GAME
Internatinal
Science Panel
GISP
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Summary of the Fisrt
GAME
International Science Panel
The first GAME
international science panel (GAME-ISP) was held
at NASDA/EORC in Tokyo, Japan from March 6 to 9, 1996. The Panel
is the advisory and coordinating committee to promote GAME
to
international community, and its 29 members come from 9 countries
mainly in Asia. More than 40 participants including
almost all the GAME-ISP members, the representatives from WCRP office,
those from the related projects, and special experts, and observers.
The brief report of the determined items in the panel are as
follows:
- Terms of reference have been decided.
- On the GAME Intensive Observation Period GAME-IOP) in 1998, GAME
has the target of effort to make intensive radio sounding observation 4
times a day from May to the end of July, at about 70 points in the area
including Tropical region (Thailand and
other countries), East Asian region (HUBEX region), and Tibetan
plateau, in the cooperation with South China Sea Monsoon Experiment
(SCSMEX), if possible the area includes the surrounding region (India,
Japan, etc. ). Japan and the other countries should effort to solve
financial problems. Financial support from WMO
is also in consideration.
- GAME-ISP decided to send requests to Japan Meteorological Agency
and NMC/China to take a role to make the high quality objective
analyzed (4
dimensional assimilated) data in the IOP (re-analysis in IOP).
- GAME-ISP decided to send a request to NASDA to make TRMM
(Tropical
Rainfall Measurement Mission) data available for
GAME-IOP, that is, before April 1998.
- The establishment of the following sub-panels have been
approved;
- sub-panel for GAME-Tropics (co-chair: K. Musiake, P.
Patvivatsiri)
- sub-panel for GAME-Subtropics(HUBEX) (co-chair: Z. Bolin, T.
Takeda)
- sub-panel for GAME-Tibet
(co-chair: T. Yasunari and TBD from China)
- sub-panel for GAME-Siberia (co-chair: Y. Fukushima, A.
Georgiadi)
- sub-panel for modeling (chair: A. Sumi)
- sub-panel for data management (chair: M. Murakami)
- Long term monitoring and applications issues should be
discussed.
- The ad-hoc committee on GAME/SCSMEX IOP
has
also been approved with the following (tentative) members;
- T. Yasunari (chair)
- K. M. Lau (vice-chair)
- K. Musiake (Tropics)
- B. Zhao (HUBEX)
- Y. H. Ding(NCC)
- T. Takeda (Japan)
- Sen Roy (IMD)
- P. Patvivatsiri (TMD)
- S. Moten (MMS)
- Tan. K. S. (SMS)
- J. H. Oh(Korea MRI)
- J. Chan (Hongkong)
- T. C. Chen (USA)
- J. Matsumoto (Japan)
- TBD (JMA/JAPAN)
- The GAME-International Project Office (GAME-IPO) is formally
agreed
to be established as the office of the GAME international science
panel. It
is also agreed that GAME-IPO is tentatively located in the Research
Center
for the Water and Biogeochemical Cycles of the Institute for
Hydrospheric-Atmospheric Sciences, Nagoya
university (chief
secretariat:
Professor Kenji Nakamura, secretariat: assistant professor Ichiro
Tamagawa). Japan side will take effort to get posts of guest foreign
members of the office.
- The
next science panel will be held in Korea in March 1997, with
the Third International Conference of GAME.
- Professor Yasunari (University of Tsukuba, Japan) is selected as
the chairperson of GAME-ISP, and Professor Ding YiHui (the director of
the
China National Climate Center) is as the deputy chairperson. The term
of
member is determined to be three years, but it can be extended. The
members have been decided as follows:
- Chairperson: T. Yasunari
- Vice-chairpersion: Y.H. Ding
- (member list)
- CHINA
- Dr. Ding Yihui
- Dr. Xiao Yongsheng
- Prof. Zhao Bolin
- Hongkong
- INDIA
- Dr. N. Sen Roy
- Mr. S. D. Kulkarni
- Japan
- Prof. T. Yasunari
- Prof. A. Sumi
- Prof. K. Musiake
- Prof. T. Takeda
- Prof. Y. Fukushima
- Prof. K. Nakamura
- Dr. M. Murakami
- Dr. T. Koike
- Dr. T. Ohata
- Korea
- Dr. Jai-Ho Oh
- Prof. Tae-Yong Lee
- Malaysia
- Mr. Subramaniam Moten
- Mr. Peh Kay Soon
- Russia
- Prof. V. S. Vuglinski
- Dr. A. G. Georgiadi
- Singapore
- Thailand
- Dr. Suvit Vibulsresth
- Dr. Patipat Patvivatsiri
- Mr. Visal Maitreeyuengyong
- U.S.A.
- Prof. T. C. Chen
- Mr. Alan J. Hall
- The procedure for drafting and reviewing IP of GAME
has been decided.
Terms of Reference for GAME International Science Panel
(GAME-ISP ) (rev.3/8 17:40)
The GAME-ISP is the principal group within GEWEX for considering
scientific issues and promoting scientific activities associated with
the
implementation of GAME.
The aims of GAME
are to understand the role of the
Asian monsoon as a major component of the global energy and water cycle
and
to improve the seasonal forecasting of monsoon and regional water
resources, along with the feedback processes associated with the
variability of the monsoon.
The main task of the GAME-ISP is to improve the scientific
contribution of GAME
to fulfill the requirements of GEWEX by:
- determining and integrating an overall strategy for
implementation of GAME,
ensuring contribution to GEWEX
and WCRP
objectives. (e.g., data management, ......)
- promoting and coordinating scientific activities, and
facilitating the exchange of informations within all the components of GAME. (e.g., IOP, data
formats, workshop, model-intercomparisons, .......)
- co-ordinating and fostering interaction among different
countries and programs participating in GAME
through
establishment of subpanels and science working groups.
- providing the focus for the international cooperation with other
related international programs and scientific activities. (e.g., with
SCSMEX, IGBP, .......)
GAME
International project office (GAME-IPO) is established to
support GAME-ISP to accomplish its objectives. It is located in IHAS,
Nagoya Univ. for 1996.
Membership of GAME-ISP:
The GAME-ISP is to be formed by the representatives from the
scientific group and/or operational agencies of the countries
participating in GAME,
the leading scientific experts of each component of
GAME, and exofficio
representatives from WCRP/GEWEX,
GHP, etc. The
members will be selected for 3 year terms with possibility of
extension.
The GAME-ISP meeting will be held once per year.
Sub-panels:
The ISP will have some sub-panels, in case these sub-groups
are required to efficiently promote some components of GAME,
or some
specific scientific topics related to GAME. The
chairman of
the sub-panel
is expected to be a member of the ISP.