2015 US-Taipei Severe Weather and Extreme Precipitation Workshop in Taiwan

台湾科技部代表团访问美国。为2014年7月举行的双边科技(S和安培；T)会议做准备。美国国家科学基金会(NSF)地球科学项目主任出席了会议。作为这次访问的结果，MOST和NSF将在2015年5月29日至5月31日期间在台湾组织三次研讨会。它们是：地球科学与造山工作坊、工程科学与光子学工作坊、大气科学与气象学工作坊。该项目是为了支持美国科学家参加气象学研讨会。主题包括：1.恶劣天气(如飓风/台风、山洪暴发等)观测和预报；2.地形诱发降水和中尺度风暴系统；3.WRF和数据同化系统的应用。JOSS申请资金，将选定的美国科学家派到台湾参加工作坊。智力优势美国和台湾一直在研究方面进行合作，旨在了解极端降水事件的动力学和社会影响，地球系统模拟和宇宙无线电掩星卫星科学任务。这次研讨会将是几十年来合作的最新一次，这一合作促进了对这些科学领域的科学理解。几十年来，美国和台湾都经历了严重的降水事件。这些事件导致当地山洪暴发，造成财产损失，偶尔还会造成生命损失。增强了解这些极端事件的动态的能力，以及随后向公众提供更好和更及时的预测的能力，将大大减少当地洪水和财产损失的负面社会影响，并可能导致更少的生命损失。

A delegation of Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) came to the United States (U.S.) for a bilateral science and technology (S&T) meeting in July 2014. Attending were National Science Foundation (NSF) program directors of geosciences. As a result of this visit, MOST and NSF are organizing three workshops in Taiwan between May 29 and May 31, 2015. These are: workshop on Earth Science and Mountain Building, one on Engineering Science and Photonics, and the third one on Atmospheric Science and Meteorology. This project is to support U.S. scientists to participate in the Meteorology workshop. The topics include:1. Severe weather (e.g., hurricane/typhoon, flash flood, etc.) observation and forecasting;2. Orographic induced precipitation and mesoscale storm systems;3. WRF and data assimilation system applications.JOSS requests funds to send selected U.S. scientists to Taiwan for the workshop.Intellectual merit The U.S. and Taiwan have been cooperating in research aimed at understanding the dynamics and societal effects of extreme precipitation events, earth system modeling and the COSMIC radio occultation satellite science missions. The workshop will be the latest in a decades-long collaboration that has resulted in enhanced scientific understanding of these areas of science.Broader impacts The U.S. and Taiwan have both experienced severe precipitation events for many decades. These events cause local flash flooding, property damage and, occasionally, loss of lives. The enhanced ability to understand the dynamics of these extreme events and the subsequent ability to provide better and more timely forecasting to the general public will materially reduce the negative societal effects of local flooding and property damage, and may result in fewer lives lost.