Headed by Prof. WANG Huijun, director-general of the CAS Institute of Atmospheric Physics, a 40-strong China's meteorological delegation attended the first ever US-China Symposium on Meteorology held from 26 to 28 February in Norman, Oklahoma.
Attracting more than 140 participants from the two countries, the meeting strived to define the state of knowledge in the two sides for mesoscale meteorology and data assimilation, and to identify the most important challenges for the next decade.
Under the joint sponsorship of the Office of the President of the University of Oklahoma (OU), the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Natural Science Foundation of China, the meeting was jointly convened by David L. Boren, U president and former U.S. Senator, and Prof. Wang Huijun.
The meeting focused on various aspects of mesoscale phenomena, including their observations, theories, simulation and forecasting connections, as well as data assimilation techniques and regional climate, and larger-scale circulation.
This is just the first step in the collaboration between the U.S. and China, according to experts. Under theme of short term regional climate variability, the second session of the Symposium will be in 2010 in China.
