United States (U.S.)-Taiwan Extreme Weather Workshop; Honolulu, Hawaii; September 6-8, 2016

2014年7月，台湾科学技术部（MOST）代表团来到美国举行双边科技会议。出席会议的有美国国家科学基金会（NSF）地球科学项目主任。由于这次访问，科技部和NSF将于2015年5月29日至5月31日在台湾组织三场研讨会，分别是地球科学与造山研讨会、工程科学与光子学研讨会和大气科学与气象学研讨会。这个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、山洪等）的观测和预报；2 .地形诱导降水与中尺度风暴系统；WRF和数据同化系统的应用。在台北双边会谈的基础上，计划于9月6日至8日在夏威夷檀香山举行后续研讨会。JOSS要求资金派遣选定的美国科学家参加研讨会。美国和台湾一直在研究极端降水事件的动力学和社会影响、地球系统建模和COSMIC无线电掩星卫星科学任务方面进行合作。这个研讨会将是一个长达数十年的合作的最新成果，该合作增进了对这些科学领域的科学理解。美国和台湾几十年来都经历过严重的降水事件。这些事件会造成当地的山洪暴发、财产损失，偶尔还会造成生命损失。提高对这些极端事件动态的了解能力，以及随后向公众提供更好和更及时的预报能力，将大大减少当地洪水和财产损失的负面社会影响，并可能减少生命损失。

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.Based on the bilateral meeting in Taipei, a follow-up workshop is planned to be held in Honolulu, HI on September 6-8.JOSS requests funds to send selected U.S. scientists to 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.