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COAA 6th International Conference

August 2013


International Conference on Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Change

The Chinese-American Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (COAA), The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the Hong Kong Meteorological Society (HKMS) organized the 6th International Conference on Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Change on the campus of CUHK during August 19~21, 2013 in Hong Kong, China.

The conference aimed to bring global Chinese professionals on ocean and atmosphere science and technology to exchange ideas and experiences in the practical application of innovative sciences and technologies related to ocean and weather observing and forecasting systems, climate change and global warming. The conference was the premier platform for experts from all over the world to explore new technologies, inspire new strategies, and identify opportunities for future collaborations with their peers. It is also a means for senior scientists and engineers to provide helpful information for younger ones to stimulate the knowledge transfer from generation to generation.

Meeting Agenda:

    Day 1: 19 August 2013 (Monday):

  • 08:00-08:30 Registration
  • 08:30-10:10 Climate Change and Our Actions Chair: Guoxiong Wu and Zhaning Li
  • 08:30-08:50 The World Climate Research Programme: Grand Challenges for the Decade Ahead by Antonio J. Busalacchi, University of Maryland, INVITED

    08:50-09:10 Overview of climate change and earth system science studies in China by Guanhua Xu, Ministry of Science & Technology, China, INVITED

    09:10-09:30 Climate Change and the 130 years of Weather and Climate in Hong Kong by Chi-Ming Shun, Director of Hong Kong Observatory, The HKSAR Government, INVITED

    09:30-09:50 Development of integrated observation platforms in critical regions of climate system: A few cases in Mainland China by Congbin Fu, Nanjing University, INVITED

    09:50-10:10 Black Carbon in 3D Mountain/Snow, Radiative Transfer and Regional Climate Change by Kuo-Nan Liou, University of California, Los Angeles, INVITED

  • 10:10-10:30 Tea/Coffee break
  • 10:30-11:00 Opening Ceremony Chair: Guanhua Xu, Tony Busalacchi
  • Video introducing CUHK Jockey Club Initiative Gaia

    Speech by Professor Joseph J Y Sung, Vice-Chancellor and President, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Speech by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Representative

    Speech by Mr Chi-Ming Shun, Director of Hong Kong Observatory, The HKSAR Government

    Speech by Professor Zhanqing Li, President, The Chinese-American Oceanic and Atmospheric Association

  • 11:00-12:00 Asian Monsoon Chair: William Lau and C. P. Chang
  • 11:00-11:20 Recent Advances in the Study on the Dynamics of the Asian Summer Monsoon Onset by Guoxiong Wu, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, INVITED

    11:20-11:40 Interdecadal Variability and Future Change Trend of the East Asian Summer Monsoon Rainfall Under the Global Warming by Rong-Hui Huang, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, INVITED

    11:40-12:00 Long-term Variation of Heat Sources over the Tibetan Plateau and Its Impact on Change in Asian Summer Monsoon by Yihui Ding, China Meteorological Administration, INVITED

  • 12:00-13:00 Lunch
  • 13:00-13:40 Asian Monsoon (Continued)
  • 13:00-13:20 Northern Hemisphere Summer Monsoon Intensified by Mega-ENSO and AMO by Bin Wang, University of Hawaii, INVITED

    13:20-13:40 The Aerosol-Monsoon Climate System of Asia by William M. K. Lau, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, INVITED

  • 13:40-15:20 Aerosol and Climate Chair: Yihui Ding and Wei-Kuo Tao
  • 13:40-14:00 Climate Changes and the Potential Rules of Increasing Air Pollution in China By Zhanqing Li, University of Maryland,INVITED

    14:00-14:20 Regional and Global Impacts of Asian Pollution by Renyi Zhang, Taxes A&M University, INVITED

    14:20-14:40 Observational Study of the Aridity Effect of Dust Aerosolsby Jianping Huang, Lanzhou University, INVITED

    14:40-15:00 Overview of Seven South East Asian Studies (7-SEAS) in Southeast Asia by Neng-Huei Lin, National Central University,INVITED

    15:00-15:20 How Aerosols Impact Deep Convection, Radiative Forcing and Circulation? by Jiwen Fan, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA, INVITED

  • 15:20-16:00 Poster Session
  • 16:00-18:00 Dual Breakout Sessions
  • Session 1: Asian Monsoon (Part I) Chair: Bin Wang and Dalin Zhang
  • 16:00-16:15 Detection of a Coupled-S-Shaped Pattern in the Normalized Refractivity Anomaly in the East Asia and Western North Pacific and Its Implications by Xingqin Fang, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, USA

    16:15-16:30 An analysis of the Extreme Dry spells in Taiwan and Its Relationship with East Asian Monsoons Variations by Mong-Ming Lu, Central Weather Bureau, Taiwan

    16:30-16:45 The Implication of ENSO on Asia-Pacific Regional Climate by Wen Zhou, School of Energy and Environment, University of Hong Kong

    16:45-17:00 The Structural Characteristics of Precipitation in Asian-Pacific’s Three Monsoon Regions Measured by TRMM by Fangzhou Li, Sun Yat-sen University

    17:00-17:15 Roles of 10–20-day oscillation in rainstorms of October 2010 over Hainan in China by Maoqiu Jian, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University

    17:15-17:30 Effects of Air-Sea Coupling on the Boreal Summer Intraseasonal Oscillations over the Tropical Indian Ocean by Ailan Lin, Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration

    17:30-17:45 Monsoon and Tropical Meteorology Relationship of the interannual variability of moisture source over southern Indian Ocean during boreal summer to the local SST and ENSO by Yunting Qiao, Sun Yat-sen University

    17:45-18:00 Impacts of Different Types of El Niño on the East Asian Climate: Focus on ENSO Cycles by Yuan Yuan, National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration

  • Session 2:Aerosols and Climate (Part I)Chair: Renyi Zhang and Jianping Huang
  • 16:00-16:15 Light Precipitation Suppression over the Taihang Mountains in Northern China by Summertime Air Pollution by Jianping Guo, Chinese Academy of Meteorology

    16:15-16:30 Most Probable Height of Aerosols by Jingfeng Huang, University of Maryland, and NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

    16:30-16:45 Sensitivity of CAM5 cloud simulation to ice-nucleation parameterizations and its implication to climate by Chuanfeng Zhao, Beijing Normal University

    16:45-17:00 Aerosol effects on deep convection over the Indian region during ARM GVAX Campaign by Manoj Manguttathil, University of Maryland Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center

    17:00-17:15 Classification and investigation of Asian aerosol absorptive properties by Timothy Logan, University of North Dakota

    17:15-17:30 Microphysical, Macrophysical and Radiative Impacts of Aerosol on Different Cloud Systems by Yun Lin, Texas A&M University

    17:30-17:45 The impact of chemical composition and particle shape on the radiative properties of polluted dust by Meng Fan, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences

    17:45-18:00 Study on the temporal evolution and spatial distribution of urban heat islands over Pearl River Delta in recent ten years by Baomin Wang, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University

  • Welcoming banquet in celebration of COAA’s 20th Anniversary, CUHK’s 50th Anniversary and HKMS’s 25th Anniversary
  • Day 2: 20 August 2013 (Tuesday):

  • 08:45-10:25 Cloud and Precipitation Chair: Kuo-Nan Liou and Ronghui Huang
  • 08:45-09:05 Record-Breaking Increase in Taiwan Typhoon Rainfall in the Recent Decade: Is it Related to Global Warming? by Chih-Pei Chang, Naval Postgraduate School, USA, INVITED

    09:05-09:25 A Robust Multi-scale Modeling System for the Study of Cloud and Precipitation Processes by Wei-Kuo Tao, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, INVITED

    09:25-09:45 Numerical simulations of the effects of deep convection on the concentration and size-distribution of aerosol particles at the upper troposphere by Yan Yin, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, INVITED

    09:45-10:05 Marine and Continental Low-level Cloud Processes and Properties by Xiquan Dong, University of North Dakota, INVITED

    10:05-10:25 Multi-sensor Remote Sensing of Cloud Macrophysical and Microphysical Properties with the A-train Satellites by Zhien Wang, University of Wyoming, INVITED

  • 10:25-10:40 Tea/coffee break
  • 10:40-12:10 Dual Breakout Sessions
  • Session 1: Climate Change Chair: Donxin Hu and Yee Leung
  • 10:40-10:55 A numerical experiment for the quasi-biweek oscillation in the South China Sea by Dongxiao Wang, The South China Sea Institute of Oceanology

    10:55-11:10 Cyclic Fluctuations of Climate Change Effects on the Annual Catch of Grey Mullet (Mugil cephalus L.) in the Taiwan Strait by Ming-An Lee, Department of Environmental Biology Fisheries Science, National Taiwan Ocean University

    11:10-11:25 Prioritizing air pollution control and climate change adaption to tackle food insecurity in the mid-21st century by Amos P. K. Tai, MIT / The Chinese University of Hong Kong

    11:25-11:40 Performance evaluation of CMIP5 models in simulating temperature over southern China by Hang-wai Tong, Hong Kong Observatory

    11:40-11:55 Will climate change have its greatest ecological impact in arctic or tropical regions? Insights from a migrant species by David L. Thomson, University of Hong Kong

    11:55-12:10 Impact of human activity on regional warming over Asian drylands by Xiaodan Guan, College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University

  • Session 2: Cloud and Precipitation Chair: Congbin Fu and Fuzhong Weng
  • 10:40-10:55 Uncertainty Analysis of the Cloud Retrievals Using a Perturbation Method by Chuanfeng Zhao, Beijing Normal University

    10:55-11:10 Development of intense helicity and vortical hot towers in Hurricane Bonnie (1998) by Yongqing Wang, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

    11:10-11:25 The Application of Newtonian Jerky Dynamics in Inertial Instability by Wei Zhong, Nanjing University

    11:25-11:40 Sudden Track Changes of Tropical Cyclones in Monsoon Gyres: Idealized Experiments by Jia Liang, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

    11:40-11:55 What are the major sources and pathways of air contributing to heavy pollutant episodes in Hong Kong? By Chow Chak Hang, School of energy and environment, City University of Hong Kong

    11:55-12:10 Increase of summertime thunderstorm in Southeast China: Potential impacts of increasing aerosol loading, by Xin Yang and Zhanqing Li, Beijing Normal University and University of Maryland

  • 12:10-13:00
  • 13:00-15:00 Weather Forecasting, Hurricane, Data Assimilation & Remote Sensing Chair: Song Yang and Xiquan Dong
  • 13:00-13:20 Recent Advances in Tropical Cyclogenesis Research by Dalin Zhang, University of Maryland, INVITED

    13:20-13:40 On the origin and impact of asymmetric polygonal eyewall and mesovortices in the rapid intensification of hurricane Wilma (2005) by Peter M. K. Yau, McGill University, INVITED

    13:40-14:00 Uses of Suomi NPP Data for Improving Hurricane/Typhoon Forecasts by Fuzhong Weng, Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, INVITED

    14:00-14:20 Multi-scale Prediction of the Asian Monsoon in the NCEP Climate Forecast System by Song Yang, Sun Yat-sen University, INVITED

    14:20-14:40 Ensemble forecast: assessing and communicating forecast uncertainty by Yuejian Zhu, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction, INVITED

    14:40-15:00 Evaluation and Regime-dependent Error Diagnosis of Cloud and Water Vapor Simulations in Climate Models Using NASA A-Train Satellite Observations by Jonathan Jiang, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, INVITED

  • 15:00-16:00 Poster Session
  • 16:00-18:00 Dual Breakout Sessions
  • Session 1: Weather Forecasting and Data Assimilation Chair: Yuejian Zhu and Peter Yau
  • 16:00-16:15 Intermediate Frequency Atmospheric Disturbances: A Dynamical Bridge Connecting western U.S. Extreme Precipitation with East Asian Cold by Yi Deng, Georgia Institute of Technology

    16:15-16:30 The Improvement of Boundary Layer Sounding from Satellite Observation by Chian-Yi Liu, National Central University

    16:30-16:45 The multi-scale prediction of onset date of South China Sea summer monsoon and its driven mechanism by Dejun Gu, Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration

    16:45-17:00 Factors for interannual variations of September-October rainfall in Hainan, China by Zhiping Wen, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University

    17:00-17:15 Relationship between summer rainfall anomalies and sub-seasonal oscillations in South China by Chunhui Li, Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology

    17:15-17:30 Dynamical Response of the South China Costal Monsoon Trough to Mesoscale Convective Systems Associated with Continuous Heavy Rainfall Process by Weiguang Meng, Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration

  • Session 2: Remote Sensing Chair: Zhien Wang and Jonathan Jiang
  • 16:00-16:15 A Thematic Climate Data Record (TCDR) of Atmospheric Temperature Derived from Satellite Microwave Sounding Instruments Using 1D-Var by Kunghwa Wang, University of Maryland, INVITED

    16:20-16:40 Emerging Satellite Observations of Above-Cloud Aerosols and Direct Radiative Forcing by Zhibo Zhang, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, INVITED

    16:40-16:55 Climatological Means and Variations of Tropical Precipitation and Its Relationship With Surface Temperature from 15 years of TRMM Data by Jian-Jian Wang, University of Maryland

    16:55-17:10 Characterization of DCC targets with GOME-2 observation for GOES calibration of visible Channels by Haifeng Qian, Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

    17:10-17:25 A new approach to retrieving cloud base height of marine boundary layer clouds by Jiming Li, College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University

    17:25-17:40 Space-based measurements of XCO2 in China during the past three years by Mingmin Zou, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • 18:00-20:00 Dinner
  • Day 3: 21 August 2013 (Wednesday):

  • 08:45-10:05 Ocean, Air-Sea Interactions and Climate Chair: Yee Leung and Renguang Wu

    08:45-09:05 Review of recent advances on ocean circulation study in the western Pacific Ocean by Dunxin Hu, Institute of Oceanography, INVITED

    09:05-09:25 Ocean and Meteorological Data from In-situ Ocean Observing Systems by Chung-Chu Teng, NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, INVITED

    09:25-09:45 Investigating the relationship between tropical cyclones and the tropical 10-60 day oscillations of the Western Pacific by Chung-Hsiung Sui, National Taiwan University, INVITED

    09:45-10:05 Role of Indonesian Throughflow in the interannual climate variations and predictability of the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean by Dongliang Yuan, Institute of Oceanography, INVITED

  • 10:05-10:20 Tea/coffee Break
  • 10:20-12:10 Climate Variability and Modeling Chair: Dunxin Hu and Chung-Hsiung
  • 10:20-10:40 A Hierarchical Framework for Evaluating High Resolution Climate Models by L. Ruby Leung, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA, INVITED

    10:40-11:00 Expansion of global drylands under a warming climate by Qiang Fu, University of Washington, INVITED

    11:00-11:20 About an interdecadal change around 1993 over East Asia and the western North Pacific by Renguang Wu, Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, INVITED

    11:20-11:40 Effects of Energy Use on Climate---Beyond the Urban Heat Islands by Guang Jun Zhang, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, INVITED

    11:40-12:00 Poleward Expansion of the Hadley Circulation in CMIP5 Simulations by Yongyun Hu, Peking University, INVITED

    12:00-12:20 Modifications to sub-grid scale cloud representation aimed at improving SST simulations in the ACCESS coupled-mode by Zhian Sun, Australia Bureau of Meteorology, INVITED

  • 12:20-13:20 Lunch
  • 13:20-14:20 Climate Changes Chair: Qiang Fu and Ruby Leung
  • 13:20-13:40 Recent Progresses of the Program “Carbon Budget and Relevant Issues in Response to Climate Change ” by Daren Lu, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, INVITED

    13:40-14:00 Assessing the Influence of Regional SST Modes on the Winter Temperature in China: the Effect of Tropical Pacific by Zhihong Jiang, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, INVITED

    14:00-14:20 Climate Changes of Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Formation by Liguang Wu, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, INVITED

  • 14:20-15:00 Tea/Coffee Break
  • 15:00-17:00 Dual Breakout Sessions
  • Session 1: Ocean and Air-Sea Interactions Chair: Yongyun Hu and Dongliang Yuan
  • 15:00-15:15 Contrasting impact of Eastern-Pacific and Central-Pacific types of ENSO on the moisture circulation over East Asia by Xiuzhen Li, City University of Hong Kong

    15:15-15:30 Increased tropical cyclone precipitation area with local SST by Yanluan Lin, Tsinghua University

    15:30-15:45 Coupling of a Regional Atmospheric Model (RegCM3) and a Regional Oceanic Model (FVCOM) over the Maritime Continent by Jun Wei, Peking University

    15:45-16:00 Interannual modulation of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) on the low-latitude western North Pacific by Chau-Ron Wu, National Taiwan Normal University

    16:00-16:15 North Atlantic ventilation using chlorofluorocarbons and idealised-tracer simulations by Yanchun He, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

    16:15-16:30 Seasonality of atmosphere-ocean interaction in the South China Sea by Zhuoqi He, Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

    16:30-16:45 Variability of the Indian Ocean SST and its possible impact on summer western North Pacific anticyclone in the NCEP Climate Forecast System by Xingwen Jiang, Institute of Plateau Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration

    16:45-17:00 Recent Increase in High Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential Region in the Western North Pacific Ocean and the new Ocean Coupling Potential Intensity Index by I-I Lin, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University

  • Session 2: Aerosols and Climate (Part II) Chair: Jiwen Fan and Jingfeng Huang
  • 15:00-15:15 Inverse model estimation of ammonia emissions over North China by Lin Zhang, Peking University

    15:15-15:30 Characteristics of the seasonal variation of anthropogenic aerosol and its interaction with East Asia climate by Yiquan Jiang, Nanjing University

    15:30-15:45 Mixing Weight Determination of Dust/Soot Mixture with MODIS data Over Arid Areas by Tang-Huang Lin, National Central University

    15:45-16:00 Modeling Study of the Effect of Anthropogenic Aerosols on Drought in the Late Spring of South China by Ning Hu, State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modelling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA

    16:00-16:15 Climate Characteristic and Variation of Rainstorm in South China by Hongyu Wu, Climate Center of Guangdong, China Meteorological Administration

    16:15-16:30 Studies on the Tropical Atmospheric Intraseasonal oscillation in different reanalysis dat by Qingquan Li, National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration

    16:30-16:45 Emissions of nitrogen oxides over China retrieved from space: trends, variability and impacts on particulate matter pollution by Jintai Lin, Peking University

    16:45-17:00 Process analysis of typical aerosol pollution in autumn over Pearl River Delta, China By Yiming Liu, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University

    Poster Session 19 August 2013 (Monday) 15:20-16:00 Chairs: Jingfeng Huang and Peter Wang :

    1. Impact of assimilating microwave imager radiances on tropical cyclone analyses and forecasts Wei Han, Numerical Prediction Center, China Meteorological Administration

    2. Process analysis of typical aerosol pollution in autumn over Pearl River Delta, China Yiming Liu, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University

    3. What are the major sources and pathways of air contributing to heavy pollutant episodes in Hong Kong? Chow Chak Hang, School of energy and environment, City University of Hong Kong

    4. Effects of climate and emissions changes on the future particulate matter pollution in the U.S. Hao He, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland

    5. Increase of summertime thunderstorm in Southeast China: Potential impacts of increasing aerosol loading Xin Yang, Beijing Normal University

    6. Investigation of the seasonal variations of Marine and continental aerosols, clouds, and their interactions with meteorological regimes Timothy Logan, University of North Dakota

    7. Simulations of the First Indirect Effect of Anthropogenic Sulfate and Its Impact on Regional Climate of East Asia Jinghua Chen, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

    8. An Observational Study of Aerosol Optical Properties at Mt. Huang in Summer Yuan Liang, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

    9. Study on Rise in the Tropical Tropopause Height from 1979 to 2011 Bin Zheng, Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration

    10. Impact of climate change on runoff in the upstream catchment of the Feilaixia reservoir, South China Chuan-Hao Wu, School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology

    11. Urbanization Effects on Precipitation over the Pearl River Delta Chengyan Mao, Sun Yat-Sen University

    12. Improvement of Aerosol Retrieval Near Boundary-layer Clouds Guoyong Wen, Morgan State University

    13. UniversityLong term Variability of Rainfall possibly influenced by ENSO index in Taiwan Yi-Chun Kuo, Department of Environmental Biology Fisheries Science, National Taiwan Ocean

    14. Precipitation probability of clouds over China based on ISCCP and ground precipitation products Mengjiao Jiang, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University

    15. Stochastic Dynamical Simulation on the 100Kya Cycles in the Climate System Duan Mingkeng, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

    16. Cloud Optical and Microphysical Properties Derived from Ground-Based and Satellite Sensors over a Site in the Yangtze Delta Region Jianjun Liu, University of Maryland

    17. Soil Moisture assimilation study over China Chunxiang Shi, National Meteorological Information Center

    18. Evaluation of Multi-Model Ensemble System for Seasonal and Monthly Prediction Qin Zhang, CPC/NCEP/NWS/NOAA

    19. The Variability of Methane Fluxes From a Temperate Ombrotrophic Peatland in Canada Derrick Lai, Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

    20. Effect of urban morphologies on urban airflows and pollutant dispersion in urban-like geometries Jian Hang, Sun Yat-Sen University

    21. Relationship between summer rainfall anomalies and sub-seasonal oscillations in South China Chunhui Li, Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration

    Poster Session 20 August 2013 (Tuesday) 15:00-16:00 Chairs: Haifeng Qian and Jianjian Wang :

    22. The impact on East Asia due to the variation of transient wave and stationary wave Leung Yu Ting, City University of Hong Kong

    23. The Implication of Atmospheric Blocking Patterns over Ural-Siberia on the East Asian Winter Climate, Hoffman H. N. Cheung, City University of Hong Kong

    24. Summer High Temperature Extremes in Southeast China Associated with the East Asian Jet Stream and Circumglobal Teleconnection Weiwen Wang, City University of Hong Kong

    25. Influence of ENSO on tropical wave activity in western North Pacific Liang Wu, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

    26. Investigation of the Inter-annual Variability of Typhoon's Maximum Potential Intensity in the Western North Pacific Ocean Jui-Yu Chan, Department of Atmospheric Science, National Taiwan University

    27. Investigation of ocean's barrier layer and warm ocean feature on tropical cyclone's intensity change Mei-Leng Lam, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University

    28. Attribution of the recent summer warming in Indian Ocean Basin to the decadal change in the seasonal timing of El Niño decay phase Rongcai Ren, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

    29. The Interannual Variability and Influencing Factors of the winter India-Burma Trough Shiji Chen, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University

    30. North Atlantic ventilation using chlorofluorocarbons and idealised-tracer simulations Yanchun He, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

    31. NOAA CoastWatch Okeanos Ocean Color Operational Production System Banghua Yan, Office of Satellite and Product Operations, NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

    32. Impacts of Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events on Estuarine Systems Ming Li, University of Maryland

    33. NUMERICAL MODELINE RESEARCH OF ROSSBY TOPOGRAHIC WAVE Jiang Qin, Sun Yat-sen University

    34. Cloud-scale simulation studing on the evaluation of latent heat processes of mesoscale convective system accompanying heavy rainfall: The Guangzhou Case Kailu Wu, Sun Yat-sen University

    35. A new method for identifying the severity of drought: a case study in Southwest China Wang Lin, Center for Monsoon System Research, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    36. On Empirical Bias Corrections of NPP CrIMSS OSS Forward Model Changyi Tan, IMSG @ Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

    37. Environmental Properties of the linear Mesoscale convective systems during Meiyu period in the Middle- lower reaches of Yangtze river area. Xiaofang Wang, Institute of Heavy Rain, China Meteorological Administration

    38. Cloud-scale simulation study of Typhoon Hagupit (2008) Part I: Microphysical processes of the inner core and three-dimensional structure of the latent heat budget Jiangnan Li, Sun Yat-sen University

    39. Influences of the Pacific-Japan teleconnection pattern on synoptic-scale variability in the Western North Pacific Li Cheuk Yin, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong

    40. Application of FY Satellite Data on Mesoscale Analysis and Simulation of Beijing 7.21 Heavy Rainstorm Event by LAPS Hongli Li, Wuhan Institute of Heavy Rain, China Meteorological Administration

    41. Precipitation characteristic over the Pearl River Delta Metropolitan based on the satellite and ground observations Sheng Chen, Sun Yat-sen University

    42. Impacts of land and sea surface temperature on the South China Sea summer monsoon Ming Luo and Yee Leung, Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

    43. Impact of ENSO on precipitation in the East River basin, south China Jianfeng Li, Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

    44. North Pacific Gyre Oscillation and the Occurrence of Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclones Wei Zhang and Yee Leung, Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

    45. A modeling study of multi-scale nature of tropical cyclone activities in June 2004 Lin Ching, National Central University

    46. A study of regional air pollution in spring using WRF/CMAQ model over Pearl River Delta, China Qi Fan, Department of Atmospheric Science, Sun Yat-sen University

    47. Improved retrieval of tropospheric nitrogen dioxide from satellite remote sensing Jintai Lin, Peking University