Workshop Program

Last updated: 31 Jul 2025

Day 1 –– 

5 Aug 2025 (Tue)

LT-J,
HKUST

 

PROGRAM
08:15 | REGISTRATION
09:00 | Welcome Remarks
09:15 | Introduction and Workshop Goal Fei Chen (HKUST) & Andreas F. Prein (ETH Zürich)

KILOMETERSCALE RESOLUTION MODELING OF EXTREME WEATHER I
Session Chairs: Fei Chen     Xiaoming Shi
09:30 | KEYNOTE: Kilometer Scale Modeling for Australian Cities and Pacific Islands  Jason Evans (University of New South Wales)
10:00 | Understanding and Projecting Changes in Extreme Precipitation with Kilometer-Scale Models  Andreas F. Prein (ETH Zürich)
10:15 | GROUP PHOTO & COFFEE BREAK
KILOMETERSCALE RESOLUTION MODELING OF EXTREME WEATHER II
Session Chair: Hui Su      Co-chair: Andreas Prein
10:45 | Mosaic Model Map - Application of Extreme Weather Forecast in High-Resolution Real-time Flood Risk Visualisation LAU Shing Cheong Edwin, Leonard C Y Wong (Drainage Services Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government)

11:00 | Kilometer-Scale Multi-Physics Simulations of Heavy Precipitation Events in Northeast China Hongyong Yu (Beijing Normal University)
11:15 | Km-Scale Atmosphere-ocean Modeling of the Northern Adriatic Region and Its Capability to Simulate Extreme Precipitation in Autumn Marco Reale (Italy OGS)
11:30 | Impact of Global Warming and High SST Anomaly Around Japan on Weeklong Heavy Snowfall in February, 2025 Hiroaki Kawase (Japan Met Research Institute)
11:45 | Future Changes to Extreme Rainfall over Puerto Rico in an Ensemble of Convection-Permitting Simulations Erin Dougherty (NSF NCAR)
12:00 | LUNCH
KILOMETERSCALE RESOLUTION MODELING OF EXTREME WEATHER III
Session Chair: Andreas Prein      Co-chair: Xiaoming Shi
14:00 | Kilometer-scale AI-assisted NWP Modeling for South China: Successes and Challenges WONG Wai Kin (Hong Kong Observatory)
14:15 | KEYNOTE: High-Resolution Mesoscale Modeling of Extreme Climate Events Jimmy FUNG (HKUST)
14:45 | Resolution Dependence of Simulated Extremes Statistics for Denmark Ole B. Christensen (Danish Met Institute)
15:00 | New insights into changes in tropical cyclone hazards over Southern Africa from km-scale climate projections Elizabeth Kendon (UK Met Office Hadley Center) [Online]
15:15 | POSTER LIGHTNING TALKS & POSTER SESSION, ICEBREAKER Session Chair: Xiaoming Shi
19:00 | DAY 1 ENDS

 

Day 2 –– 

6 Aug 2025 (Wed)

LT-J,
HKUST

 

PROGRAM
08:30 | REGISTRATION

URBAN ENVIRONMENT MODELING AND IMPACTS
Session Chair: Jiachuan Yang      Co-chair: Seon Ki Park
09:00 | KEYNOTE: The Common Land Model version 2024 Yongjiu Dai (Sun Yat-Sen University, China)
09:30 | Highlights of Current Activities in Convective-Permitting Modeling at the Research Applications Laboratory Christopher Castro (NCAR) [Online]
09:45 | Integrating urban vertical diffusion model into SLUCM: model development and sensitivity tests Yilin Chen (HKUST)
10:00 | Analyzing the urban impact on temperature in Metro Manila using NHRCM-SPUC Julie Mae Dado (Manila Observatory)
10:15 | COFFEE BREAK

PHYSICAL PROCESSES AND EXTREME WEATHER MODELING
Session Chair: Lulin Xue     Co-chair: Eun Soon Im
10:45 | Numerical simulations of extreme precipitation events in the east coast of Korea: Effects of terrain and Kor’easterlies Seon Ki Park (Ewha Womans Unviersty, South Korea)
11:00 | Generation of Convectively Forced Gravity Waves and Their Impacts on Convection Yu Du (Sun Yat-Sen University, China)

11:15 | BREAKOUT ACTIVITY

Group 1 (Classroom 1409): Convection-Permitting Climate Modeling – Challenges and Strategies
Moderator: Andreas F. Prein

Group 2 (Classroom 1410): Modelling Urban Processes, Land Use, Human Activities and the Extremes
Moderator: Fei Chen

Group 3 (Classroom 1527): AI and New Methods for Evaluation, Tuning, and Emulation
Moderator: Xiaoming
12:30 | LUNCH (& CONTINUED DISCUSSION)
REGIONAL CLIMATE DOWNSCALING I
Session Chair: Eun Soon Im     Co-chair: Lulin Xue
14:00 | KEYNOTE: Climate information from CORDEX-SEA to support resilience in Southeast Asian cities Faye Cruz & Jerasorn Santisirisomboon (Manila Observatory & Ramkhamhaeng U, Thailand)
14:30 | 4-Km Hydroclimate Dataset: Historical Reanalysis and Future Projection for Southeast Asia Fei Chen (HKUST)
14:45 | Less frequent but more intense summertime precipitation in Finland: results from a convection-permitting climate model Laura Utriainen (Finnish Meteorological Institute)
15:00 | Dynamically downscale CMIP6 GCMs for Western Australia - evaluation and future projections Sean Lam (Water & Environmental Regulation, Australia) [Online]
15:15 | Turbulence parameterization scheme of Local Climate Zone-Based Urban Morphologies Using Large Eddy Simulation Siyu Wang (HKUST)
15:30 | COFFEE BREAK
REGIONAL CLIMATE DOWNSCALING II
Session Chair: Seon Ki Park     Co-chair: Yanping Li
16:00 | Extreme Storms in Current and Future Climates: Perspectives from Convection-Permitting Regional Climate Models Kristen Lani Rasmussen (Colorado State University)
16:15 | Assessing the Impact of Cumulus Convection and Turbulence Parameterizations on Typhoon Precipitation Forecast Yueya Wang (HKUST)
16:30 | Convection-permitting simulation of extreme MCSs over the Tibetan Plateau and its downstream: Insights from the first ensemble run of ‘WY2020’ at K-Scale in CORDEX-FPS-CPTP Puxi Li (Chinese Academy of Meteorological Science)
16:45 | Future change in extreme precipitation events and their underlying processes across European regions Yi-Chi Wang (Swedish Met and Hydro Institute)
17:00 | BUS TRANSPORTATION & CONFERENCE DINNER
20:30 | DAY 2 ENDS

Day 3 –– 

7 Aug 2025 (Thu)

LT-J,
HKUST

 

PROGRAM
08:30 | REGISTRATION

URBAN ENVIRONMENT MODELING AND IMPACTS
Session Chair: Kristen Lani Rasmussen   Co-chair: Yueya Wang 
09:00 | KEYNOTE: Advances in Understanding Extreme Rainfall over South China during the Early-summer Rainy Season Yali Luo (Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China)
09:30 | AI-Enhanced Forecasting and Early Warning System for Extreme Rainfall and Urban Flooding Yanping Li (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)
09:45 | An AI/ML regional downscaling model based on CONUS404 dataset Lulin Xue (NCAR, USA)
10:00 | Precipitation Generator for the Impact of Land Use on Extreme Precipitation in Southwest England Using Convection-Permitting Model Outputs and Probabilistic Deep Learning Models Kwok Pan Chun (University of the West of England, UK)
10:15 | COFFEE BREAK
10:45 | REPORT BACK AND GROUP DISCUSSION
11:45 | CLOSING REMARKS
12:15 | LUNCH


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