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AMY Data Workshop 2010: agenda and minutes

Report from the AMY International Project Office (Jianping Li)

• In the book of "WCRP Achievements", AMY was highlighted.
  • Chinese version will appear very soon (probably in this month).
• 6th AMY Workshop was held in Kunming, China, in Nov./Dec. 2009.
  • Changes are made in the Working Groups and the Scientific Steering Commitee.
    • Data archiving and managements WG
      • co-chairs: A. Higuchi, T. Koike, Ping Zhao and Dongxiao Wang
    • Modeling and prediction WG
      • co-chairs: H. Hendon and A. Kitoh
    • Aerosol-monsoon WG
      • co-chairs: Zhanqing Li and J.R. Kulkarni
  • The plan of AMY reanalysis by MRI/JMA is approved.
• Coming events and future plan
  • MJO workshop: 2010.06.15-18 Busan, Korea
  • AOGS: 2010.07.05-09 Hyderabad, India
  • AMY mini-workshop: 2010.07.10 Pune, India
  • Tibetan plateau workshop: 2010.07.10-21
  • 3rd International Conference on QPE/QPF (quantitative precipiation estimation/forecast) and hydrology
  • IUGG: 2011.06.28-07.07 Melbourne, Australia
    • J-M10: Monsoons, tropical cyclones and tropical dynamics
      • Lead conveners: Jianping Li and John McBride
  • AMY open science conference: When? (2011?) Where? (China)
  • WCRP monsoon conference after IUGG2011 (Southern China)
  • J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan special issue on MAHASRI: to appear in early 2011
  • Special issue (of some journal) on AMY in 2012
  • Propose a new Asian monsoon science program?
• New projects ... "973" projects of China
  • Air-Land-Sea Interactions in Asia and their role in Global Changes
    • PI: Jianping Li, 2010.6-2015.5
  • Air-Sea Interaction in Southern Ocean
    • (The scope includes Indian Ocean)
    • PI: Fangli Qiao, 2010.6-2015.5
  • Air-sea interaction in the South China Sea
    • PI: Dongxiao Wang, 2011.1-2015.12 (proposed)

Q/A

• It is suggested to write an pverview paper of AMY in (e.g.) Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.