Introduction

Information on regional workshops

Upcoming

Asia Oceania Geophysical Sciences (AOGS) 2022 conference is on 1-5 August 2022. Sessions of interest include:

·         AS38: Subseasonal to Seasonal Forecasts and Applications.
·         AS40: Asian-Australian Monsoon: Linking Research to Operational Needs

Abstract submission closes 23 Feb 2022. Further details here can be found here: https://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2022/

Institutions/Projects in the region working on S2S

S2S Southeast Asia Pilot Project: This project aims to explore the usefulness of S2S predictions for disaster risk reduction in Southeast Asia. Project partners include ASMC (https://asmc.asean.org/home/), the AHA Centre (https://ahacentre.org/), RIMES (https://www.rimes.int/), and UN ESCAP (https://www.unescap.org/). 

Research-to-operations for monsoon seasons in SE Asia: Subgroup under the Regional Working Group on Asian-Australian Monsoons (https://impo.tropmet.res.in/mpwg-aam-members.html). Topics include the role of intra-seasonal oscillations on monsoon onset. 

Key regionally-relevant S2S research questions & activities being pursued in the region

How best to use S2S forecasts for disaster preparedness?

How does the Madden-Julian Oscillation influences high impact weather events in Southeast Asia?

Publications

Fonseca, R., T.-Y. Koh and C.-K. Teo (2019), Multi-scale interactions in a high-resolution tropical-belt experiment and observations, Climate Dynamics, 52(5), 3503-3532. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-018-4332-y. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00382-018-4332-y 

Howard, E., Thomas, S., Frame, T.H., Gonzalez, P.L., Methven, J., Martínez-Alvarado, O., et al. (2021), Weather patterns in Southeast Asia: Relationship with tropical variability and heavy precipitation. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 1– 23. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4227.