International Conference on Tibetan Plateau and High Mountains Energy and Water Exchanges: Climate Impact and Adaptation

The Tibetan Plateau (TP) and Asian highmountains accounts for large portion of total land area of Asia and is known asthe highest topography in the world. The mechanical and thermal effects of thegiant plateau, together with the in situ land-air coupled system, plays animportant role in the formation of the general circulation pattern, regionalweather and climate regimes, multi-scale variability of Asian summer monsoon,and even the global atmospheric energy and water cycle. It is of greatsignificance to study the energy and water exchanges, extreme weather andclimate events in the area and to identify the countermeasures to adapt to theregional climate change, which is a major subject of the Global Energy andWater Exchanges (GEWEX) project of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP).In-depth research of the topic is vital for achieving the SustainableDevelopment Goals (SDGs) of the region.The Tibetan Plateau (TP) and Asian high mountains accounts for large portion of total land area of Asia and is known as the highest topography in the world. The mechanical and thermal effects of the giant plateau, together with the in situ land-air coupled system, plays an important role in the formation of the general circulation pattern, regional weather and climate regimes, multi-scale variability of Asian summer monsoon, and even the global atmospheric energy and water cycle. It is of great significance to study the energy and water exchanges, extreme weather and climate events in the area and to identify the countermeasures to adapt to the regional climate change, which is a major subject of the Global Energy and Water Exchanges (GEWEX) project of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). In-depth research of the topic is vital for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the region.

In 2014, the National Natural Science Foundation of China launched a ten-year flagship programme entitled “Change of the Land-Air Coupled System over the Tibetan Plateau and Its Global Climate Effect”. With five-year implementation, the programme has made great progress. Meanwhile it also encounters grand challenges. To enhance communication with international colleagues, and after consultation with GEWEX International Project Office (IPO), we decide to hold an international conference. This conference will focus on the energy and water exchanges over the Tibetan Plateau and High Mountains and is planned to be held in late August 2020 in Yunnan province, China.

The conference aims to gather experts around the world to better understand the land-air coupling over Asian Highlands, to explore countermeasures to adapt to the climate impact, and to promote international collaboration for better climate prediction and better service to society.

Theme
Improving understanding of land-air coupling over Asian Highlands for better climate prediction and better service to society.

Sessions
The conference will consist of several invited plenary lectures with a few parallel sessions as follows:
 Land-air coupling process and troposphere-stratospheric interaction
 Climate/weather impact and adaptation
 Changing (Asian) water tower and its impact
 Observation, modeling and data assimilation

Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC)
Co-chairs
 Prof. Guoxiong Wu, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
 Prof. Xiuji Zhou, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences
 Prof. Soroosh Sorooshian, University of California, Irvine
Members (Alphabetical):
 Prof. Deliang Chen, University of Gothenburg
 Prof. Qingyun Duan, Beijing Normal University
 Prof. Joe Egger, University of Munich
 Prof. William K. M. Lau, University of Maryland
 Dr. Peter J. van Oevelen, GEWEX IPO
 Prof. Xiangde Xu, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences
 Prof. Yongkang Xue, University of California, Los Angeles

Local Organizing Committee
Chair
 Prof. Ziniu Xiao, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Members:
 Prof. Xudong Liang, State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences
 Prof. Anmin Duan, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Co-organizers
 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Programme Change of the Land-Air Coupled System over the Tibetan Plateau and Its Global Climate Effect
 The Global Energy and Water Exchanges (GEWEX) Project
 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA), USA
 The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT)

Host
State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG), Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Sponsors (Alphabetical)
 National Natural Science Foundation (NSFC)
 State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG), Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
 State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather (LaSW), Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences(CAMS)

Contact
tewex-clima2020@lasg.iap.ac.cn