Prediction of Climate Variations and Its Application in the Southern African Region

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JICA-JST initiative
JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency JST
Japan Science and Technology Agency
Prediction of Climate Variations and Its
Application in the Southern African Region
Toshio Yamagata (Application Laboratory,
JAMSTEC) Univ. of Tokyo
S.G.H. Philander (Africa Centre for Climate and
Earth System Science) Univ. of Cape Town,
Univ. of Pretoria
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Background
Subtropical Dipole Mode (c.f. Behera et al.,
2002?) in the southern Indian Ocean affects
rainfall over the South African region
SDM appeared in 2008, co-occurring with heavy
rainfall over the south Africa
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Downscale Prediction of Regional Climate
Variability
Global Climate System, including IOD and
subtropical dipole mode
Earth Simulator 2
Extreme Events
Downscale prediction in the South Africa
Downscale prediction near Japan
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Climate Variability Study and Societal
Application through Indonesia Japan-Indonesia
Contribution to GEOSS Project
Manabu D. YAMANAKA, Keisuke Mizuno (Research
Institute for Global Change, JAMSTEC) Kyoto
University
Jana Tjahjana Anggadiredja (BPPT) BMKG,
LAPAN

• Technology transfer on HARIMAU radars and TRITON
  buoys
• Research center for climate variability in the
  maritime continent