UK-China workshop on "Climate Variability and Change for China: Preparing for the next 30 years"

Department of Meteorology, University of Reading.UK. 28 -30 July 2008

Aims

* To report on recent progress on understanding the past, present and future decadal-multidecadal East Asian monsoon variability and monsoon change in the context of current anthropogenic-induced global warming

* To discuss major scientific issues which need to be addressed to facilitate more confident predictions

* To strengthen the collaboration between the UK and China

Programme

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Monday 28th July (morning 10:30-12:45)

10:30-10:50 Welcome by Julia Slingo, Guoxiong Wu and others

Topic (i): Improving climate model simulation and predictions of the East Asian Summer Monsoon

10:50-11:35 Brian Hoskins: Overview of the East Asian Summer Monsoon

11:35-12:05 Julia Slingo/Pier Luigi Vidale: High resolution global modelling and its applications

12:05-12:35 Andrew Turner: Uncertainties in 2xCO2 coupled GCM projections of future monsoon rainfall extremes

12:35-12:45 Discussions

12:45-13:45 Lunch

Monday 28th July (afternoon 13:45-17:30)

Topic (ii): Exploring decadal variability and predictability of the EASM and the interplay with global warming

13:45-14:15 Guoxiong Wu / Fumin Ren: Change in Typhoon activities over Northwestern Pacific

14:15-14:45 Ming Tan: Decadal variability of the East Asian Summer Monsoon and the interplay with atmosphere temperature over the last millennium

14:45-15:15 Buwen Dong / Riyu Lu: The role of Atlantic ocean on the decadal-multidecadal variability of Asian summer monsoon

15:15-15:45 Tea Break

15:45-16:15 Yonghui Lei / Julia Slingo, Brian Hoskins: Climate change and decadal variability of the East Asian summer monsoon: a modelling study

16:15-16:45 Renhe Zhang: Decadal summer climate change in China in late 1980s and its possible causes

16:45-17:15 Yimin Liu / Guoxiong Wu: Multiscale forcing and the change of East Asia monsoon

17:15-17:30 Discussions

Tuesday 29th July (morning 09:30-12:45)

09:30-10:00 Tianjun Zhou: Detection and Attribution of East Asian Climate Change

10:00-10:30 Daoyi Gong: Climate teleconnection between East Asia and high latitudes

10:30-11:00 Xiuqun Yang: What caused the weakening of East Asian summer monsoon around the end of 1970s?

11:00-11:15 Discussions

11:15-11:45 Tea Break

Topic (iii): The changing chemical environment and implications for China

11:45-12:15 Ken Carslaw: The UKCA project and associated aerosol research

12:15-12:45 Paul Young: Atmospheric chemistry and climate: Potential applications of an Earth system model to China

12:45-13:45 Lunch

Tuesday 29th July (afternoon 13:45-17:45)

13:45-14:15 Renhe Zhang: The monitoring of greenhouse gases and governmental policies on controlling emission in China

14:15-14:30 Discussions

Topic (iv): Exploring the impacts of climate variability and change on water and food resources

14:30-15:00 Declan Conway: Overview of the UK-China climate change impact project

15:00-15:30 Richard Skeffington: Predicting the effect of climate change on water resources and food production in the Kennet catchment: Potential application to China.

15:30-16:00 Tea Break

16:00-16:30 Richard Harding: WATCH project and plans of Bejing workshop

16:30-17:00 Andy Challiner: Forecasting food in China: the influence of climate, composition and socio-economics

17:00-17:30 Sanai Li: Impacts of climate change on Chinese agriculture and

Tom Osborne: Impacts of climate change on Chinese agriculture

17:30-17:45 Discussions

Workshop Dinner in the Black Boy Shinfield (Coach picks up at 19:00 in the University and drops at 22:00 in the University and Comfort Inn Hotel)

Wednesday 30th July (morning 09:30-12:45, 30 min break)

Break out groups: Discuss specific collaboration, Science Bridge Award

Chairs: Julia Slingo, Brian Hoskins, and Guoxiong Wu

12:45-13:45 Lunch

Wednesday 30th July (afternoon 13:45)

Plenary-break out group reports

Next steps

Final words from Guoxiong Wu (China)

Final words from Julia Slingo (UK)

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