Research Activities

Climate of tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific and the Australian regions

prediction of annual activity, variations at interannual to interdecadal time scales, and possible changes under different global warming scenarios

Climate of summer monsoon over South China

prediction of annual rainfall and possible changes as a result of land-use changes (such as urbanization over the Pearl River Delta, deforestation in the Indochina Peninsula, etc) and under different global warming scenarios

Climate of the winter monsoon over China

prediction of temperatures as well as rainfall and snowfall, and possible changes under different global warming scenarios

Climate prediction

Development of methods for the climate prediction of various phenomena on seasonal, annual or semi-decadal time scales

Application of satellite data

Application of satellite data in studying the climate of the Asia Pacific region