical precipitation, and its
implications for flood forecasting. Preference will be given
to studies of the spatial structure and large-scale temporal
variability of tropical rainfall.
Conveners:
Peter
G. Baines, School of Mathematics Bristol, UK BS8 1TW; Tel:
+44-(0) 117 3317031; Fax: +44-(0) 117 9287999; P.Baines@bristol.ac.uk
Peter
J. Webster, Schools of Earth & Atmospheric Science and
Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute
of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0355, USA; pjw@eas.gatech.edu
Lianshou
Chen, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, China
Meteorological Administration, No.46, Zhongguancun South
Road, Beijing, 100081 China; Tel: +86-10-6840-7056; Fax:
+86-10-6217-5931; cams@public.bta.net.cn
cuban cigars B4: Advances in Weather Research (IAMAS, ICCP)
THORPEX is a WMO global atmospheric research programme addressing
key scientific research problems relating to improvements
in high-impact weather forecasts in the time range from
one day to two weeks. The research and operational challenge
is to develop truly interactive forecast systems in which
observations, their use in data assimilation and the design
of the numerical modelling system are adapted to the requirements
of the users of the forecasts. The objectives of THORPEX
are described within four sub-programmes: Predictability
and Dynamical Processes; Observing Systems; Data Assimilation
and Observing Strategies; Societal and Economic Applications.
Topics to be considered in this symposium will be wide-ranging,
relating to all aspects of weather research focused on forecast
improvement, including quantitative prediction of precipitation.
See http://www.wmo.int/thorpex
Conveners:
Alan
J. Thorpe, NERC Centres for Atmospheric Science, Dept of
Meteorology, University of Reading, Earley Gate, PO Box
243, Reading RG6 6BB, UK; Tel: + 44 (0) 118 378 6979/6452;
Fax: + 44 (0) 118 378 6462; A.J.Thorpe@reading.ac.uk
Mel
Shapiro, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder,
CO, USA, Tel: +1-303-497-8965; mshapiro@ucar.edu
Christoph
Schaer, Institut fuer Atmosphare und Clima, IAC, ETH Hoenggerberg
HPP, CH-8093 Zurich, SWITZERLAND Tel: +41-1 635 5199; Fax:
+41 1 635 5199; schaer@geo.umnw.ethz.ch
George
A. Isaac, Cloud Physics Research Division, Meteorological
Service of Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Downsview, Ontario,
M3H 5T4, Canada; Tel: +1-416-739-4605; Fax: +1-416-739-4211;
George.Isaac@ec.gc.ca
Peter
Baines, 107-121 Station Street, Aspendale, Victoria, Australia
3195; Postal address: PMB 1 Aspendale Vic 3195; Tel: (+613)
9239 4400; Fax: (+613) 9239 4444; p.baines@civenv.unimelb.edu.au
Zhemin
Tan, Department of Atmospheric Sciences Nanjing University,
Nanjing 210093, China; Tel: +86-25-8359-7085; Fax: +86-25-8359-7085;
zmtan@netra.nju.edu.cn
B5: Advances in Data Assimilation (IAMAS)
Data Assimilation is a key technique in modern weather analysis
and forecasting, allowing the use of a wide variety of measurements
of the atmosphere. A major focus of this symposium will
be the increasing development of mesoscale data assimilation
methods to produce detailed short-range forecasts. Another
area of emphasis will be the exploitation of measurements
from research satellites such as Envisat and EOS-Aura, as
well as operational weather satellites. With this wealth
of observations, data assimilation should improve analyses
and forecasts at all scales, from the meso- to the global
scale. Papers are also welcomed on other aspects of the
subject, including the theory of data assimilation and inverse
modelling, ensemble methods, observing system experiments,
applications in atmospheric chemistry and reanalysis.
Conveners:
Richard
Swinbank, Met Office, Fitzroy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK;
Tel: +44 1392 886619; Fax: +44 1392 885681; richard.swinbank@metoffice.gov.uk
William
Lahoz, Data Assimilation Research Centre, Department of
Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6BB, UK;
Tel: +44 118 378 6981; Fax: +44 118 378 5576; wal@met.reading.ac.uk
Andrew
Crook, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Box 3000,
Boulder, CO, 80307-3000 USA; Tel: +1-303-497-8980; Fax:
+1-303-497-8181; crook@ucar.edu
Xiaolei Zou, Florida State University, 404 Love Building
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4520, USA; Tel: +1-850-644-6025, Fax:
+1-850-644-9642, zou@met.fsu.edu
Mu
Mu, LASG, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, P. O. Box 9804, Beijing 100029, China; Tel:
+86-10-62043317; Fax: +86-10-62043526; mumu@lasg.iap.ac.cn
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C. CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE
| C1 |
Natural
Climate Oscillations: ENSO and NAO/AO, Influences and
Predictability |
| C2 |
Regional
Climate Studies |
| C3 |
Climate
Projections to 2100 and Beyond |
| C4 |
Extreme
Weather and Climate Events: Their Past and Future |
| C5 |
Physics
and Feedbacks Leading to Droughts and Wet Periods |
| C6 |
Climate System Model Development, Verification, and
Intercomparison |
| C7 |
The
Diurnal Behavior of the Atmosphere |
| C8 |
General
Climate Contributions |
| C9 |
Explaining
the Climates of Historic Times: Detection and Attribution
of Anthropogenic Influences |
| C10 |
Sea
Level Rise: Past Changes and Future Expectations |
| C11 |
Observational
and Model Estimates of Climate Sensitivity |
| C12 |
C12:
Hydrological Process and Water Security Related to Climate
Change and Human Activity |
C1: Natural Climate Oscillations: ENSO and NAO/AO,
Influences and Predictability (ICCL and PAGES)
Strong contributions to natural climate variability derive
from a variety of quasi-periodic modes of climate system
behavior. Foremost among these are the El-Nino-Southern
Oscillation (ENSO) mode, which originates in the tropical
Pacific and is inter-annual in character with a dominant
time scale of a few years, and the Arctic/North Atlantic
Oscillation mode, which is characteristic of high northern
latitudes and is inter-decadal in character. The existence
of such quasi-periodic modes of climate evolution suggests
the possibility of enhanced climate predictability and indeed
significant progress has been achieved in connection with
the ENSO phenomenon in this regard. Concerning the high
latitude polar mode, recent research has connected this
phenomenon to the existence of a so-called annular mode
that has been identified in the Southern Hemisphere as well
as the Northern Hemisphere. Although simplified theories
have been developed to explain the fundamental dynamical
interactions that govern the existence of these oscillatory
modes of climate system evolution, consensus views concerning
underlying mechanisms have yet to be agreed upon. For example,
debate continues as to whether the ENSO mode should be expected
to be more or less intense under cold glacial climate conditions
as compared to modern interglacial conditions. Paleoclimatological
constraints may prove to be especially helpful in the search
for improved understanding, clearly a prerequisite to enhanced
predictability.
The purpose of this Symposium is to bring together scientists
working on all aspects of such natural oscillatory modes
of climate variability, including those whose perspectives
are observational, theoretical and numerical and those whose
focus is upon past and modern.
Conveners:
W.
Richard Peltier, Department of Physics, University of Toronto,
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada; Tel: +1-416-978-2938;
Fax: +1-416-978-8905; peltier@atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca
Chongyin
Li, State Key Laboratory for Numerical Modelling, Institute
of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Deshengmenwai
Qijiahuozi, Beijing, P. O. Box 9804, 100029, China; Tel:
+86-10-6204-5397; Fax: +86-10-6204-3526; lcy@lasg.iap.ac.cn
Neil
J. Holbrook, Department of Physical Geography, Division
of Environmental and Life Sciences, Macquarie University,
Sydney NSW 2109, Australia. Tel: +61 (0) 2 9850-8429; Fax:
+61 (0) 2 9850-8420; Neil.Holbrook@mq.edu.au
Bin
Wang, Department of Meteorology and IPRC, University of
Hawaii, Honolulu, HI96822, USA Tel. +1-808-956-2563; Fax:
+1-808-956-9425; wangbin@hawaii.edu
C2: Regional Climate Studies (ICCL)
The symposium on regional climate modelling invites contributions
reporting on physically based (numerical simulation) approaches
to climate simulation at resolutions of roughly one-half
degree or less and on results using statistical approaches.
The former include limited-area mesoscale models, stretched
grid models and high resolution, time-slice global models.
The aim of the symposium is to assemble scientists who are
modelling climatic regions around the world and promote
sharing of experiences and assessments of regional simulations
and regionalization of global data. Topics covered will
include: intercomparison projects; role of regional processes
in past, present and future climate; ensemble simulation;
transferability of models between different climate regions;
and applications to short-term (monthly, seasonal) climate
prediction. Papers are also welcome on the linking of regional
climate models to other process models (e.g., hydrology,
ecosystems), on high resolution, on regional data resources
for model assessment, and on new approaches for analyzing
the performance of regional simulations.
Conveners:
William
J. Gutowski, Jr., Dept. of Geological & Atmospheric
Sciences, 3021 Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
50011-1010, USA; Tel: +1-515-294-5632; Fax: +1-515-294-2619;
gutowski@iastate.edu
Congbin
Fu, The Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; Tel: +86-10-6204-1317;
Fax: +86-10-6204-5230; fcb@tea.ac.cn
Robert
Wilby, Climate Change Science Manager, Environment Agency,
Trentside Offices, Nottingham, NG2 5FA, UK; Tel: +44 0115
8463727; Mob. 0778 8568493; Fax: +44 0115 8463710; rob.wilby@environment-agency.gov.uk
Zhaobo
Sun, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing 210044, China;
Tel: +86-25-5873-1051, 13905189600; Fax: +86-25-5779-2648;
sunzbp@yahoo.com.cn
C3: Climate Projections to 2100 and Beyond (ICCL)
Projections of climate conditions depend on how climate
has changed in the past, on estimates of how factors that
force the climate may change in the future, and on how the
climate is likely to respond to changes in forcing and ongoing
variations due to natural forcing and internally-generated
fluctuations. Because looking out to 2100 and beyond necessarily
involves uncertainties, a relatively wide range of estimates
of possible future global warming has resulted. This symposium
invites papers that contribute to providing and refining
climate change projections, including papers on natural
and anthropogenic forcings of the climate system, the testing
and improvement of global models for simulating the future
climate, the response of climate and climate variability
to various forcing scenarios, and estimates of the expected
changes in climate patterns and short-term weather events,
including potential changes in the frequency and intensity
of rare and extreme events.
Conveners:
Keith
W. Dixon, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, PO Box 308,
Princeton Forrestal Campus, Princeton, NJ 08542 USA, Tel:
+1-609-452-6574; Fax: +1-609-987-5063; keith.dixon@noaa.gov
Yihui
Ding, National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration,
No.46, S. Road, Zhongguancun, Beijing, 100081, China; Tel:
+86-10-6840-6246; Fax: +86-10-6218-0679; dingyh@cma.gov.cn
Michael
C. MacCracken, Climate Institute, 6308 Berkshire Drive,
Bethesda MD 20814, USA; Tel/Fax: +1-301-564-4255; mmaccrac@comcast.net
C4: Extreme Weather and Climate Events: Their Past
and Future (ICCL and PAGES)
The impacts of climate change on society may depend more
on changes in climate variability, and particularly in the
intensity and frequency of climate extremes, than changes
in the mean climate. This is because extremes usually have
the strongest impact on society and a small change in the
mean condition can cause a large change in extreme statistics.
Thus, it is important to document the changes of extreme
events in the past and to provide plausible projections
for the future. It is also very important to understand
the mechanisms of extreme events. This symposium invites
papers that document past changes and future projections
of extreme weather and climate events. Particularly, the
symposium encourages contributions related to: (a) observed
changes in weather and climate extremes in the past century;
(b) validation of global and regional climate model simulated
extremes; (c) projections of future extremes by climate
models and by statistical downscaling techniques, and quantification
of uncertainties in the projection; and (d) physical processes
leading to extreme events.
Conveners:
Xuebin
Zhang, Climate Monitoring and Data Interpretation Division,
Climate Research Branch, Meteorological Service of Canada,
4905 Dufferin Street, Downsview, Ontario, M3H 5T4 Canada;
Tel: +1-416-739-4713; Fax: +1-416-739-5700; Xuebin.Zhang@ec.gc.ca
Panmao
Zhai, Dept. of Prediction and Disaster Mitigation, China
Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081, China; Tel:
+86-10-6840-9421; Fax: +86-10-6217-5924; pmzhai@cma.gov.cn
C5: Physics and Feedbacks Leading to Droughts and
Wet Periods (ICCL)
Droughts and floods are among the world's costliest natural
disasters, affecting a very large number of people each
year. Percentage-wise, these extreme climate events are
likely to change more rapidly than the mean climate in a
changing climate such as the one we are experiencing now.
This symposium invites researchers around the world to exchange
reports on their recent work on droughts and wet periods.
It is hoped that these exchanges will improve our understanding,
analysis approaches, and predictive capabilities of droughts
and floods. The focus of the symposium will be on diagnostic
and modelling studies of local and remote physical processes
leading to persistent (annual to multi-decadal) dry or wet
regional conditions, although studies on other aspects of
droughts and wet periods are also welcome. Examples include:
1) studies of sea-surface temperature effects on droughts
and floods over continents (e.g., Africa, Eurasia and North
America); 2) local land-atmosphere interactions and feedbacks;
3) historical changes and variations in droughts and wet
periods; 4) effects of recent warming on surface moisture
conditions over land; 5) short-term drought and flood predictions;
and 6) climate-model simulated droughts and floods in the
21st century.
Conveners:
Aiguo
Dai, Climate and Global Dynamics Division, National Center
for Atmospheric Research (NCAR); P.O. Box 3000, Boulder,
CO, 80307, USA; Tel: +1-303-497-1357; Fax: +1-303-497-1333;
adai@ucar.edu
Chris
Folland, Hadley Centre, Fitzroy Rd, Exeter, Devon EX1 3PB,
UK.; Tel: +44 (0) 1392 886646, Fax: +44 (0) 0870 900 5050;
chris.folland@metoffice.gov.uk
Angel
Luis Aldana Valverde, Laboratory of Hydraulic, Paseo Bajo
Virgen del Puerto nordm3, 28005 Madrid, Spain; Tel: 34 1
335 79 63; Fax: 34 1 335 79 22; angel.l.aldana@cedex.es
Ronghui
Huang, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China; Tel: +86-10-6252-2491;
Fax: +86-10-6256-0390; hrh@lasg.iap.ac.cn
C6: Climate System Model Development, Verification,
and Intercomparison (ICCL)
This symposium will cover the design of climate system models
and parameterizations of important processes; the design
and testing of procedures for coupling of the various components
of climate models; model validation and comparisons with
observations; results of model intercomparison projects;
and analyses of model simulations at various time and space
scales. Papers involving simulations of climatic change
over past centuries, estimation of climate sensitivity,
and projections of future changes in climate should be submitted
to symposia focused on those topics.
Conveners:
Herve
Le Treut, Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique, Universit¨¦
Paris 6, Case Courrier 99, Couloir 45-55, 3eme ¨¦tage, 75252
Paris Cedex 05 France; Tel: +33 (0) 1 4427 8406; Fax: +33
(0) 1 4427 6272; Herve.LeTreut@lmd.jussieu.fr
Philip
B. Duffy, Climate and Carbon Cycle Modelling Group, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory; P.O. Box 808 (L-103), Livermore,
CA 94550 USA; Tel: +1-925 422-3722; Fax: +1-925 422-6388;
pduffy@llnl.gov
Rucong
Yu, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of
Sciences. LASG, P. O. Box 9804, Beijing, 100029, China;
Tel: +86-10-6204-1258, Fax: +86-10-6204-3526; yrc@lasg.iap.ac.cn
C7: The Diurnal Behavior of the Atmosphere (ICCL)
While diurnal variations are one of strongest signals in
the atmosphere, recent studies using up-to-date instrumental
and modelling techniques are revealing thoroughly new and
mysterious characteristics and roles of diurnal variation.
Although clear understanding and effective representation
in climate models of diurnal variation of clouds and precipitation
are crucially important, the present state of understanding
of the mechanism and representation of these variations
remains limited. The purpose of this symposium is to share
perceptions of the roles of diurnal variation of clouds
and precipitation over land and ocean areas in influencing
the climate and to discuss the problems and successes of
state-of-the-art GCMs and RCMs in representing diurnal variations.
Papers are invited on analyses and model experiments dealing
with the mechanisms and climatic role of diurnal variation
of clouds and precipitation.
Convener:
Takehiko
Satomura, Climate Physics Lab., Div. Earth and Planetary
Sci., Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo,
Kyoto 606-8502, Japan; Tel & Fax: +81-75-753-4273; satomura@kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Aiguo
Dai, Climate and Global Dynamics Division, National Center
for Atmospheric Research (NCAR); P.O. Box 3000, Boulder,
CO, 80307, USA; Tel: +1-303-497-1357; Fax: +1-303-497-1333;
adai@ucar.edu
Julia
Slingo, NCAS Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling, Department
of Meteorology University of Reading, Reading RG6 6BB, UK;Tel:
+44 (0)118 378 8424; Fax: +44 (0)118 378 8316; Email: j.m.slingo@reading.ac.uk
C8: General Climate Contributions (ICCL)
Submissions on topics relevant to past, present and future
climate that do not fit into one of the pre-arranged special
sessions are encouraged. Both oral and poster sessions will
be arranged.
Conveners:
Keith
Alverson, GOOS Project Office, Intergovernmental Oceanographic
Commission (IOC), UNESCO, 1, rue Miollis, 75732 Paris Cedex
15, France, Tel: +33 (0) 1-45-68-40-42; Fax: +33 (0) 1-45-68-58-13
(or 12); k.alverson@unesco.org
Wenjie
Dong, National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration,
Beijing, 100081, China; Tel: +86-10-68408784, +86-10- 13601357410(cell);
Fax: +86-10-68408508; dwj@tea.ac.cn
C9: Explaining the Climates of Historic Times: Detection
and Attribution of Anthropogenic Influences (ICCL and PAGES)
In the context of the detection and attribution of human
influences on climate, understanding the magnitude of natural
climate variability is essential. The instrumental record
is relatively short and may be already contaminated by human
influences. It is thus vital to gain as much information
as possible about past climatic conditions, especially in
the historical period of the past few millennia. This symposium
invites presentations on proxy climatic reconstructions
of this period on various timescales from interannual (e.g.,
from trees, historical records, ice cores, corals, sponges,
and lake sediments, etc.) to centennial (e.g., from sediment
cores and boreholes). Preference for oral presentation will
be given both to the exploration of new archives and to
the integration of a number of different records together,
particularly from different proxies, and attempts to improve
understanding of what factors might have caused the variations
seen in the millennium on the decadal-to-century timescale.
We also seek contributions that compare paleoclimate reconstructions
with results from climate models forced with estimates of
past forcing factors such as measures of solar output, the
number and severity of climatically-important volcanic eruptions,
land-use changes, and influences of late Holocene Earth-orbital
changes.
Conveners:
Michael
E. Mann, Department of Environmental Sciences, Clark Hall,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA;
Tel: +1-434-924-7770; Fax: +1-434-982-2137; mann@virginia.edu
Daoyi
Gong, Institute of Resources Science, Beijing Normal University,
Beijing 100875, China; Tel: +86-10-5880-8144; Fax: +86-10-5880-8178;
gdy@pku.edu.cn
Juerg
Luterbacher, University of Bern and NCCR Climate, Institute
of Geography, Climatology and Meteorology, Hallerstrasse
12, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland, Tel: +41-31-631-85-45; Fax:
+41 31 631 85 11; juerg@giub.unibe.ch
C10:
Sea Level Rise: Past Changes and Future Expectations (ICCL)
The state of the climate can affect sea level in several
ways. Warming of the world ocean, which reduces the density
of ocean waters, and the melting of mountain glaciers were
likely the primary factors contributing to a rise in sea
level of 10-20 cm over the 20th century, with changes in
the storage of water in reservoirs and aquifers and changes
in land cover and soil moisture also possibly playing roles.
With the continuation of global warming, each of these factors
is likely to also play a role, but increasingly augmented
by possible changes in the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets.
Changes in the ocean circulation and climate variability
(e.g., persistent changes in ENSO) can also contribute to
changes in sea level, especially on a regional basis. In
addition, isostatic changes in the Earth's surface resulting
from climatic changes over the Pleistocene and Holocene
will affect how sea level change is experienced in particular
regions. This symposium invites papers on studies of past
and future changes in global sea level and on the large-scale
manifestation of these changes in various areas of the world.
Conveners:
W.
Richard Peltier, Department of Physics, University of Toronto,
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada; Tel: +1-416-978-2938;
Fax: +1-416-978-8905; peltier@atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca
Juncheng
Zuo, Oceanography Department, College of Physical and Environmental
Oceanography, Ocean University of China, Yushan Road 5,
Qingdao, Shandong 266003, China; Tel. and fax.: +86-0532-2032010;
zuo@ouc.edu.cn
C.K.
Shum, Geodetic Science, Ohio State University, 470 Hitchcock
Hall, 2070 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, U.S.A. Tel:
+1-614-292-7118, Fax: +1-614-292-2957, ckshum@osu.edu
Michael
MacCracken, 6308 Berkshire Drive, Bethesda MD, 20814, USA;
Tel/Fax: +1-301-564-4255; mmaccrac@comcast.net
C11: Observational and Model Estimates of Climate
Sensitivity (ICCL and ICACGP)
For more than twenty years, the accepted estimate for the
sensitivity of the climate to an equivalent doubling of
the CO2 concentration, ?T2x, has been 1.5oC to 4.5oC. This
wide range contributes to about half the range in future
warming projected by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change. Estimates of climate sensitivity from the observational
record are less restrictive. For example, a recent study
found more than a 50% likelihood that ?T2x lies outside
the 1.5oC to 4.5oC range, with a 90% confidence interval
spanning the range 1.0oC to 9.3oC. Reducing the uncertainty
in the estimated climate sensitivity would thus help narrow
the range of future estimates of climate change and thereby
help facilitate the development of appropriate mitigation
and adaptation policies. This symposium will be devoted
to papers that address the estimation of climate sensitivity
based on observational data, both instrumental and paleoclimatic,
and derived from general circulation models as a function
of their included feedbacks.
Conveners:
Michael
Schlesinger, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, MC 223
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 105 S. Gregory
Street, Urbana IL 1801 USA; Tel: +1-217-333-2192; Fax: +1-217-244-4393;
schlesin@atmos.uiuc.edu
Natalia
Andronova, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, MC 223 University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 105 S. Gregory Street,
Urbana IL 61801 USA; Tel: +1-217-333-3819; Fax: +1-217-244-4393;
natasha@atmos.uiuc.edu
Zongci
Zhao, National Climate Center, No.46, S. Road, Zhongguancun,
Beijing, 100081, China; Tel: +86-10-6840-8758; Fax: +86-10-6217-6804;
zhaozc@cma.gov.cn and zong-ci.zhao@pnl.gov
C12: Hydrological Process and Water Security Related
to Climate Change and Human Activity (Joint symposium with
IAHS, IAMAS, and ICCL)
The water cycle is a key issue related to climate change
and the water resources of the World. This symposium invites
papers on the impacts of extensive human activities and
climate change on water resource availability, as well as
on agriculture, poverty elimination, and ecosystem sustainability.
Papers are welcome addressing the hydrological cycle, the
effects of climate change on flow regimes and related environmental
changes, and strategic policy implications for water resources.
Convener:
Jun
Xia, Key Lab. of Water Cycle & Related Land Surface
Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences & Natural
Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Anwai,
Datun Road, No.11 (Jia), 100101, Beijing, China; Tel: +86-10-6488-9312;
Fax: +86-10-6485-6534; xiaj@igsnrr.ac.cn
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D. ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS
| D1 |
Boundary Layer Processes and Interactions with the Land
and Ocean |
| D2 |
Severe
Weather Systems |
| D3 |
Dynamics
and Variability of Monsoon Systems and their Effect
on Climate |
| D4 |
Asian
Monsoon Stability and Change |
| D5 |
Orographic
Impacts on Weather and Climate |
D1: Boundary Layer Processes and Interactions with
the Land and Ocean (ICDM)
Air-sea and air-land exchange processes directly drive local-scale
atmospheric circulations and provide powerful controls on
larger-scale atmospheric processes. Furthermore, feedback
processes among the atmosphere, land, and ocean play major
roles in seasonal and interannual variability. This symposium
welcomes papers on theoretical, observational, or modelling
studies regarding boundary-layer structure, local or mesoscale
circulations driven by lower boundary forcing, the impact
of boundary-layer processes on larger-scale circulations,
and air-sea and air-land interactions.
Conveners:
John
W. Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University, 3150 TAMU,
College Station, TX 77843-3150, USA: Tel/Fax: +1-979-862-2248;
n-g@tamu.edu
Fei
Hu, State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry
(LAPC), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; Tel: +86-10-8208-5512,
Fax: +86-10-6204-1393, hufei@mail.iap.ac.cn
Jiayi
Chen, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871,
China, Tel: +86-10-6275-2461; Fax: +86-10-6275-1927, jychen@pku.edu.cn
D2: Severe Weather Systems (IAMAS)
This Symposium focuses on the latest research progress in
the documentation, understanding, role and prediction of
severe weather events that occur in summer and winter from
the Equator to the Poles. Such events include, for example,
thunderstorms, extra-tropical systems, hurricanes and typhoons,
and orographic storms. The Symposium also invites papers
dealing with the association of these events with climatic
anomalies such as droughts and extended wet periods. Papers
dealing with common and distinct features of these events
in different regions are especially welcomed, as are both
observational and modelling studies.
Conveners:
Ronald
Stewart, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences,
Burnside Hall, Room 945, 805 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal,
Quebec H3A 2K6, Canada; Tel: +1-514-398-3764; Fax: +1-514-398-6115;
ronald.stewart@mcgill.ca
Yoshio
Kurihara, Frontier Research System for Global Change, 3173-25
Showa-machi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, 236-0001 Japan;
Tel: +81-45-778-5612; Fax: +81-45-778-2293; ykuri@jamstec.go.jp
Johnny
C. L. Chan, Laboratory for Atmospheric Research, Dept. of
Physics & Mat. Sci., City University of Hong Kong, 83
Tat Chee Ave., Kowloon, Hong Kong, China; Tel: 852-2788-7820;
Fax: 852-2788-7830; Johnny.Chan@cityu.edu.hk
Yunqi
Ni, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, No.46, Zhongguancun
South Road, 100081 Beijing, China; Tel: +86-10-6840-6456;
Fax: +86-10-6217-5931; niyunqi@cams.cma.gov.cn
D3: Dynamics and Variability of Monsoon Systems and
their Effect on Climate (ICDM and ICCL)
During the past decade, many results from CLIVAR and GEWEX
have deepened our understanding of monsoon dynamics. Monsoon
systems over Asia-Australia, Africa, North and South America
are being systematically investigated, and in some cases
field experiments are contributing a wealth of new data.
Physical and dynamical processes in any given monsoon region
span a broad range of scales, from the smallest mesoscales
to continental/global scales, and their impacts on the global
and regional climate are significant. This symposium seeks
papers that: contribute to a better understanding of the
Monsoons around the world and their effects on the Climate
System; investigate the role of mesoscale circulations and
the diurnal cycle in the maintenance and evolution of the
monsoonal circulations; examine the relative importance
of the interactions between ocean, land, and atmosphere
as they relate to the monsoon; and explore the governing
dynamical controls that may determine the potential predictability
of monsoons as part of the climate system.
Conveners:
Ernesto
Hugo Berbery, Department of Meteorology, 3427 Computer and
Space Sci. Bldg., The University of Maryland, College Park,
MD 20742-2425, USA; Tel: +1-301-405-5351; Fax: +1-301-314-9482;
berbery@atmos.umd.edu,
Renhe
Zhang, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, No. 46,
Zhongguancun South Road, 100081 Beijing, China; Tel: +86-10-6840-8142;
Fax: +86-10-6217-5931;
D4: Asian Monsoon Stability and Change (ICDM, ICCL
and PAGES)
The evolution and variability of the Asian monsoon system
has a significant impact on the region's climate, vegetation,
and biogeochemistry. The Asian monsoon is a regional climate
system of enormous importance to humans, as about 60% of
humanity lives within its direct influence. The character
of the monsoon system is quite complex and variable on any
number of temporal and spatial scales. There is evidence
from paleo-record and numerical modelling studies that the
Asian Monsoon System has undergone significant variations
in the past. Anthropogenic influences, including land use/cover
change and atmospheric composition changes at regional and
global scales might also affect the nature of the Asian
monsoon. This session will consider the stability and variability
of the Asian monsoon system at various time scales. Submission
of papers on observational and numerical modelling-based
analysis of the Asian monsoon system is encouraged. The
intent is to produce a book-length compilation of key papers
and synthesis following discussions at the workshop session.
Conveners:
Hassan
Virji, International START Secretariat, 2000 Florida Avenue
NW, Washington DC 20009 USA; Tel: +1-202-462-2213; Fax:
+1-202-457-5859; hvirji@agu.org
Zhisheng
An, Chinese Academy of Sciences, #10 Fenghi South Road,
Xi'an High-Tech Zone, Xi'an, 710075, China; Tel: +86-29-8832-3969;
Fax: +86-29-8832-0456; anzs@loess.llqg.ac.cn
D5: Orographic Impacts on Weather and Climate ( ICDM
and ICCL)
The Symposium on Orographic Impacts on Weather and Climate
invites contributions based on diagnostic, theoretical and
numerical studies of the effects of the Earth's orography
on the atmospheric circulation, weather, and climate. The
aim of the session is to bring together the scientists who
investigate the problem using different approaches and to
exchange their experiences so as to promote synthetic studies
in the fields. Topics of relevance include: boundary layer
flow over hills, spatial and temporal distribution of mountain
induced rainfall, mesoscale orographic impacts revealed
by satellite pictures, vortex and cyclogenesis associated
with orography and their weather impacts, mechanical and
thermal forcing of large scale orography and their climate
effects, and the influence of the Tibetan Plateau on Asian
monsoon and global climate.
Conveners:
Akio
Kitoh, Climate Research Department, Meteorological Research
Institute, 1-1 Nagamine, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0052, Japan;
Tel: +81-29-853-8594 (direct) or 8681 (lab); Fax: +81-29-855-2552;
kitoh@mri-jma.go.jp
Yongfu
Qian, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University,
Nanjing 210093, China; Tel: +86-25-8359-3914; Fax: +86-25-8359-7085;
qianzh2@netra.nju.edu.cn
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E. STRATOSPHERE- TROPOSPHERE INTERACTIONS
E1: Dynamical and Chemical Coupling of the Stratosphere
and Troposphere and Associated Impacts on Climate and Environmental
Change (ICMA and IOC)
Interaction between the stratosphere and the troposphere
play significant roles in global and regional climate change
and environmental situations. The stratosphere is an important
component of the climate system. Stratosphere-troposphere
interactions include those dynamical, physical, as well
as chemical processes with scales from global to regional
and local. Significant advances are currently being achieved
through a series of international (such as WCRP/SPARC, IGBP/IGAC,
and WMO related projects) and national research programs.
Observations with multi-satellite sensors, airborne and
ground-based facilities are also proving very useful. Numerical
simulations with GCM and regional models are being used
to investigate basic characteristics.
This symposium invites presentations on recent advances
in understanding the processes and factors controlling the
coupling and their impacts on the stratosphere and troposphere.
The scientific topics include, but are not limited to: dynamical
coupling between the stratosphere and troposphere in multi-spatial
and temporal scales; observation, data analysis, and numerical
modelling; coupling between the troposphere and stratosphere;
study of large scale processes and their implications for
climate prediction; long-term variation of stratosphere-troposphere
coupling revealed by climatic data analysis and numerical
modelling; variations in the ozone layer and stratospheric
chemistry caused by tropospheric aerosol and greenhouse
gases (GHG) and associated impacts on the climate; dynamical/physical/chemical
processes in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere
(UT/LS) region, including cirrus clouds, aerosol and GHG
influences, and lightning; mass and constituent (ozone,
aerosol, water vapor, trace gases etc.) exchanges between
the upper troposphere and the lower stratosphere by different
processes; and new research projects and observation techniques
and results.
Conveners:
Daren
Lu, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, P.O.Box.9804, Beijing, 100029, China; Tel: +86-10-6204-8922;
Fax: +86-10-62046349; ludr@mail.iap.ac.cn
Kevin
Hamilton, International Pacific Research Center, SOEST,
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA; Tel:
+1-808-956-8327: Fax: +1-808-956-9425; kph@soest.hawaii.edu
Laura
Pan, NCAR/ACD, PO Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307, USA; Tel:
+1-303-497-1467; Fax: +1-303-497-1492; liwen@ucar.edu
Mark
Schoeberl, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 916, Greenbelt,
MD 20771 USA; Tel: +1-301-614-6002; Fax: +1-301-614-5903;
Mark.R.Schoeberl@nasa.gov
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F. POLAR ATMOSPHERE
| F1 |
Polar
Clouds, Aerosols and Weather Systems |
| F2 |
Climate
Variability and Change in the Polar Regions: Causality
and Prediction |
F1: Polar Clouds, Aerosols and Weather Systems (ICPM
and SCAR)
The Polar Regions are amongst the most unique components
of the climate system. There is however still much to be
learned about the processes that result in cloud formation
at high latitudes, their organization into weather systems
and the impacts that aerosols will have in these regions.
The symposium welcomes contributions that will increase
our knowledge of polar clouds, aerosols and weather systems.
Conveners:
G.W.K.
Moore, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto,
M5S 1A7 Canada; Tel: +1-416-978-4686; Fax: +1-416-978-8905;
moore@atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca
Tom
Lachlan-Cope, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley
Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK; Tel +44 (1223)221484; Fax +44
(1223)221279; TLC@bas.ac.uk
Zhanhai
Zhang, Polar Research Institute of China, 451 Jinqiao Road,
Shanghai Pudong 200129; China; Tel: +86-21-6850-7533, 58711801-246;
Fax: +86-21-5871-1663; zhangzhanhai@pric.gov.cn
F2: Climate Variability and Change in the Polar Regions:
Causality and Prediction (ICPM, SCAR, ICCL and PAGES)
The climate in many parts of the high latitudes is changing,
and the influence of anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse
gases is suspected to be a major contributing factor. This
symposium will examine observed and predicted climate variability
and change in both the Arctic and Antarctic in relation
to the dominant circulation modes (NAM/NAO, SAM/AAO, ENSO,
etc.). Aspects to be considered include:
o Can the signal of anthropogenic impact be distinguished
from the background of the strongly varying high latitude
atmosphere?
o Is there convincing evidence of poleward amplification
of climate change?
o What guidance on these issues does the recently completed
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) provide?
o Can better descriptions of polar climate be provided by
polar regional reanalyses that exploit the voluminous satellite
observations?
o What roles do coupled atmosphere-ocean-sea ice-land surface
processes play in high latitude climate variability?
o What impacts do stratospheric processes have on tropospheric
climate?
o What are the relative roles of tropical and high latitude
forcing?
o What are the linkages between polar and midlatitude climate?
o How well do global and regional models simulate climate
variability and change?
o What can be learned from bipolar analyses/modelling of
Arctic and Antarctic climates?
Conveners:
David
Bromwich, Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University,
1090 Carmack Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1002, USA; Tel:
+1-614-292-6692; Fax: +1-614-292-4697; bromwich.1@osu.edu
Julian
X.L. Wang, NOAA/Air Resources Lab(R/ARL), Silver Spring,
MD 20910, USA; Tel: +1-301-713-0295 x125; Fax: +1-301-713-0119;
julian.wang@noaa.gov
Zhanhai
Zhang, Polar Research Institute of China, 451 Jinqiao Road,
Shanghai Pudong 200129; China; Tel: +86-21-6850-7533, 58711801-246;
Fax: +86-21-5871-1663; zhangzhanhai@pric.gov.cn
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G. ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRICAL
EFFECTS
| G1 |
Global
Lightning and Climate |
| G2 |
Precipitation
and Electrification in Convective Clouds |
| G3 |
Middle
Atmosphere Electrical Events Associated with Tropospheric
Storms |
G1: Global Lightning and Climate (ICAE and ICCL)
Sensitive connections linking lightning activity, temperature,
instability and vertical air motion have expanded interest
in lightning applications in climate. Regional and global
access to lightning activity via surface networks, satellite
observations, and Schumann resonance methods have enabled
the scrutiny and exploitation of these connections. IAMAS
papers are invited on all aspects of lightning climatology,
thermodynamic relationships with lightning, satellite observations,
VHF mapping methods, and ELF/VLF global techniques
Convenors:
E.
(Earle) R. Williams, MIT 48-211, Parsons Laboratory Cambridge,
MA 02139, USA Tel: +1-781-981-3744, Fax: +1-781-981-0632,
earlew@ll.mit.edu
Xiushu
Qie, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering
Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, W. 260
Donggang Road, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China; Tel: +86-931-4967-686,
Fax: +86-931-8274-863, qiex@ns.lzb.ac.cn
G2: Precipitation and Electrification in Convective
Clouds (ICAE and ICCP)
Cloud electrification is highly sensitive to both cloud
microphysics and mesoscale dynamics. Submission of papers
is invited in two areas. The first area is early electrification
processes. It will address the issue of early microphysical
development and early electrification in various cloud types.
The second area will cover highly electrified clouds and
will aim at discussing precipitation and electric charge
intensification mechanisms and their relation to mesoscale
dynamic structures.
Conveners:
Tsutomu
Takahashi, Core-Education Center, Obirin University; Office:
Tokiwa-cho 3758,Machida-shi, 194-0294,Tokyo, Japan; Tel/Fax:
+81-(0) 42-797-0017: t2@obirin.ac.jp
Clive
Saunders, Physics Department, UMIST, Manchester, M60 1QD,
UK; Tel/Fax: +44 -(0) 161-200-3909/3941; clive.saunders@umist.ac.uk
Xueliang
Guo, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, P.O. Box 9804, Beijing, 100029 China; Tel: +86-10-6204-5312;
Fax: +86-10-6204-5312; guoxl@mail.iap.ac.cn
G3: Middle Atmosphere Electrical Events Associated
with Tropospheric Storms (IAMAS ICAE, ICMA, and IOC, and
IAGA)
Over the last few years there has been a renewed interest
in sprites, elves and blue jets, known collectively as transient
luminous events (TLEs). The Columbia space shuttle mission,
observations from the ISS, and the new ROCSAT mission have
resulted in great enthusiasm in the atmospheric electricity
community. This symposium will be dedicated to new observations
and modeling of TLEs, with special emphasis on the global
distribution of sprites, elves and jets. The latest methods
of detection in the UV, visible, IR and radio (ELF/VLF)
frequencies are of particular interest. We especially encourage
contributions on modeling and simulations of TLE processes,
and new findings on the relation between TLE characteristics
and the electrical structure of the parent thunderstorm.
The meteorology of thunderstorms producing sprites is of
special interest to the IAMAS community. Finally, contributions
are also sought on the impact of TLEs on the global electrical
circuit and on stratospheric and mesospheric chemistry.
Conveners:
Colin
Price, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Science, Tel
Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, 69978 Israel, Tel: 972-3-6406029;
Fax: 972-3-6409282; cprice@flash.tau.ac.il
Yoav
Yair, Department of Natural Sciences, The Open University
of Israel 16, Klauzner Street, Ramat-Aviv 61392 Tel-aviv,
Israel; Tel: 972-3-6465579; Fax: 972-3-6465410; yoavya@openu.ac.il
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H. OZONE AND RADIATION
| H1 |
Chemistry-Climate
Interactions (including Ozone Interactions) |
| H2 |
Solar
Activity and its Influences on the Earth's Weather and
Climate |
H1: Chemistry-Climate Interactions (including Ozone
Interactions) (ICACGP, IOC, and ICCL)
Atmospheric composition and climate are intimately intertwined.
The rising concentrations of relatively long-lived greenhouse
gases are creating a warming influence on the climate. In
turn, the changing climate is causing changes in the atmospheric
chemistry of short-lived species and the biogeochemical
cycles of short- and long-lived species. Papers are invited
for this symposium that report on advances in understanding
of chemistry-climate interactions across a range of topics,
including: development of chemistry-climate models; model
verification involving comparison to observations; investigations
of chemistry-climate interactions prior to the industrial
period, including interactions driven by changes in solar
radiation, volcanic eruptions, changes in the Earth's orbit;
interactions with tropospheric and/or stratospheric dynamics,
thermodynamics, and chemistry; interactions involving the
land surface and oceans. Papers dealing generally with the
full simulation of past, present and future climate should
be submitted to symposia organized on those topics so that
papers at this symposium can focus particularly on interactions
between chemistry and climate.
Conveners:
Robert
D. Hudson, Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland,
College Park, MD 20742, USA, Tel: +1-301-405-5391; Fax:
+1-301-314-9482; hudson@atmos.umd.edu
Toshihiro
Ogawa, Earth Observation Research Center (EORC), National
Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), Roppongui First
Bldg. 14F, 1-9-9 Roppongui, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 Japan;
Tel: +81-3 3224 7080; Fax: +81-3 3224 7051; t_ogawa@eorc.nasda.go.jp
Patricia
Quinn, OAR 2002-2006 WASC Route: R/PMEL, 7600 Sand Point
Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115-6349, USA; Tel: +1-206-526-6892;
Patricia.K.Quinn@noaa.gov
Jianzhong
Ma, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, No.46, Zhongguancun
South Road 100081 Beijing, China; Tel: +86-10-6840-8140;
+86-10-13911511326(cell); Fax: +86-10-6217-6793; mjz@cams.cma.gov.cn
H2: Solar Activity and its Influences on the Earth's
Weather and Climate (IRC and ICCL))
The Sun provides the source of virtually all of the energy
for driving the Earth system. Thus, changes in the solar
output, e.g.in solar irradiance, solar wind, high energy,
particles, etc. in solar irradiance, solar wind, high energy
particles, etc. and in the Earth's albedo (e.g., changes
in cloudiness, land cover, and atmospheric aerosol loading)
are capable of altering the energetics of the atmosphere-ocean-land
system over a wide range of time scales, from hours to millennia
and longer. These changes can in turn cause changes in weather
and climate, including its apparent variability. This symposium
invites papers on topics relating to the nature and consequences
of changes in solar activity, total and spectral irradiance,
and in the short and long-term influences of these changes
on the Earth system and the linear and nonlinear processes
through which these influences may occur.
Conveners:
Werner
Schmutz, PMOD/WRC, Dorfstr. 33, Davos Dorf,CH-7260, Switzerland;
Tel: +41 81 417 5145; Fax: +41 81 417 5100; werner.schmutz@pmodwrc.ch
Joanna
D. Haigh, Space and Atmospheric Physics, Blackett Laboratory,
Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK; Tel: +44 (0)20
7594 7671; Fax: +44 (0)20 7594 7900; j.haigh@imperial.ac.uk
Judit
Pap, Goddard Space Flight Center/NASA, Code 680.0, Greenbelt,
MD 20771, USA; Tel: 301-286-7511(O), 301-313-0933(H); Fax:
301-286-1617. papj@marta.gsfc.nasa.gov
Hengyi
Weng, LASG, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Mailbox 9804, Beijing 100029, China/Climate
Variations Research Program, Frontier Research Center for
Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and
Technology, Showa-machi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0001,
JAPAN; Tel: +81-45-778-5509; Fax: +86-22-2401-0926; weng@lasg.iap.ac.cn
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I: PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
| I1 |
Planetary
Atmospheres and their Evolution |
| I2 |
Aeronomy
of Planetary Atmospheres: Comparative Planetology |
I1: Planetary Atmospheres and their Evolution (ICPAE)
This symposium will be open to papers reporting important
progress on all aspects of our current understanding of
all planetary, cometary and satellite atmospheres and their
evolution (including the Earth, when considered as a member
of the Solar System). The timing of the meeting is such
that emphasis is likely to be on the atmospheres of Mars
and Venus, due to the high level of current and future mission
activity for those planets, and important progress in the
generation and application of dynamical models. Also, obviously
the Cassini mission to Saturn and Titan has arrived at destination
and by January 2005 we will have the results of the probe
Huygens also. Invited papers will review the scientific
problems underlying the atmospheric objectives of the relevant
missions and new results to date. Others will address progress
with relevant theoretical work, for example atmospheric
general circulation models and models of atmospheric evolution.
Conveners:
Athena
Coustenis, LESIA (Bat 18), Observatoire de Meudon, 92195,
Meudon Cedex, France, Tel: 331 45 07 77 20; Fax: 331 45
07 74 69; Athena.Coustenis@obspm.fr
Caitlin
Griffith, Lunar & Planetary Lab, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ 85721-0092, USA, Tel: (520) 626-3806, Fax: (520)
621-4933, griffith@lpl.arizona.edu
I2: Aeronomy of Planetary Atmospheres: Comparative
Planetology (ICPAE)
This symposium will include papers on the physics and chemistry
of the lower, middle and upper atmospheres and ionospheres
of the inner and outer planets and their satellites. Also
studies of comparative atmospheres, including the Venus,
Earth, and Mars atmospheres, will be presented, with emphasis
on the climate changes and intercomparisons. Results from
the recent missions to Mars and to Saturn will be emphasized.
Reports on recent improvements to general circulation models
of the thermosphere and lower atmospheres and descriptions
of future planetary missions are also invited.
Conveners:
Ath¨¦na
Coustenis, LESIA (Bat 18), Observatoire de Meudon, 92195,
Meudon Cedex, France, Tel: 331 45 07 77 20; Fax: 331 45
07 74 69; Athena.Coustenis@obspm.fr
Jianping
Li, National Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Sciences and
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG), Institute of Atmospheric
Physics (IAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing
100029, China, Tel: +86-10-62035479, Fax: +86-10-62043526,
ljp@lasg.iap.ac.cn
Mu
Mu, Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), Chinese Academy
of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100029, China, Tel: +86-10-62043317,
Fax: +86-10-62043526, mumu@lasg.iap.ac.cn
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J: JOINT SYMPOSIA WITH INTERNATIONAL
COMMISSION OF SNOW AND ICE (ICSI) OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES (IAHS)
| J1 |
Modeling
Forest Snow Processes |
| J2 |
Glacier
Mass Balance and its Coupling to Regional and Hemispheric
Circulation |
| J3 |
Mountain Snow and Ice Cover |
J1: Modeling Forest Snow Processes (ICSI)
Intercepted snow on forest canopies has a large exposed
area for exchanges of mass and energy with the atmosphere.
Snow on the ground beneath a forest canopy, compared with
snow in open areas, is sheltered from wind and solar radiation,
but receives increased long-wave radiation from the canopy.
Forests thus influence the timing and quantity of runoff
from snowmelt, and changes in forest cover, whether managed
or in response to changing climates, modify this influence.
Contributions are invited on how snow processes can be represented
in large-scale atmospheric and hydrological models, and
on how such process models perform in composition with observations.
Conveners:
Richard
Essery, Centre for Glaciology, Institute of Geography and
Earth Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth SY23 3DB,
UK; Tel: +44 (0) 1970 622784; Fax: +44 (0) 1970 622659:
rie@aber.ac.uk
Shufen
Sun, LASG, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, P.O. Box 9804,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; Tel:
+86-10-6204-5397; Fax: +86-10-62043526; ssf@lasg.iap.ac.cn
J2: Glacier Mass Balance and its Coupling to Regional
and Hemispheric Circulation (ICSI)
Glacier mass balance measurements constitute an important
contribution to our understanding of climate change. From
a climatological perspective, glacier mass balance constitutes
a point measurement in relation to large- scale atmospheric
climate factors. However, local factors can be important.
For example, snow accumulation is governed by a combination
of direct snowfall and wind transport. To extract the mesoscale
circulation pattern from the mass balance data, local and
mesoscale influences need to be distinguished. The aim of
this workshop is to examine how mass balance data can be
used to infer mesoscale circulation patterns. If successful,
we can use GCMs to predict future glacier changes and past
glacier extents. This workshop follows on two previous ICSI
workshops on glacier mass balance (Melbourne, 1997; Tarfala,
1998).
Conveners:
Peter
Jansson, Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary
Geology, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden;
Tel. +46-8-16 48 15; Fax: +46-8-16 48 18; peter.jansson@natgeo.su.se
Dahe
Qin, Administrator, China Meteorological Administration,
46 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Haidian, Beijing - 100081, China;
Tel: +86-10-6840-7140; Fax: +86-10-6217-4239; qdh@cma.gov.cn
Gino
Cassasa, Centro de Estudios Cient¨ªficos, Av. Prat 514, Valdivia,
Chile; Tel: +56.63.234540 & 234538; Fax: +56.63.234517;
gcasassa@cecs.cl
Howard Conway, Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington,
310 Condon Hall, Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Tel:
+1-206-685-8085; Fax: +1-206-543-0489; conway@ess.washington.edu
Roderik
van de Wal; Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research
(IMAU); Utrecht University, Princetonplein 5, NL-3584 Utrecht
CC, The Netherlands; Tel: +31-30-253-3259; Fax: +31-254-3163;
R.S.W.vandeWal@phys.uu.nl
J3: Mountain Snow and Ice Cover (ICSI, IAMAS)
In many parts of the world mountain snow and ice covers
represent (up to now) continuously renewed water reservoirs,
but also present periodical threats to human safety. The
importance of these water reservoirs increases even more
in a warming climate, mainly due to large-scale interactions
with air flow and sea water circulations. This symposium
is intended to promote the exchange of knowledge between
snow/ice cover modellers and researchers dealing with climate
modelling. Achieving proper representations of the boundary
conditions between snow/ice and atmosphere will be a major
topic.
Convenors:
Paul
Foehn, Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research
SLF, Fl¨¹elastrasse 11, CH-7260 Davos Dorf, Switzerland;
Tel: +41 81 417 0161, Fax: +41 81 417 0110; foehn@slf.ch
Peter
Jansson, Dept. of Physical Geography and Quarternary Geology,
Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden; Tel:
+46-8-16 48 15; Fax: +46-8-16 48 18; peter.jansson@natgeo.su.se
Charles
Fierz, Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research
SLF, Avalanche Warning and Risk Management, Fl¨¹elastrasse
11, CH-7260 Davos Dorf, Switzerland; Tel: +41 81 417 0165;
Fax: +41 81 417 0110; fierz@slf.ch
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SPECIAL EVENTS
| S1 |
From
General Circulation to Global Change: A Celebration
of the 90th Birthday of the Senior Academician Prof
Ye Duzheng |
| S2 |
Special
Symposium: The IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report |
S1:
From General Circulation to Global Change: A Celebration
of the 90th Birthday of the Senior Academician Prof Ye Duzheng
This symposium will present a series of invited presentations
to recognize the 90th Birthday of the Senior Academician
of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Honorary Director
of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Prof. Ye Duzheng
(T. C. Yeh). The topics of the presentation will cover the
state of understanding in many of the fields to which Prof.
Ye made important contributions, including: establishing
the role of the Tibetan Plateau on atmospheric circulation;
discovery of abrupt change in the atmospheric general circulation;
the theory of energy dispersion and geostrophic adaptation;
contributions to global change; and the theory of orderly
human activities. In addition, speakers will describe Prof.
Ye's important contributions in the establishment of the
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, and in the development
of meteorology in China and international cooperation.
Conveners:
Roland
List, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto,
Ont. M5S 1A7, Canada; Tel: +1-416 978 2982; Fax: +1-416
978 8905, list@atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca
Guoxiong
Wu, State Key Lab of Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical
Fluid Dynamics (LASG), Institute of Atmospheric Physics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 9804, Beijing, 100029
China; Tel: +86-10-6204-3356; Fax: +86-10-6204-3526; gxwu@lasg.iap.ac.cn
Guoguang
Zheng, China Meteorological Administration, 46 Zhongguancun
Nandajie, Haidian, Beijing 100081, China; Tel: +86-10-6840-7140;
Fax: +86-10-6217-4239; zgg@cma.gov.cn
S2: Special Symposium: The IPCC's Fourth Assessment
Report (IAMAS and PAGES)
The Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is in preparation, with review
of the initial drafts of chapters scheduled to take place
in the fall of 2005. In addition, a number of IPCC Special
Reports are also being prepared. This symposium is being
organized to provide a summary of results from the recently
completed Special Report on Safeguarding the Ozone Layer
and the Global Climate System together with an overview
of the scoping process for the Working Group I Assessment
Report and how it is planned to capture new developments
in climate science. The symposium will also provide an opportunity
to bring together results from recent IPCC workshops covering
drought, climate sensitivity, analyses of new climate model
runs, and on approaches being taken to communicate risks
and uncertainties.
Convenors:
Dahe
Qin, co-chair of the IPCC Working Group I, and Administrator,
China Meteorological Administration, 46 Zhongguancun Nandajie,
Haidian, Beijing 100081, China; Tel: +86-10-6840-6662; Fax:
+86-10-6217-4797; qdh@cma.gov.cn
Michael
MacCracken, President of IAMAS, and Climate Institute, 6308
Berkshire Drive, Bethesda MD 20814 USA; Tel/Fax: +1-301-564-4255;
mmaccrac@comcast.net
(Some
symposia descriptions will be updated, so will changes in
convenorships. Participants are requested to consult the
Webpages of IAMAS.)
