Mid-latitude Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions: Their Processes and Predictability
Venue
Toyama International Conference Center
Objectives
The frequency of extreme rainfall and snowfall has been increasing in recent years, and these events severely affect human life and property. Recent analyses of high-resolution ocean/atmosphere data have shown that the mid-latitude ocean can influence atmospheric circulations and their variability. The rediscovery of strong warm currents (e.g., the Kuroshio and the Gulf Stream) and associated strong ocean frontal zones as "climate hotspots" has elucidated the mechanisms of ocean-atmosphere interactions and established a new paradigm for the active role of mid-latitude oceans in the climate system. The research progress has led to a new critical task: the application of this new knowledge to the prediction of extreme rainfall/snowfall and climate variability. For this task, we need to deepen the previously established paradigm and demonstrate its scientific and societal importance and validity. This workshop will provide a forum for the exchange of ideas on mid-latitude air-sea interactions and a wide range of related topics based on state-of-the-art research. We welcome observational, numerical, and theoretical studies from weather to climate timescales, and especially encourage graduate students and young researchers to participate in the workshop.
Invited Speakers
- Stuart Bishop (NC State University, USA)
- Samantha Hallam (Maynooth University, Ireland)
- Hanna Na (Seoul National University, Korea)
- Wendell A Nuss (Naval Postgraduate School, USA)
- Bo Qiu (University of Hawaii, USA)
- Niklas Schneider (University of Hawaii, USA)
- Hyodae Seo (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA)
- Axel Timmermann (Pusan National University, Korea)
- Lixiao Xu (Ocean University of China, China)
Outlines
Day 1: June 16
09:20-09:30 Opening remark
09:30-11:50 Session 1 Overarching topics
13:30-14:50 Session 2 Meso-/frontal-scale air-sea interaction I
15:00-17:00 Poster session I
Day 2: June 17
09:30-10:30 Session 3 Meso-/frontal-scale air-sea interaction II
10:30-11:50 Breakout discussion
13:30-14:50 Session 4 Meso-/frontal-scale air-sea interaction III
15:00-17:00 Poster session II
Day 3: June 18
09:30-10:30 Session 5 Large-scale teleconnection and predictability
10:50-11:50 Session 6 Interannual-to-decadal variability and trend I
13:30-14:30 Session 7 Interannual-to-decadal variability and trend II
14:50-15:50 Report of Breakout discussion
15:50-16:00 Closing
Poster sessions
Meso-/frontal-scale air-sea interaction I: Tropical cyclone
Meso-/frontal-scale air-sea interaction II: Processes around Japan
Large-scale teleconnection and predictability
Meso-/frontal-scale air-sea interaction III: Atmospheric variability
Meso-/frontal-scale air-sea interaction IV: Marine heat wave
Meso-/frontal-scale air-sea interaction V: Oceanic variavility
- In this meeting, 26 oral presentations and 64 poster presentations were given on a wide variety of topics related to mid-latitude ocean-atmosphere interactions from the mesoscale to the global scale, and on observational results and high-resolution numerical modeling studies. A breakout discussion were also held to discuss future directions of mid-latitude ocean-atmosphere interaction investigations, and involvement and promotion of early career scientists.
- "Young Hot-Spotters Presenter Award" was set in this meeting for the early career scientists and students. Based on evaluations by senior scientists attending the meeting, the following two individuals were selected for the award:
- Hyung-Ju Park (Seoul National University, Korea)
- Kenta Tamura (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Group Photo
Scientific Organizing Committee
Masami Nonaka (JAMSTEC), Shoshiro Minobe (Hokkaido University), Eitarou Oka (University of Tokyo), Wataru Yanase (MRI-JMA), Akira Yamazaki (JAMSTEC), Satoru Okajima (University of Tokyo), Bunmei Taguchi, Kazuaki Yasunaga, Atsushi Hamada (University of Toyama)