简介:The19^thHimalaya-Karakoram-TibetWorkshop(HKT19),asanannualinternationalworkshopdevotedtopresentationsofnewresearchfindingsintheEarthsciencesandrelateddisciplinesfromtheHimalaya-Karakoram-Tibet(HKT)regionanddiscussionontheburningissues,washeldinNiseko,afamousskiresortinHokkaido,Japan.TheHKT19OrganizingCommitteehostedtheworkshoptogetherwithtwo21^stCenturyCenterofExcellencePrograms,namely,COEforthe“Neo-ScienceofNaturalHistory”(HokkaidoUniversity,ProjectLeader:H.Okada),COEfor“DynamicsoftheSun-Earth-LifeInteractiveSystem”,(NagoyaUniversity,ProjectLeader:T.Yasunari),andtheDivisionofEarthandPlanetarySciences,HokkaidoUniversity,
简介:Aseriesof96-htyphoontrackpredictionexperimentswerecarriedoutusingmediumrangeforecastingsystemofNMCbyaddingBOGUStyphoon(simplifiedasB-TC)intothefirstguessfieldortheanalysisfieldinordertoprovidelongertimetyphoontrackforecast.TheresultsshowthatT106L19couldprovideabetterforecasttotyphoontrackswhentheB-TCwasadded,especiallywhenthetyphoonvortexisevenweaker.ThesensitiveexperimentsonwheretoaddtheB-TCshowthattheresultsfromaddingtheB-TCintothefirstguessfieldarebetter.TheresultsalsoshowthattheinitializationsmoothestheB-TCalotandthiswillaffectthetyphoontrackprediction.
简介:Severalpre-andpost-congressfieldtripswereorganizedinconnectionwiththe32ndInternationalGeologicalCongressheldinFlorence,Italy,duringAugust,2004.Oneofthese,thePrestigeFieldTrip(PR01--AtraversethroughCentralAsiaranges,fromtheIndianplatetotheKarakorum)lastedfor16daysfrom21Juneto6July.M.GaetanioftheUniversityofMilan(Italy)actedasLeaderandoverallOrganizer,withA.Zanchi(Univ.Milano-Bicocca),M.Q.Jan(Univ.ofPeshawar,Pakistan)andM.N.Chaudhry(PunjabUniversity,Pakistan)asAssociateLeaders.LocallogisticsweretakencareofbytheAdventureTours,Pakistan.
简介:WesternChinaexperiencedanextremehotsummerin2015,breakinganumberoftemperaturerecords.Thesummermeansurfaceairtemperature(SAT)anomalywastwicetheinterannualvariability.Thehottestdaytimetemperature(TXx)andwarmestnight-timetemperature(TNx)werethehighestinChinasince1964.Thisextremehotsummeroccurredinthecontextofsteadilyincreasingtemperaturesinrecentdecades.Wecarriedoutasetofexperimentstoevaluatetheextenttowhichthechangesinseasurfacetemperature(SST)/seaiceextent(SIE)andanthropogenicforcingdrovetheseverityoftheextremesummerof2015inwesternChina.Ourresultsindicatethatabout65%-72%oftheobservedchangesintheseasonalmeanSATandthedailymaximum(Tmax)anddailyminimum(Tmin)temperaturesoverwesternChinaresultedfromchangesinboundaryforcings,includingtheSST/SIEandanthropogenicforcing.Fortherelativeroleofindividualforcing,thedirectimpactofchangesinanthropogenicforcingexplainabout42%oftheSATwarmingand60%(40%)oftheincreaseinTNxandTmin(TXxandTmax)inthemodelresponse.ThechangesinSST/SIEcontributedtotheremainingsurfacewarmingandtheincreaseinhotextremes,whicharemainlytheresultofchangesintheSSToverthePacificOcean,whereasuperElNi?oeventoccurred.OurstudyindicatesaprominentroleforthedirectimpactofanthropogenicforcingintheseverityoftheextremehotsummerinwesternChinain2015,althoughthechangesinSST/SIE,aswellastheinternalvariabilityoftheatmosphere,alsomadeacontribution.