Workshop Program

Last updated: 16 Jun 2025

Day 1 –– 

5 Aug 2025 (Tue)

LT-J,
HKUST

 

PROGRAM
08:15 REGISTRATION
09:00

Welcome Remarks

KILOMETERSCALE RESOLUTION MODELING OF EXTREME WEATHER I
09:15

Kilometer-scale AI-assisted NWP Modeling for South China: Successes and Challenges
CHENG Yuen-chung, Armstrong (Hong Kong Observatory)
09:30 TBC
The Climate Commissioner of Hong Kong (Environment and Ecology Bureau)
09:45

KEYNOTE: Kilometer Scale Modeling for Australian Cities and Pacific Islands
Jason Evans (University of New South Wales)
10:15 COFFEE BREAK
KILOMETERSCALE RESOLUTION MODELING OF EXTREME WEATHER II
10:45 TBC
(Hong Kong Drainage Service Department)
11:00 TBC
(Hong Kong Development Bureau)
11:15

Kilometer-Scale Multi-Physics Simulations of Heavy Precipitation Events in Northeast China
Hongyong Yu (Beijing Normal University)
11:30

Km-Scale Atmosphere-ocean Modeling of the Northern Adriatic Region and Its Capability to Simulate Extreme Precipitation in Autumn
Marco Reale (Italy OGS)
11:45 Impact of Global Warming and High SST Anomaly Around Japan on Weeklong Heavy Snowfall in February, 2025
Hiroaki Kawase (Japan Met Research Institute)
12:00

Future Changes to Extreme Rainfall over Puerto Rico in an Ensemble of Convection-Permitting Simulations
Erin Dougherty (NSF NCAR)
12:15 LUNCH
  KILOMETERSCALE RESOLUTION MODELING OF EXTREME WEATHER III
14:00 KEYNOTE: High-Resolution Mesoscale Modeling of Extreme Climate Events
Jimmy FUNG (HKUST)
14:30 Resolution Dependence of Simulated Extremes Statistics for Denmark
Ole B. Christensen (Danish Met Institute)
14:45 Understanding and Projecting Changes in Extreme Precipitation with Kilometer-Scale Models
Andreas F. Prein (ETH Zürich)
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 COFFEE BREAK
15:45 LIGHTNING TALKS, POSTER SESSION & ICEBREAKER
19:00 DAY 1 ENDS

 

Day 2 –– 

6 Aug 2025 (Wed)

LT-J,
HKUST

 

PROGRAM
08:30 REGISTRATION

URBAN ENVIRONMENT MODELING AND IMPACTS
09:00

KEYNOTE: TBC
Yongjiu Dai (Sun Yat-Sen University, China)
09:30  Integrating urban vertical diffusion model into SLUCM: model development and sensitivity tests
Yilin Chen (HKUST)
09:45 Understanding and Projecting Changes in Extreme Precipitation with Kilometer-Scale Models
Andreas F. Prein (ETH Zürich)
10:00

Turbulence parameterization scheme of Local Climate Zone-Based Urban Morphologies Using Large Eddy Simulation
Siyu Wang (HKUST)
10:15

COFFEE BREAK

PHYSICAL PROCESSES AND EXTREME WEATHER MODELING
10:45

Impacts of Numerical Advection Schemes and Turbulence Modeling on Gray-Zone Simulation of a Squall Line
Jianan Chen (HKU)
11:00 Generation of Convectively Forced Gravity Waves and Their Impacts on Convection
Yu Du (Sun Yat-Sen University, China)
11:15 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)
11:30

Future change in extreme precipitation events and their underlying processes across European regions
Yi-Chi Wang (Swedish Met and Hydro Institute)
11:45 BREAKOUT ACTIVITY
12:30 LUNCH (& CONTINUED DISCUSSION)
REGIONAL CLIMATE DOWNSCALING I
14:00 KEYNOTE: TBC
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 Projected changes in Mesoscale Convective Systems over South America in a convection-permitting climate simulation
Harriet Gilmour (University of Exeter, UK)
15:30 COFFEE BREAK
REGIONAL CLIMATE DOWNSCALING II
16:00 KEYNOTE: nextGEMS: resolving storms and ocean eddies for a physical representation of our climate.
Hans Segura (Max-Planck Institute for Met, Germany)
16:30 TBC
Kristen Lani Rasmussen (Colorado State University)
16:45 Investigating the Impact of SST Patterns on Typhoon Milton's Intensity and Intensification in a Warming Climate
Yueya Wang (HKUST)
17:00 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)
17:15 What could terrible Tropical Cyclone Idai look like with climate change?
Joshua Macholl (UK Met Office Hadley Center)
17:30 BUS TRANSPORTATION & CONFERENCE DINNER AT CROWNE PLAZA KOWLOON EAST
20:30 DAY 2 ENDS

Day 3 –– 

7 Aug 2025 (Thu)

LT-J,
HKUST

 

PROGRAM
08:30 REGISTRATION

URBAN ENVIRONMENT MODELING AND IMPACTS
09:00 KEYNOTE: TBC
Yali Luo (Sun Yat-Sen University, China)
09:30  AI-Enhanced Forecasting and Early Warning System for Extreme Rainfall and Urban Flooding
Yanping Li (Hohai University, China)
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

Forecasting Extreme Rainfall in Ecuador Using Neural Networks
Angela Iza (UNED, Ecuador)
10:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 REPORT BACK AND GROUP DISCUSSION
12:00 CLOSING REMARKS
12:30 LUNCH