| Session Details | |
| Section | AS - Atmospheric Sciences |
| Session Title | Historical Simulations and Future Projections of Asian Monsoons in CMIP and CORDEX Models: Current State and Future Challenges |
| Main Convener | Dr. Sandeep Sahany (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Saroj Kanta Mishra (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India) Prof. Ravi Nanjundiah (Indian Institute of Science, India) |
| Session Description | The Asian monsoonal system is observed to be changing as a part of the global climate change. These changes have both scientific as well as societal implications for a significant fraction of the world’s population that are heavily dependent on this climate phenomenon. A large community of researchers is involved in advancing our understanding of Asian monsoons using variety of approaches including theory, observations, and numerical modeling. Numerical simulations of the climate system including monsoons, both for the historical and for various warming scenarios are produced via coordinated experiments carried out by various modeling centers spread across the globe at relatively coarser resolutions with a global coverage (CMIP) as well as finer resolutions over regional domains (CORDEX). Although there have been significant improvements in monsoon simulations in the past couple of decades, there still remain many unresolved problems that need to be solved in a prioritized manner. This session invites contributions assessing our current state of understanding, and identifying and prioritizing outstanding issues and future challenges in Asian monsoon simulations. |