Atmospheric Sciences

AS01 - Regional Climate Modelling: Science and Applications
*Dr. Srivatsan Raghavan (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Dr. Ming Tue Vu (Clemson University, United States)

AS03 - Multi-scale Climate Variability Over Asia and Surrounding Oceans
*Dr. Tim Li (University of Hawaii, United States)
Prof. Renhe Zhang (Fudan University, China)
Dr. Tomoe Nasuno (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan)
Prof. Jong-Seong Kug (Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea, South)
Prof. Song Yang (Sun Yat-sen University, China)

AS04 - Atmospheric Chemistry in Highly Polluted Environments: Emissions, Fate, and Impacts
*Prof. Jianlin Hu (Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China)
Dr. Hongliang Zhang (Louisiana State University, United States)
Dr. Sri H. Kota (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India)
Dr. Qi Ying (Texas A and M University, United States)

AS05 - The Science and Prediction of Heavy Rainfall and Floods
*Prof. Yali Luo (Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, China)
Prof. Johnny Chan (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR)

AS06 - Application of Cloud-resolving Model Simulations for Studying Cloud-related Processes in Climate
*Dr. Wei-Kuo Tao (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States)
Prof. Chung-Hsiung Sui (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Prof. Masaki Satoh (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Prof. Pay-Liam Lin (National Central University, Taiwan)
Prof. Qinghong Zhang (Peking University, China)

AS07 - Behavior of Monsoon in the Current and Future Climate: Comparisons Among Different Monsoon Regions
*Dr. Wen Chen (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Dr. Congwen Zhu (Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, China)
Dr. Lin Wang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Dr. Patama Singhruck (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)
Mr. Hirokazu Endo (Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan)

AS08 - Madden-Julian Oscillation and Its Global Impacts
*Prof. Ziniu Xiao (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Dr. Jian Ling (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Prof. Xiu-Qun Yang (Nanjing University, China)
Prof. Joshua-Xiouhua Fu (Fudan University, China)
Dr. Shuguang Wang (Columbia University, United States)

AS09 - Aerosol and Cloud Observations from Geostationary Satellites: Breaking the Temporal Barriers
*Dr. Pawan Gupta (Universities Space Research Association, United States)
Dr. Robert Levy (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States)
Dr. James Crawford (NASA Langley Research Center, United States)
Dr. Steven Platnick (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States)
Dr. Mayumi Yoshida (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan)

AS10 - Asian Monsoon Variability in a Warming Environment
*Dr. Ramesh Kripalani (Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, India)
Prof. Jaiho Oh (Pukyong National University, Korea, South)
Prof. Kyung-Ja Ha (Pusan National University, Korea, South)
Prof. June-Yi Lee (Pusan National University, Korea, South)
Dr. Amita Prabhu (Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, India)

AS11 - Impacts of Haze and Dust in East Asia: Mechanism, Observations, and Model Assessments
*Dr. Yuan Wang (California Institute of Technology, United States)
Prof. Jianping Guo (Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, China)
Prof. Chuanfeng Zhao (Beijing Normal University, China)
Prof. Yong-Sang Choi (Ewha Womans University, Korea, South)
Prof. Daizhou Zhang (Prefectural University of Kumamoto, Japan)

AS12 - Data Assimilation for Earth System Applications
*Dr. Soyoung Ha (National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States)
Prof. Lili Lei (Nanjing University, China)

AS13 - 11th Sasaki Symposium on Data Assimilation for Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Hydrologic Applications
*Prof. Seon Ki Park (Ewha Womans University, Korea, South)
Dr. Liang Xu (Naval Research Laboratory, United States)
Prof. Ibrahim Hoteit (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia)
Dr. Takemasa Miyoshi (RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science, Japan)

AS16-53 - Exploration and Science of the Earth’s Lower and Middle Atmosphere: Past, Present and Future Perspectives
*Dr. Som Kumar Sharma (Physical Research Laboratory, India)
Dr. Shikha Raizada (Arecibo Observatory, United States)
Dr. D. V. Phanikumar (Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, India)
Prof. Tai-Yin Huang (Penn State Lehigh Valley, United States)
Prof. Cheng-Ling Kuo (National Central University, Taiwan)

AS17 - Land-atmosphere interactions of the Tibetan Plateau and their impacts on weather and climate
*Dr. Fei Chen (National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States)
Dr. Ping Zhao (Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, China)
Dr. Yimin Liu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

AS18-02-OS - Climate Change, Tropical Climatic Hazards in Asia Oceania and Societal Applications of Atmospheric and Oceanic Regional Models
*Dr. Venkata Ratnam Jayanthi (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan)
Dr. Toru Miyama (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan)
Prof. Jaiho Oh (Pukyong National University, Korea, South)
Dr. Satyaban B. Ratna (University of East Anglia, United Kingdom)
Prof. Yuriy Kuleshov (Bureau of Meteorology, Australia)

AS19 - Impact of Aerosols on Hydro-climate
*Dr. Kyu-Myong Kim (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States)
Dr. Yun Qian (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States)
Prof. Tianjun Zhou (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Prof. Maeng-Ki Kim (Kongju National University, Korea, South)
Dr. Teppei Yasunari (Hokkaido University, Japan)

AS20 - High-resolution Simulation, Prediction, and Projection of High-impact Weather Events and Climate Change
*Prof. Huang-Hsiung Hsu (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Dr. Malcolm Roberts (Met Office Hadley Centre, United Kingdom)
Dr. Songyou Hong (Korea Institute of Atmospheric Prediction Systems (KIAPS), Korea, South)
Prof. Masaki Satoh (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Dr. Shian-Jiann Lin (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States)

AS21 - Sub-seasonal to Seasonal Forecasting of High-impact Weather and Climate Events
*Dr. Yuhei Takaya (Meteorological Research Institute, Japan)
Dr. Hyun-Suk Kang (Korea Meteorological Administration, Korea, South)
Dr. Hai Lin (Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada)
Dr. Mio Matsueda (University of Tsukuba, Japan)

AS22 - Remote Sensing of Ocean Color and Aerosols
*Dr. Pengwang Zhai (University of Maryland, Baltimore County, United States)
Dr. Feng Xu (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States)

AS23 - Observation, Modeling, Theory and Climatology of Mesoscale Processes
*Prof. Qinghong Zhang (Peking University, China)
Prof. Yu Du (Sun Yat-sen University, China)
Prof. Yileng Chen (University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States, United States)

AS24-25 - Natural and Anthropogenic Aerosols-Experiments, Measurements and Simulations from Regions of Different Optical Domains
*Prof. Cheol-Hee Kim (Pusan National University, Korea, South)
Prof. Chung-Shin Yuan (National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan)
Prof. Harilal Menon (Goa University, India)
Dr. Suresh Babu S. (Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, India)

AS26-BG - Vegetation-air Pollution Interaction at the Urban-rural Interface
*Dr. Saewung Kim (University of California, Irvine, United States)
Prof. Meehye Lee (Korea University, Korea, South)
Prof. Xuemei Wang (Jinan University, China)

AS27 - Changes in Cryosphere and Its Climate Impacts: Observation and Modeling
*Prof. Chenghai Wang (Lanzhou University, China)
Prof. Jing Zhang (North Carolina A, )
Prof. Zong-Liang Yang (The University of Texas at Austin, United States)
Prof. Zhaoxia Pu (University of Utah, United States)

AS28 - Southeast Asian Climate Variability and Ocean-land-atmosphere Interactions
*Prof. Renguang Wu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Prof. Song Yang (Sun Yat-sen University, China)
Prof. Xiaojing Jia (Zhejiang University, China)

AS29 - Precipitation Extremes - Observations, Modelling, Projections
*Prof. Akiyo Yatagai (Hirosaki University, Japan)
Dr. Tosiyuki Nakaegawa (Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan)
Dr. Akio Kitoh (Japan Meteorological Business Support Center, Japan)
Dr. Patama Singhruck (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)
Dr. Vinay Kumar (Texas A&M University, United States)

AS30 - Passive and Active Remote Sensing of the Chemistry and Dynamics of the Middle and Upper Atmosphere
*Prof. Patrick Espy (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
Prof. Iain Reid (ATRAD Pty Ltd, Australia)
Dr. Jeng-Hwa Yee (The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, United States)

AS31 - The Science and Prediction of Tropical Cyclones
*Prof. Chun-Chieh Wu (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Prof. Yuqing Wang (University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States)
Prof. Kosuke Ito (University of the Ryukyus, Japan)
Dr. Zhuo Wang (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
Dr. Jeff Kepert (Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Australia)

AS32 - Analysis and Prediction of Aviation Weather Hazards Including the Impact of Climate Variability and Change
*Dr. Jung-Hoon Kim (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States)
Prof. Hye-Yeong Chun (Yonsei University, Korea, South)
Dr. Todd Lane (The University of Melbourne, Australia)

AS33 - Multi-sensor Observations of Severe Storms and Disaster Reduction
*Prof. Eiichi Nakakita (Kyoto University, Japan)
Prof. Kazuhisa Tsuboki (Nagoya University, Japan)
Prof. Satoru Oishi (Kobe University, Japan)
Dr. Kenji Suzuki (Yamaguchi University, Japan)
Dr. Katsuhiro Nakagawa (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan)

AS34 - El Niño Complexity and Change
*Dr. Malte Stuecker (University of Washington, United States)
Prof. Fei-Fei Jin (University of Hawaii, United States)
Dr. Hong-Li Ren (China Meteorological Administration, China)
Prof. Jong-Seong Kug (Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea, South)
Prof. Masahiro Watanabe (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

AS35 - Mountain and Island Effects on Airflow, Precipitation, Weather, and Climate
*Prof. Cheng-Ku Yu (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Prof. Yuh-Lang Lin (North Carolina A&T State University, United States)
Prof. Yileng Chen (University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States, United States)
Dr. Tetsuya Takemi (Kyoto University, Japan)

AS36 - Ocean-atmosphere Coupling: Dynamics, Assimilation, and Predictability
*Dr. Stéphane Vannitsem (Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, Belgium)
Prof. Wansuo Duan (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Dr. Noel Keenlyside (University of Bergen, Norway)
Dr. Fei Zheng (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

AS37 - Earth System Models: Development, Validation and Uncertainties
*Prof. Xiaohong Liu (University of Wyoming, United States)
Prof. Zhaohui Lin (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Dr. Shaocheng Xie (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States)
Dr. Yi Ming (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States)
Prof. Huang-Hsiung Hsu (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

AS38 - Nexus in the Arctic-midlatitude-tropical Interactions and Their Impact on Weather/climate Extremes
*Dr. Jin-Ho Yoon (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, South)
Dr. S. Y. Simon Wang (Utah State University, United States)
Dr. Jee-Hoon Jeong (Chonnam National University, Korea, South)
Dr. Baek-Min Kim (Korea Polar Research Institute, Korea, South)

AS39 - Theory, Observations and Modelling of Maritime Continent Convection
*Dr. Masaki Katsumata (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan)
Dr. Muhammad Eeqmal Hassim (Meteorological Service Singapore, Singapore)
Dr. Hanh Nguyen (Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Australia)

AS40 - Results from the 2016 KORUS-AQ and Related Field Studies in Asia
*Dr. James Crawford (NASA Langley Research Center, United States)
Dr. Imsuk Jang (National Institute of Environmental Research, Korea, South)
Prof. Cheol-Hee Kim (Pusan National University, Korea, South)
Dr. Louisa Emmons (National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States)
Dr. Xinrong Ren (NOAA Air Resources Laboratory, United States)

AS41 - Extreme Weather Resiliency: Prediction and Response Strategies
*Dr. Everette Joseph (University at Albany, State University of New York, United States)
Prof. Pay-Liam Lin (National Central University, Taiwan)

AS42 - Satellite Data Assimilation and Applications for the Weather Forecasting and Climate Study
*Dr. Kozo Okamoto (Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan)
Prof. Myoung Hwan Ahn (Ewha Womans University, Korea, South)
Prof. Chian-Yi Liu (National Central University, Taiwan)
Dr. Chu-Yong Chung (Korea Meteorological Administration, Korea, South)

AS43-44 - Atmospheric Blocking and Improvement of Earth System Modeling
*Prof. Joong-Bae Ahn (Pusan National University, Korea, South)
Dr. Vladimir Kryjov (Hydrometcenter of Russia, Russian Federation)
Dr. Wei-Liang Lee (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Prof. Masahiro Watanabe (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Dr. Hsi-Yen Ma (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States)

AS45 - Middle Atmosphere Science
*Dr. S. K. Dhaka (University of Delhi, India)
Prof. Shigeo Yoden (Kyoto University, Japan)
Prof. Zeyu Chen (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Prof. Hye-Yeong Chun (Yonsei University, Korea, South)

AS46 - Precipitation Science and Application of Satellite Data
*Prof. Yukari Takayabu (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Dr. Gail Skofronick-Jackson (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States)
Dr. Geun-Hyeok Ryu (Korea Meteorological Administration, Korea, South)
Prof. Kenji Nakamura (Dokkyo University, Japan)
Dr. Kusuma Rao (Indian Space Research Organization, India)

AS47 - Regional Climate Downscaling and Cordex: Challenges and Prospects
*Prof. Dong-Hyun Cha (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, South)
Dr. Hyun-Suk Kang (Korea Meteorological Administration, Korea, South)
Prof. Jason Evans (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Dr. Shuyu Wang (Nanjing University, China)
Dr. Koji Dairaku (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, Japan)

AS48 - Earth System Predictability, Prediction and Application
*Prof. June-Yi Lee (Pusan National University, Korea, South)
Dr. Andrea Alessandri (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, Netherlands)
Prof. Yoshimitsu Chikamoto (Utah State University, United States)

AS49 - Mesoscale Meteorology and High-impact Weather
*Prof. Gyu Won Lee (Kyungpook National University, Korea, South)
Prof. Michael Bell (Colorado State University, United States)
Dr. Taro Shinoda (Nagoya University, Japan)

AS50 - Interactions Between Indo-pacific Ocean and Asian Monsoon
*Prof. Jianping Li (Beijing Normal University, China)
Dr. Yimin Liu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Dr. Ruiqiang Ding (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Dr. Yun Qiu (Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, China)
Dr. Lin Liu (State Oceanic Administration, China)

AS51 - Frontiers and Challenges in the Applications of Radiative Transfer
*Prof. Xianglei Huang (University of Michigan, United States)
Dr. Wei-Liang Lee (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Dr. Daniel Feldman (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States)

AS52 - Chemistry-Climate Interactions
*Dr. Shiliang Wu (Michigan Technological University, United States)
Dr. Xiaofeng Huang (Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, China)
Dr. Ling-Yan He (Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, China)

AS54 - Aerosols, Clouds, Radiation, Precipitation, and Their Interactions
*Prof. Xiquan Dong (University of Arizona, United States)
Prof. Teri Nakajima (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan)
Prof. Byung-Ju Sohn (Seoul National University, Korea, South)
Prof. C.G. Cui (China Meteorological Administration, China)

AS55 - Observations and Representations of Subgrid-scale Processes for Improving Models
*Prof. Chuanfeng Zhao (Beijing Normal University, China)
Dr. Kuan-Man Xu (NASA Langley Research Center, United States)
Dr. Jonathan Jiang (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States)
Prof. Xiquan Dong (University of Arizona, United States)

AS56 - Haze: Chemistry, Physics, Meteorology, Emissions, Climate, Processing, Fog, and More. Looking Across Spatial Scales from Regional to Global
*Prof. Jason Cohen (Sun Yat-sen University, China)
Dr. Yun Qian (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States)
Dr. Arnico Panday (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal)
Dr. Bhaskar Gunturu (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia)

BG06-AS - From GHG Observations to Fluxes: Top-down Measurements of the Carbon Cycle
*Dr. Christopher O'Dell (Colorado State University, United States)
Dr. Andrew Schuh (Colorado State University, United States)
Dr. Makoto Saito (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan)
Dr. Abhishek Chatterjee (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States)
Dr. Dongxu Yang (Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

OS02-AS - Tropical Cyclone-ocean Interactions
*Prof. I-I Lin (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Prof. Guihua Wang (Fudan University, China)
Dr. Chunzai Wang (South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, China)
Prof. Dake Chen (State Oceanic Administration, China)