Programme (FOCRAII)
2005-04-05
First Session of the Forum on Regional Climate Monitoring,
Assessment and Prediction for Asia (FOCRAII)
Beijing Climate Centre, Beijing, China
April 7-9, 2005
Thursday, April 7
08:30-09:10 Opening Ceremony
Chairman: Deliang Chen
08:30-08:40 Welcome Address by CMA Representative
Xiaofeng Xu, Deputy Administrator of CMA
08:40-08:50 Address by WMO Representative （Penehuro Lefale）
08:50-09:00 Address by BCC Representative （Wenjie Dong）
09:00-09:10 Group Photo
09:10-12:05 Session I: Invited Lectures
Chairman: Wenjie Dong
09:10-09:50 Seasonal predictions for Asia (RAII) for April-August 2005 from the Met Office (GloSea) and ECMWF (system2) models and a 2-model multi-model combination
Richard Graham, Hadley Centre
09:50-10:30 Climate Prediction: Importance of Monitoring, Assessment, and Information Exchange
Song Yang, NCEP
10:30-10:45 Tea break
Chairman: Richard Graham
10:45-11:25 Regional Climate Modeling over South Asia and South America
Jianhua Qian, IRI
11:25-12:05 On the Status of the Japanese 25-year Reanalysis Project
Tomoaki Ose, JMA
12:20-13:30 Lunch
14:00-17:35 Session II: BCC Model and Products
Chairman: Song Yang
14:00-14:40 Seasonal Climate Prediction and Downscaling
Deliang Chen, BCC
14:40-15:20 On Climate Prediction of the East Asian Summer Monsoon
Yihui Ding, BCC
15:20-16:00 BCC Climate System Model and Its Performance
Wenjie Dong, BCC
16:00-16:15 Tea break
Chairman: Jianhua Qian
16:15-16:55 Short-term Climate Prediction System of BCC
Peiqun Zhang, BCC
16:55-17:35 Tibetan Snow and Asian Summer Monsoon
Tongwen Wu, BCC
18:30-21:00 Reception of BCC/CMA
Friday, April 8
08:30-09:30 Session III: Trainings of the BCC Models and Products by BCC Staffs
Chairman: Yong Luo
08:30-08:50 Climate Monitoring and Diagnosis
Qiyi Wang, BCC
08:50-09:10 Monthly and Seasonal Prediction by BCC Models
Hui Gao, BCC
09:10-09:30 Climate Impact Assessment System
Yuping Yan, BCC
09:30-09:45 Tea break
09:45-12:00 Practices with the BCC products
12:10-13:20 Lunch
14:00-17:00 Session IV: Demonstration of the BCC Modeling Systems
14:00-17:00 Technical tour of BCC
Saturday, April 9
08:30-12:20 Session V: Predictions From All the Participating Centres
Chairman: Weijing Li
08:30-08:50 Yongguang Wang (BCC, Prediction)
08:50-09:10 Song Yang (NCEP, Prediction)
09:10-09:30 Jianhua Qian (IRI, Prediction)
09:30-09:50 Richard Graham (Hadley Centre, Prediction)
09:50-10:10 Tomoaki Ose (JMA, Prediction)
10:10-10:30 Keun-Hee Lee (KMA, Prediciton)
10:30-10:40 Tea break
Chairman: Tomoaki Ose
10:40-11:00 The Precipitation Forecast for 2005 Rainy Season
Lao Ieng Wai, Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau
11:00-11:20 The 2005 Short Range Climate Forecast for Hong Kong
David Tai-wai Hui, Hong Kong Observatory
11:20-11:40 Precipitation and Temperature Forecast of the Coming Flooding Season
Le Thi Thu Ha, National Centre for Meteorological Forecasting, Viet Nam
11:40-12:00 Philippine Climate Review Fourth Quarter of 2004 and Seasonal Outlook (JFM & AMJ 2005)
Daisy F. Ortega, Climatology and Agrometeorology Branch, Philippine
12:00-12:20 Zhaohui Lin (IAP, Prediction)
12:20-13:30 Lunch
14:00-15:50 Session VI: Climate Studies
Chairman: Panmao Zhai
14:00-14:20 Climate Variability and Change in The Mountainous North of Pakistan
M.Akram Anjum, Pakistan Meteorological Department
14:20-14:40 Climate of Lao PDR
Boua Ngeun Oudomchit, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Lao PDR
14:40-15:00 Climatic Prediction in Nepal: Issues in Running Climate Model
Archana Shrestha, Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, His Majesty’s Government of Nepal
15:00-15:20 Climate Variability of Bangladesh
Md. Shah Alam, Bangladesh Meteorological Department
15:20-15:40 The Desertigication Study in Mongolia Using Regional Climate Modeling
Purevjav Gomboluudev, Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Mongolia
15:40-16:20 Tea break and poster session
Chairman: Yihui Ding
16:20-17:00 Summary by BCC (Wenjie Dong, BCC)
17:00-17:30 Closing ceremony (Xiaofeng Xu, Deputy Administrator of CMA)
