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AOGS Election of Office Bearers - 2010 to 2012
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Chun-Chieh Wu (CV)
Chair Professor
Department of Atmospheric Sciences,
National Taiwan University, Taiwan |
Many major severe weather phenomena occur in Asia-Oceania region, which have large influence to not only the countries in this region but also to the neighbouring world. Take typhoons for example, after forming in the low latitudes, under the influence of a number of factors on their track and intensity, they may evolve into an extra-tropical cyclone and have a substantial impact on the mid-latitude environment well downstream. In addition to the direct impacts from the mesoscale systems or severe storms, the large-scale circulation associated with Asia Monsoon is very important to the agriculture and economics of this region. Other intra-seasonal to inter-annual time scales patterns, such as the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) and El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), are also notable in this area and are highly correlated to the global climate change issues.
Environmental pollution issues such as biomass burning, Asian brown cloud, air quality deterioration, and others are also intimately coupled to mesoscale meteorological phenomenon. These studies are critically important to the economical development of many nations within Asia-Oceania. Interest in these areas of research has been increasing at a fast pace within AOGS. Across discipline interaction and cooperation among atmospheric scientists working on atmospheric dynamics, atmospheric physics and chemistry are essential for the future of Asia-Oceania.
As an atmospheric scientist, I realize the challenge of improving our understanding of the multi-scale dynamical, physical and chemical processes within this area. I have had an unique experience in leading an international field program, "Dropsonde Observations for Typhoon Surveillance near the Taiwan Region (DOTSTAR)", while collaborating with a number of distinguished atmospheric scientists from different organizations all over the world. AOGS provides an efficient platform for scientific interaction to advance the atmospheric sciences and public benefits for Asia and Oceania. If elected as the section president, I will build upon my past experience and intensify my effort to promote atmospheric sciences and help Asian scientists to play important roles in the international research arena.
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