Workshop on ADEC Dust Model
Inter-comParison (DMIP_Beijing)
Date: April 2nd - 3rd, 2004
Place: Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), CAS, Beijing, China
Hosted by Prof. Zifa Wang (IAP) and Prof. I. Uno (Kyushu Univ.)
Introduction
This home page describes the tasks and outline of next workshop of dust
model intercomparison which will be held at Beijing (April 2nd - 3rd,
2004). The group and persons who will attend the DMIP Beijing Workshop,
please send an e-mail to workshop organizer as soon as possible.
Read more detailed information for IAP and Hotel (Jingmin Hotel) from the Chinese IAP DMIP web page. If you need a hotel reservation, at first, please contact to Prof. Zifa Wang.
Tentative Program
DMIP Beijing workshop starts from the afternoon of April 2nd at IAP. We are planning to update the
more detailed program of workshop soon. Our idea of programs are
April 2 13:00 Starting of Workshop Remarks
Session 1 : Recent Topics of Dust Modeling and Observation (13:10-15:30)
Session 2: Dust model comparison (16:00-17:30)
Preliminary overview of DMIP Beijing Meeting
Several discussion for more detailed comparison for tomorrow
Receptions (18:30-)
April 3
Session 3 (all morning)
More detailed comparison of participants output
Emission scheme and dust flux comparison
Check Transport pattern by animation or web page
Some preliminary discussion of removable processes
Lunch
Session 4 (afternoon 13:30 - 16:30)
More discussion for next step and paper writing
Workshop end at 16:40
Some information for the 2nd round of DMIP workshop at
Beijing April 2004
Model descriptions
The model descriptions of previous participants can download here. If you want to update your
model description, please update and e-mail to iuno@riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Dust Model Periods
Two study periods have been selected as follows: Period 1: March 15
to 25 in 2002 (ten days) Period 2: April 04 to 14 in 2002 (ten days)
Both Periods 1 and 2 have been selected because very dense dust onsets
were observed within the wide range of China, Korea and Japan.
Meteorological field
We do not specify the meteorological model field (or driver). Each
participant can use his or her own meteorological model to execute the
dust model. Participants are required to submit their meteorological
fields accroding the request from organizer.
Dust Model Domain
Dust transport model should include Gobi desert, and if possible please
include Taklimakan as a potential dust source region. East boundary of
model domains must cover all of Japan area.
Monitoring data
We will use several observation data to compare the model calculation.
The purpose of this model intercomparison workshop is not to score the
model performance; however, it will be important to examine some of the
model comparisons using observation data.
a) WMO GTS SYNOP data GTS SYNOP data for model comparison is prepared
by Mr. Y. Kurosaki (MRI, Japan). Download of data set is restricted for
DMIP participants only (need passwd). You can
download from DMIP web page for Nagoya workshop.
b) NIES Lidar data set becomes available for Beijing, Suwon, Nagasaki
and Tsukuba. To view the Lidar exticition profiles, click here. Degital
data from Mie scattering Lidar (from Dr. N. Sugimoto and A. Shimizu of
National Institute for Environmental Studies) are also available only
for DMIP purpose. You can
download from DMIP web page for Nagoya workshop.
c) PM data We got PM observation data from Acid Deposition and Oxidant
Research Cente (ADORC) of Japan. You can download the data by Excel sheet from here.
We want to use the Korean and Chinese observation data for more
comparison. If you can provide Korean and Chinese PM data, please
contact to workshop organizar.
We just want to pointed out the important paper including these
observation data;
Park, S. et al., Parameterization of dust emission for the simulation
of the yellow sand (Asian dust) event observed in March 2002 in Korea,
JGR VOl. 108, D19, doi:10,1029/2003JD003484,2003.
Shao, Y. et al., Northeast Asian dust storms: Real-time numerical
prediction and validation, JGR Vol. 108, D22,
doi:10,1029/2003JD003667, 2003.
Because our results will be so large for one overview paper, we should
think to separate into several papers. One idea is as follows (the
person in each parenthesis is the chief author of the paper):
1)DMIP overview paper (Uno et al.)
2)Emission Flux and Source Analysis
(Prof. Shao and Wang Z. et al. )
3)Removal Process Analysis (Dr. Gong et
al.)
4)PBL Transport Analysis (Dr. Tanaka of
JMA-MRI et al.)
5)Comparison with observational data
(Dr. Westphal et al.)
Current Participants
At this moment, 8 groups have decided to join the dust model
intercomparion exercise with their model. New groups are encouraged to
join it!
* Meteorological Research Institute of
Japan Met. Agency Group (Chiba,Mikami group) ,
* Kyushu Univerisy (Uno) and Institute
of Atmos. Physics, China (Wang) ,
* Korean Meteorological Research
Institute (Dr.Y.S. Chun and S.S. Lee)
* Yaping Shao and Eunjoo Jung (The
University of New South Wales, Australia),
* Dr. Slobodan Nickovic of Marta,
* Naval Research Laboratory of USA
(Dr. Westphal and Dr. M.Liu),
* Dr. Sunling Gong group
* Dr. Zhenxin Song (China
Meteorolgical Administation)
Workshop Organizers
Itsushi Uno, Prof.
Research Institute for Applied Mechanics
Kyushu University
Kasuga Park 6-1, Kasuga 816-8580, Fukuoka, Japan
Tel. +81-92-583-7771 Fax. +81-92-583-7774
E-mail:iuno@riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Zifa Wang, Prof.
Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP)
CAS, Beijing
China
E-mail:zifawang@mail.iap.ac.cn
We made two meetings before and after the special session. Here I will
summarize the important points we discussed. My introduction PDF file
was placed at:
http://cfors.riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~DMIP/Session/Uno_Intro.pdf
1) DMIP results are important to be published (in a scientific
journal). JGR will be the best journal to submit although we need more
discussion until we can decide to which journal. Because our results
will be so large for one overview paper, we should think to separate
into several papers. One idea is as follows (the person in each
parenthesis is the chief author of the paper):
DMIP overview paper (Uno et al.)
Emission Flux and Source Analysis (Prof. Shao et al. )
Removal Process Analysis (Dr. Gong et al.)
PBL Transport Analysis (Dr. Tanaka of JMA-MRI et al.)
Comparison with observational data (Dr. Westphal et al.)
2) To finish these works, we need more detailed model outputs. Each
chief author must let me (Uno) know (by the end of December) what
parameters (variables) of which height and time interval are necessary
to write the draft paper.
3) Based on the input from step 2, I will make a list of necessary
model output and let everybody know the details. Because the model
domain and map projections are different in each group, I will ask to
interpolate the model output to longitude and latitude coordinate system
for easy comparison. Model comparison periods are period 1 (March 2003)
and period 2 (April 2003). We exclude period 3 (Nov. 2003). Output
format will be specified later (but it will be the text output and then
gzip). One important suggestion was that independent tracers from the
Taklimakan and Gobi desert should be included to examine the transport
and diffusion processes. We have to discuss more details of this tracer
run option.
4) We have to collect observation data during the two periods of model
comparison. We already have Lidar Observation data (it is on the
website). I will try to get Japanese Observation data (EANET PM10 seems
best to use). We also want to have an access to
Korean Observation data and
Chinese Observation data.
Please let me know if you can provide these observation data (PM10, TSP
or visibility).
5) We need to have next meeting to discuss the details of comparison
and paper drafts. Our plan of next meeting is
Date: the last week of March 2004 or the first week of April 2004
(1 or 1.5 days meeting)
Place: IAP (Institute of Atmospheric Physics), Beijing, China Hosted by
Prof. Zifa Wang
Detailed schedule of next meeting will be informed to everybody by
e-mail when Dr. Zifa Wang decides the detailed schedule.
6) Presentation power points files.
Distribution of presentation files(power points or PDF files) is
important to further discussion. So I will reorganize the DMIP web page
to have the presentation files of the DMIP special session be
downloaded. Please provide me (iuno@riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp) the
presentation file by e-mail (up to 10 MB) (I already got the files from
Dr. Gong, Dr. Westphal, Dr. Wang, Dr. S.S. Lee and Dr. T. Tanaka).
Thanks.