U.S. Institutions

Dr. Michael B. EK

Dr. Michael B. EK

Research Meteorologist, Land-Hydrology Team Leader, Environmental Modeling Center (EMC), National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)
Dr. C. Roberto Mechoso

Dr. C. Roberto Mechoso

Distinguished Professor, Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences University of California, Los Angeles

Expert on climate simulation by general circulation models of the coupled atmosphere-ocean system. He chairs VOCALS, an international research program sponsored by WCRP/CLIVAR, which has focused on the climate system of the eastern tropical Pacific. He is also co-chair of a US CLIVAR group that aims to better understand the coupled atmosphere-ocean dynamics in the eastern part of the tropical oceans. Mechoso has worked extensively on the South American monsoon.

Dr. Jim Kinter

Dr. Jim Kinter

Director, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies Professor, Dept. of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Earth Sciences George Mason University

Research Expertise: Climate predictability, El Niño, the extratropical climate, general circulation models of the Earth’s atmosphere, oceans and land surface

Dr. Shunlin Liang

Dr. Shunlin Liang

Professor, Department of Geographical Sciences

Research expertise: Remote sensing of land surface variables, surface energy balance, impacts of afforestation in China.

Dr. Rongqian Yang

Dr. Rongqian Yang

Environmental Modeling Center (EMC), National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)
Mr. Larry Marx

Mr. Larry Marx

Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies

Research Expertise: Climate modeling, codes and porting

Chinese Institutions

Dr. Renhe Zhang, Vice-Chair

Dr. Renhe Zhang, Vice-Chair

Science and Technology Committee of China Meteorological Administration

Research expertise: Large-scale tropical air-sea interaction; Variability of the Asian monsoon

Publications:

Li, L., R. Zhang*, and M. Wen, 2014: Diurnal variation in the occurrence frequency of the Tibetan Plateau vortices. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., doi: 10.1007/s00703-014-0325-5

Wei, W., R. Zhang*, M. Wen, X. Rong, and T. Li, 2014: Impact of Indian summer monsoon on the South Asian High and its influence on summer rainfall over China. Clim. Dyn., DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1938-y

Liu L., R. Zhang*, and Z. Zuo, Intercomparison of spring soil moisture among multiple reanalysis datasets over eastern China. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 119 (2014), 54-64

Zuo, Z., S. Yang, R. Zhang, P. Jiang, L. Zhang, and F. Wang, Long-term variations of broad-scale Asian summer monsoon circulation and possible causes. J. Climate. 15 (2013), 8947-8961

Zhang, R.*, T. Koike, X. Xu, Y. Ma, and K. Yang, A China-Japan cooperative JICA atmospheric observing network over the Tibetan Plateau (JICA/Tibet Project): An overviews. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 90C (2012), 1-16

Zuo, Z., R. Zhang, B. Wu, and X. Rong, Decadal variability in springtime snow over Eurasia: Relation with circulation and possible influence on springtime rainfall over China. Int. J. Climatol., 32 (2012), 1336-1345

Liang, H., R. Zhang, J. Liu, Z. Sun, and X. Cheng, Estimation of Hourly Solar Radiation at the Surface under Cloudless Conditions. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 29 (2012), 675-689

Zuo, Z., R. Zhang, and B. Wu, Inter-decadal variations of springtime rainfall over southern China mainland for 1979–2004 and its relationship with Eurasian snow. Sci. China Earth Sci., 55 (2012), 271–278

Zhang, R.*, and Z. Zuo, Impact of Spring Soil Moisture on Surface Energy Balance and Summer Monsoon Circulation over East Asia and Precipitation in East China. J. Climate, 24 (2011), 3309–3322

Li, L., R. Zhang*, and M. Wen, Diagnostic analysis of the evolution mechanism for a vortex over the Tibetan Plateau in June 2008. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 28 (2011), 797-808

Zhang, R.*, Y. Ni, L. Liu, Y. Luo, and Y. Wang, South China heavy rainfall experiments (SCHeREX). J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 89A (2011), 153-166

Zuo, Z., R. Zhang, and P. Zhao, The relation of vegetation over the Tibetan Plateau to rainfall in China during the boreal summer. Clim. Dyn., 36 (2011), 1207-1219

Zhang, R.*, and S. Zhou, Air temperature changes over the Tibetan Plateau and other regions in the same latitudes and the role of ozone depletion. Acta Meteor. Sinica, 23 (2009), 290-299

Zhang, R.*, B. Wu, P. Zhao, and J. Han, The decadal shift of the summer climate in the Late 1980s over eastern China and its possible causes. Acta Meteor. Sinica, 22 (2008), 435-445

Xu, X., R. Zhang, T. Koike, C. Lu, X. Shi, S. Zhang, L. Bian, X. Cheng, P. Li, and G. Ding, A new integrated observational system over the Tibetan Plateau. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89 (2008), 1492–1496

Zhou, S., and R. Zhang*，Decadal variations of temperature and geopotential height over the Tibetan Plateau and their relations with Tibet ozone depletion, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32 (2005), L18705, doi: 10.1029/2005GL023496

Dr. Yaoming Ma

Dr. Yaoming Ma

Director, Department of Scientific and Cooperation; Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research; Chinese academy of Science

Research expertise: Atmospheric boundary layer observation and satellite remote sensing application

Publications:

Ma, Y., Z. Zhu, L. Zhong, B.Wang, C. Han, Z.Wang, Y.Wang, L. Lu, P. M. Amatya1,W. Ma, and Z. Hu, 2014, Combining MODIS, AVHRR and in situ data for evapotranspiration estimation over heterogeneous landscape of the Tibetan Plateau, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14, 1507–1515, www.atmos-chem-phys.net/14/1507/2014/doi:10.5194/acp-14-1507-2014

Ma, Y., C.Han,L.Zhong,B. Wang, Z.Zhu,Y.Wang, L.Zhang, C.Meng, C. Xu, P.M.Amatya, 2013,Using MODIS and AVHRR data to determine regional surface heating field and heat flux distributions over the heterogeneous landscape of the Tibetan Plateau, Theoretical and Applied Climatology，DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-1035-5

Ma,Y. M.Menenti, R. Feddes, 2010, Parameterization of heat fluxes at heterogeneous surfaces by integrating satellite measurements with surface layer and atmospheric boundary layer observations, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences,27(2):328-336.

Zhong Lei, Y.Ma , Mhd. SALAMA Suhyb, Z.Su, 2010, Assessment of vegetation dynamics and their response to variations in precipitation and temperature in the Tibetan Plateau, Climatic Change，DOI 10.1007/s10584-009-9787-8

Ma, Y., S. Kang, L. Zhu, B. Xu, L. Tian, and T. Yao, 2008, Tibetan Observation and Research Platform- Atmosphere–land interaction over a heterogeneous landscape, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89: 1487–1492

Ma, Y., M. Menenti, R. A. Feddes, J. Wang,2008, The analysis of the land surface heterogeneity and its impact on atmospheric variables and the aerodynamic and thermodynamic roughness lengths, Journal of Geophysics Research-Atmospheres, 113, D08113, doi: 10.1029/2007JD009124

Dr. Congbin Fu

Dr. Congbin Fu

Professor, Academician of Chinese Academy of science; Director of Institute for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University

Research field: Climatology, Development of the Regional Integrated Environmental Modeling System (RIEMS), Monsoon Asia integrated regional study

Dr. Xiede Xu

Dr. Xiede Xu

Professor, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering; Chinese Academy of meteorological Sciences, CMA
Dr. Anmin Duan

Dr. Anmin Duan

Institute of Atmospheric Physics

Research expertise: The Tibetan Plateau meteorology, Asian monsoon, Climate change, air-sea interaction

Dr. Shaoqian Wang

Dr. Shaoqian Wang

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research; Chinese Academy of Science

Research expertise: Ecosystem ecology, biogeochemical cycles, global change, ecological model

Dr. Fengge Su

Dr. Fengge Su

Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research; Chinese academy of Science

Research expertise: Cold region hydrology; Multi-scale hydrologic modeling; hydrologic response to climate changes

Dr. Weidong Guo

Dr. Weidong Guo

Professor, Assistant Director of Institute for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University

Research expertise: Land surface processes, Land-atmosphere interaction.

Dr. Jie Zhang

Dr. Jie Zhang

Associate Professor, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology

Research expertise: Land atmosphere interaction and climatic simulation, remote sensing

Dr. Tianjun Zhou

Dr. Tianjun Zhou

Deputy-director and Professor, LASG, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Research expertise: Ocean-Atmosphere coupled modeling; Variability of the Asian monsoon; Detection, attribution and projection of East Asian Climate Change

Projects PI: Global monsoon: 20th century change simulation and future change projection, and
High Resolution Modelling of East Asian Summer Monsoon by using Met Office Unified Model.

Japanese Institutions

Dr. Toshio Koike

Dr. Toshio Koike

Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering The University of Tokyo

Research expertise: Cold region hydrology; Multi-scale hydrologic modeling; hydrologic response to climate changes

Publications:

Seto, R., T. Koike, and M. Rasmy (2013), Analysis of the vertical structure of the atmospheric heating process and its seasonal variation over the Tibetan Plateau using a land data assimilation system, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, 12,403–12,421, doi:10.1002/2013JD020072.

Tsutsui H. and Koike T. (2012), Development of Snow Retrieval Algorithm Using AMSR-E for the BJ Ground-Based Station on Seasonally Frozen Ground at Low Altitude on the Tibetan Plateau, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, Vol. 90C, pp. 99--112, 2012 99. doi:10.2151/jmsj.2012-C07

Rasmy, M., T. Koike, S. Bousetta, H. Lu, and X. Li (2011), Development of a satellite land data assimilation system coupled with a mesoscale model in the Tibetan Plateau, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 49, 2847–2862, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2011.2112667.

Tamura, T., and T. Koike (2010), Role of convective heating in the seasonal evolution of the Asian summer monsoon, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D14103, doi:10.1029/2009JD013418.

Tamura, T., K. Taniguchi, and T. Koike (2010), Mechanism of upper tropospheric warming around the Tibetan Plateau at the onset phase of the Asian summer monsoon, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D02106, doi:10.1029/2008JD011678.

Kenichi Ueno

Kenichi Ueno

Assoc. Prof., Inst. Life and environmental sciences, Univ. Tsukuba

Research expertise:land-atmosphere interaction and precipitation system over mountainous areas

Tomonori Sato

Tomonori Sato

Associate Professor, Regional Climate System Research Group, Graduate School of Environmental Science Hokkaido University

Research Expertise: regional climate and atmosphere-land interaction

Dr. Shiori Sugimoto

Dr. Shiori Sugimoto

Project assistant professor, Graduate school of urban environmental sciences Tokyo Metropolitan University

Korean Institution

Dr. Song-You Hong

Dr. Song-You Hong

Director, Korea Institute of Atmospheric Prediction Systems (KIAPS)

Research expertise: Asian summer monsoon and Tibetan Plateau