Session 1: Monsoon Variability on various time-scales
Chairs: Huang-Hsiung Hsu and Jianping Li

08:40-09:05 (invited)

Jianping Li

Some discussions on monsoon onset

09:05-09:20

Cheng-Ta Chen

Monsoon onset in a changing climate

09:20-09:35

Ruiqiang Ding

Predictability of the Madden-Julian oscillation

09:35-09:50

Jau-Ming Chen

Combined effects of monsoon and tropical cyclone on rainfall variability in Taiwan

09:50-10:05

Chih-Cherng Hong

Decadal relationship between the North Atlantic Oscillation and cold surge frequency in Taiwan

10:05-10:25 Coffee break

10:25-10:40

Huang-Hsiung Hsu

Issues related to monsoon variability

10:40-11:00

Discussion

Session 2: Atmosphere-land-ocean interaction
Chair: Tim Li

11:00-11:25 (invited)

Tianjun Zhou

How well do atmospheric general circulation models simulate the Asian monsoon variability?

11:25-11:50 (invited)

Yimin Liu

Progress of land-sea thermal contrast and the subtropical climate

11:50-14:00 Lunch break

14:00-14:25 (invited)

Weidong Yu

Oceanic preconditioning of the monsoon onset over Bay of Bengal

14:25-14:40

Jingyun Zheng

Land cover change in China during the last 300 years and its climate implications

14:40-14:55

Chia Chou

Response of tropical precipitation to a seasonal asymmetric forcing in the mid-Holocene

14:55-15:10

Xiouhua Fu

Impact of initial condition and air-sea coupling on the monsoon intraseasonal forecast

15:10-15:25

Rong-Shuo Cai

The transport variations of the source and adjacent area of Kuroshio

15:25-15:40

Masahide Kimoto

Decadal predictability of Pacific Decadal Oscillation

15:40-16:00 Coffee Break

16:00-16:15

Tim Li

Some issues related to the role of atmosphere-ocean interactions in East Asian Climate

16:15-16:35

Discussion

Session 3: Aerosol-cloud-monsoon interaction
Chair: W.-C. Wang

16:35-17:00 (invited)

Jianping Huang

Observation study of dust aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions over East Asia

17:00-17:25
(invited)

J.-P. Chen

Physically-based three-moment bulk aerosol parameterization scheme and its application to aerosol-cloud interactions

17:25-17:40

Jiandong Li

The possible aerosol direct forcing on Asian summer monsoon: a model study

17:40-17:55

W.-C. Wang

Issues related to model simulation of aerosol direct and indirect effects

17:55-18:15

Discussion

18:30 Reception

08:30-08:55 (invited)

Yang Song

Simulation and prediction of the Asian monsoon climate by the NCEP Climate Forecast System

08:55-09:10

Shoji Kusunoki

Near future (2015-2039) projection of the East Asia summer monsoon by an atmospheric global model with 20-km grid

09:10-09:25

Lijuan Chen

Regionalization of interannual precipitation and temperature regimes and regional predictability of seasonal means over China

09:25-09:45 Coffee break

09:45-10:00

Yong Luo

Issues Related to Asian Summer Monsoon Prediction

10:00-10:20

Discussion

10:20-11:50

Chairs’ reports and general discussion
Chair: Guoxiong Wu

11:50-12:00 Group photo

19:00 Banquet

Field trip