Supported by the Environment Research and Technology Development Fund (2-1405)
of the Ministry of the Environment, Japan

Prediction of newly found climate phenomena
   and its societal application

Principal Investigator: Toshio Yamagata, Jul. 2014-Mar. 2017

Three key topics

1. Understanding and predicting new climate phenomena such as the ENSO-Modoki and the Ningaloo Nino/Nina by SINTEX-F seasonal prediction system.
   (Swadhin Behera, Takeshi Doi, Yushi Morioka, and EU collaborators in CMCC and CERFACS)
2. Dynamical downscaling from global seasonal forecast to regional forecast over Asia-Australia.
   (Venkata Ratnam Jayanthi, Satyaban Bishoyi Ratna, Pascal Jean Andre Oettli)
3. Developing a prototype of climate services for agriculture, infectious disease, and water management.
   (Hirofumi Sakuma, Chaoxia Yuan, Satyaban Bishoyi Ratna, Pascal Jean Andre Oettli)