Symposium on


Progress of the MJO research through the field campaigns



Date

July 23 (Wed) - 25 (Fri), 2014

Venue

Centennial Hall, Sapporo Campus, Hokkaido University
Kita 8, Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0808, Japan
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Purpose

The purpose of this symposium is to review the progress on the MJO research since the field campaign CINDY/DYNAMO/AMIE/LASP as well as relevant projects such as HARIMAU. In addition, future research direction on this research field will be discussed.

Contact

For more information, please contact to cindy2011-info [at] jamstec.go.jp



Program     - Currently, only participants can access to the following PDF files. -

Day 1: July 23 (Wed)

09:00 ? 09:30
Registration
09:30 ? 09:40
Logistics
09:40
Session-1   (Chair: Kunio Yoneyama)
09:40 ? 10:10
Robert A. Houze, Jr., Hannah C. Barnes, Scott W. Powell, Angela K. Rowe, and Manuel D. Zuluaga, "Insights based on the S-PolKa radar in DYNAMO" [pdf]
10:10 ? 10:40
Richard H. Johnson, Paul E. Ciesielski, James H. Ruppert, Jr., Caitlin M. Fine, Erin L. Dagg, and Thomas Birner, "MJO dynamics deduced from CINDY/DYNAMO sounding data" [pdf]
10:40 ? 11:10
Chuck Long, Jennifer Comstock, Zhe Feng, Samson Hagos, and Laura Riihimaki,"MJO Research Efforts of the PNNL Climate Physics Group" [pdf]
11:10 ? 11:40
Shuyi S. Chen and Brandon Kerns "ITCZ, Dry Air, and MJO Initiation" []
11:40 ? 13:00
Lunch
13:00
Session-2   (Chair: Masaki Katsumata)
13:00 ? 13:30
Chidong Zhang and David Zermeno. "Shallow Clouds of MJO and non-MJO Convective Events" [pdf]
13:30 ? 14:00
Courtney Schumacher, "SMART-R convective statistics, Kelvin waves and heating profiles observed during DYNAMO/CINDY/AMIE" [pdf]
14:00 ? 14:30
Jennifer L. Davison, "Boundary Layer Structure during the AMIE/CINDY2011/DYNAMO Campaign" [pdf]
14:30 ? 15:00
Hugo Bellenger, "Moisture variability processes in the lower atmosphere during CINDY/DYNAMO" []
15:00 ? 15:30
Break
15:30
Session-3   (Chair: Ryuichi Shirooka)
15:30 ? 16:00
Biao Geng, Masaki Katsumata, and Kunio Yoneyama, "Structure of Precipitating Systems Associated with MJO-1 Observed by the Research Vessel Mirai during CINDY2011" [pdf]
16:00 ? 16:30
Masaki Katsumata, "The observed convective systems in southern ITCZ during CINDY/DYNAMO" []
16:30 ? 17:00
Kazuyoshi Kikuchi "Multiscale structure of the MJO events observed during the CINDY/DYNAMO field campaign" []
18:00
Adjourn

Day 2: July 24 (Thu)

09:00
Session-4   (Chair: Shuichi Mori)
09:00 ? 09:30
Toshi Shinoda, Weiqing Han, Tommy Jensen, Maria Flatau, Sue Chen, Yuanlong Li, Chunzai Wang, "Modeling of ocean variability during CINDY/DYNAMO" [pdf]
09:30 ? 10:00
Sue Chen, Maria Flatau, Jerome Schmidt, Tommy G. Jensen, Toshiaki Shinoda, and Paul May, "The role of diurnal SST variation and the large-scale atmospheric waves on the CINDY/DYNAMO moist resurgent processes" [pdf]
10:00 ? 10:30
Maria Flatau, Sue Chen, Tommy G. Jensen, Toshiaki Shinoda, Paul May, Dariusz Baranowski, "Wave/wave and atmosphere/ocean interaction in MJO initiation"
10:30 ? 11:00
Break
11:00 ? 11:30
Simon de Szoeke, "Intraseasonal Thermal Equilibrium between the Atmospheric Boundary Layer and the Upper Ocean"
11:30 ? 12:00
Chris W. Fairall, Simon de Szoeke, James B. Edson, Chris Zappa, Alan Brewer, Dan Wolfe, Ludovic Bariteau, Sergio Pezoa, "Air-sea flux errors associated with using daily-averaged bulk meteorological variables" [pdf]
12:00
Photo Session [foto]
12:00 ? 13:30
Lunch
13:30
Session-5   (Chair: Tomoki Miyakawa)
13:30 ? 14:00
Kelvin Richards, "Diurnal, Intraseasonal and Interannual Variability of SST in the Southern Tropical Indian Ocean" [pdf]
14:00 ? 14:30
Ayako Seiki, Masaki Katsumata, Takanori Horii, Takuya Hasegawa, Kelvin J. Richards, Kunio Yoneyama, and Ryuichi Shirooka "Abrupt cooling associated with the oceanic Rossby wave and lateral advection during CINDY2011" [pdf]
14:30 ? 15:00
Tamaki Suematsu, "Transition of boreal winter MJO characteristics in relation with seasonal changes in SST distribution" [pdf]
15:00 ? 15:30
Break
15:30
Session-6   (Chair: Kazuaki Yasunaga)
15:30 ? 16:00
Kazuaki Yasunaga, "Moisture advection by rotational and divergent winds associated with an MJO" [pdf]
16:00 ? 16:30
Tomoki Miyakawa, "Convective momentum transport features of the CINDY/DYNAMO MJO event simulated by NICAM" [pdf]
16:30 ? 17:00
Tetsuya Takemi, "Environmental controls of the structure and intensity of convective systems under tropical and miidlatitude environment conditions" [pdf]
17:00
Adjourn
18:30
Group Dinner [fotos]

Day 3: July 25 (Fri)

09:00
Session-7   (Chair: Hugo Bellenger)
09:00 ? 09:30
Hisayuki Kubota, Kunio Yoneama, Tomoe Nasuno, and Jun-Ichi Hamada, "Westward propagating maritime continent convection during the preconditioning stage of the Madden-Julian Oscillation" [pdf]
09:30 ? 10:00
Nurhayati, N. F. Riama , Marjuki, D. Amrina, "Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) a trigger of Winter Monsoon onset in Indonesia" [pdf]
10:00 ? 10:30
Masatomo Fujiwara, "Soundings of Ozone and Water in the Equatorial Region (SOWER) 1998 - 2014 and beyond" [pdf]
10:30 ? 10:50
Break
10:50
Session-8   (Chair: Kunio Yoneyama)
10:50 ? 11:20
Jean-Philippe Duvel, "Aeroclipper surface measurements under convective systems and in tropical cyclones" [pdf]
11:20 ? 11:40
Masaki Katsumata, "New polarized C-band Doppler radar onboard the R/V Mirai" []
11:40 ? 12:10
Kunio Yoneyama, "JAMSTEC new observation plan in the eastern Indian Ocean and the Maritime Continent in 2015 and 2017 based on the knowledge obtained from CINDY/DYNAMO" [pdf]
12:10 ? 13:30
General Discussion on the future direction & Wrap-up [pdf]
13:30
Adjourn