Support for a Symposium Honoring Mark Cane's Contribution to Climate Science; Palisades, NY; October 20-21, 2014

马克·凯恩教授三十多年来一直是气候动力学领域的领导者，他的研究使我们对气候系统的理解取得了根本性的进步。他的研究领域包括热带海洋动力学和海-气相互作用、季节预报、气候科学在社会中的应用、数据分析技术和古气候动力学。他是第一个厄尔尼诺/南方涛动(ENSO)现象自洽动力学模型的开发者，该模型被用来从动力学模型(1986/87年事件，提前一年半预测)中第一次成功地预测厄尔尼诺事件。这项工作为常规的ENSO预测和全球气候可变性的业务季节到年际预测的发展铺平了道路。他还在应用气候信息造福社会方面发挥了带头作用。更广泛地说，他的工作使人们广泛认识到热带地区在气候多变性、气候变化和过去气候演变中所起的关键作用。最近关于热带古气候及其全球影响的许多工作可以直接追溯到凯恩教授的开创性工作。这次为期两天的研讨会包括一系列应邀演讲，重点介绍了过去几十年来在理解热带在气候系统中的作用方面取得的关键进展，以及该领域的突出问题。研讨会将集中讨论两个主要领域：ENSO动力学和ENSO预测的社会应用；以及从遥远的过去到未来的热带气候变化。发言的目的是就每个专题提供广泛和最新的观点，并为小组讨论提供背景，这些讨论将侧重于关键问题和未来进展的战略。研讨会的基本主题是热带地区在所有时间尺度上对全球气候变化起主导作用的程度，从年复一年的波动到古气候演变到未来气候变化。通过这项赠款提供的资金将用于支付学生、博士后和特邀演讲者的旅费。学生和博士后的旅行资金将向社区公布，并通过竞争程序提供。该研讨会将产生广泛的科学影响，鼓励气候科学家在其研究生涯的不同阶段交流想法。它还将为杰出的研究人员提供一个机会，教育和激励与热带气候动力学相关的研究领域的下一代科学家。

Professor Mark Cane has been a leader in the field of climate dynamics for over three decades, and his research has led to fundamental advances in our understanding of the climate system. His research spans the fields of tropical ocean dynamics and ocean-atmosphere interactions, seasonal forecasting, applications of climate science to society, data analysis techniques, and paleoclimate dynamics. He was a developer of the first self-consistent dynamical model of the El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon, which was used to produce the first successful forecast of an El Nino event from a dynamical model (the 1986/87 event, which was predicted a year and a half in advance). This work paved the way for routine predictions of ENSO and the development of operational seasonal-to-interannual predictions of global climate variability. He has also led the way in the application of climate information for the betterment of society. More generally, his work has lead to broad recognition of the key role played by the tropics in climate variability, climate change, and the evolution of past climates. Much of the recent work on tropical paleoclimate and its global implications can be directly traced back to Professor Cane's pioneering efforts.This two-day symposium consists of a series of invited presentations highlighting key advances made during the past few decades in understanding the role of the tropics in the climate system, as well as outstanding problems in the field. The symposium will focus on two main areas: ENSO dynamics and societal applications of ENSO prediction; and tropical climate change from the distant past to the future. Presentations are intended to provide a broad and up-to-date perspective on each topic, and provide context for panel discussions that will focus on key questions and strategies for future progress. The underlying theme of the symposium is the extent to which the tropics play a dominant role in variations of global climate on all timescales, from year-to-year fluctuations to paleoclimate evolution to future climate change.Funds provided through this grant will be used to cover the travel costs of students, postdocs, and invited speakers. Travel funds for students and postdocs will be advertised to the community and made available through a competitive process. The symposium will have a broad scientific impact by encouraging the exchange of ideas between climate scientists in different stages of their research careers. It will also provide an opportunity for prominent researchers to educate and inspire the next generation of scientists in research areas related to tropical climate dynamics.