| Session Details | |
| Section | AS - Atmospheric Sciences |
| Session Title | Interactions Between Indo-pacific Ocean and Asian Monsoon |
| Main Convener | Prof. Jianping Li (Beijing Normal University, China) |
| Co-convener(s) | 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) |
| Session Description | Understanding interactions between the Indo-Pacific Ocean and Asian monsoon is very important to reveal spatial-temporal characteristics of multiscale variabilities of Asian monsoon and their causes, improve monsoon climate prediction and enhance the ability of extreme events/severe disaster risk assessment as well. Great progress has been made in understanding impacts of tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean on Asian monsoon, however, the effects of Asian monsoon on tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean and interactions between the Indo-Pacific Ocean and Asian monsoon as well as the relevant mechanisms remain to be fully explored. Some major scientific issues in the area of research include Indo-Pacific multiscale climate variations (joint modes of Indo-Pacific sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTA), air-sea interactions in the warm pool and Bay of Bengal regions, upper-middle ocean processes, etc.), their climate effects and relevant mechanisms; Variabilities of freshwater flux and salinity in the Indo-Pacific Ocean, their influences and possible mechanisms; Feedback of Asian monsoon multiscale anomalies to the Indo-Pacific Ocean and its mechanism; How to improve the global climate system model (with India-Pacific Ocean as the focus) so as to improve capacity of Asian monsoon prediction? The symposium aims to strengthen understanding in interactions between the Indo-Pacific Ocean and Asian monsoon, and exchange the relevant latest progress. We invite papers on all aspects of Indo-Pacific Ocean and Asian monsoon interaction and its impacts on extreme weather and climate events, multiscale processes of both tropical Indo-Pacific ocean circulation systems and Asian monsoon systems, and Asian monsoon prediction. |