Session Details | |
Section | AS - Atmospheric Sciences |
Session Title | Dynamics of ENSO and Tropical Climate Variability |
Main Convener | Prof. Masahiro Watanabe (The University of Tokyo, Japan) |
Co-convener(s) | Prof. Soon-Il An (Yonsei University, Korea, South) Prof. Sang-Wook Yeh (Hanyang University, Korea, South) Dr. Hong-Li Ren (Laboratory for Climate Studies, National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, China) |
Session Description | El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the most dominant interannual variability in the climate system. Understanding and predicting ENSO and its global impacts are crucial not only for climate scientists but also for society. Past studies for more than thirty years have advanced our understanding of ENSO substantially, but further questions have recently been raised; how ENSO will or will not change due to increasing greenhouse gasses, what processes drive two-types of El Niños, what the role of inter-basin coupling is in the ENSO dynamics and predictability, how ENSO interacts with lower frequency decadal variability as well as higher frequency weather disturbances, and how we can improve ENSO simulation in general circulation models. The goal of this session is therefore to discuss recent progress and remaining issues in ENSO studies. We welcome all the contributions from theoretical, observational, and modeling approaches to the dynamics of ENSO and related tropical climate variability. |