As of 21 July 2021

Web Workshop on Dust and Sand Storms: Sub-seasonal toSeasonal forecast and Long-term Variations
30 Sept. 2021
-asAn Outreach Session ofTripartite Environmental Ministers MeetingJoint Research on Dust and Sand Storms, Working Group I

Extended Workshop -◼ Aims of the Dust and Sand Storms Working Group I Extended Workshop
China, Korea and Japan have been exchanging research outcomes on dust and sand storms(DSS) under Tripartite Environmental Ministers Meeting (TEMM) since 2007. This Joint
Research has two Working Groups. The Working Group I (DSS WGI) which focuses on DSS
monitoring and modelling to improve early warning systems of DSS has been exchanging
scientific data and cutting-edge knowledge, and experts belonging to the WGI have been
producing research articles to international journals. The Working Group II (DSS WGII), which
researches on countermeasures in the DSS source areas, conducted joint field surveys in Inner
Mongolia and experiment with possible countermeasures.
Having more than a decade of the joint research, both the WGs have added new elements into
their research. For example, the DSS WGI has started discussing DSS considering sub-seasonal
to seasonal (S2S) forecast and long-term variation, and the WGII has been strengthening its role
to provide a scientific platform for information exchange among the experts.
In this context, Japan, the host country of the DSS WGI Meeting in 2021, is going to hold a
WGI Extended Workshop on 28-30 September 2021, to exchange the latest research related toDSS and its S2S forecast and long-term variation, and to foster the DSS WGI as the platform ofexperts to outreach to a wider research community.
The TEMM DSS WGI invites DSS researchers and experts from other organisations andinstitutions over the world to this Web Workshop to be held on 30 Sept. as an outreach session of
the Extended Workshop, in order to share the latest DSS research and discuss on the current trendof DSS research and future prospect of the DSS research related to sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S)
forecast and long-term variation.
◼ Arrangement:- Date and Time: 30 September 2021, 1:30-4:30 (UTC)10:30-13:30 (JST/KST:UTC+9) / 9:30-12:30 (CST)- Style: Web workshop (using Webex (TBC))- Language: English◼ Expected participants:- DSS WGI members (Experts, Focal Points and Officials from TEMM and Mongolia)- DSS WGII members (Experts, Focal Points and Officials from TEMM and Mongolia)- Researchers and experts from other organisations and institutions over the world who areinterested in the subject of the Workshop◼ Registration for non DSS WGI nor WGII members
Any researchers and experts who are interested in the subject are welcome to join the Web
Workshop (Outreach Session of the Expanded Workshop).
Please register here: https://forms.office.com/r/kzGRHZeWaH
1by 24 September 2021

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◼ Program of the Web Workshop (Outreach Session of the Extended Workshop)
Time(UTC+9)
10:30-10:35
10:35-11:00

11:00-11:45

11:45-11:55
11:55-12:40

12:40-13:25

13:25-13:30

AgendaOpening
Keynote speech
Mr. Takashi MAKI, Meteorological Research Institute, Japan- To raise issues and have a common understanding on the relationship between
DSS and climate change.
Presentations- To share the latest research on DSS and sub-seasonal to seasonal forecast andlong-term variation, and the related research to this theme.
- Six presentations will be introduced.
 Presentation 1: Researcher from China/Korea/Japan (TBD)
 Presentation 2: Researcher from China/Korea/Japan (TBD)
 Presentation 3: Researcher from China/Korea/Japan (TBD)
Note: The presentation order is subject to change.
Coffee break
Presentations (cont.) Presentation 4: Researcher from Mongolia (TBD)
 “Prediction and Detection of Variability in Asian Dust Emission andTransport Affected by Climate Change “
Dr. Atsushi SHIMIZU, National Institute for Environmental Studies,Japan Presentation 6: Dr. Huizheng CHE, World Meteorological Organization
Sand and Dust Storm Warning Advisory and Assessment System
Regional Centre for Asia
Relay comments from presenters and Q&A from audience
Facilitator: TBD
Presenters make comments on the current trend of DSS research and future
prospect of the DSS research related to sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) forecast
and long-term variation. After the relay comments, there will be Q&A time fromaudience.
Closing◼ Note for Presenters
The presentation material and abstract shall be submitted to the secretariat by 24 September 2021.
◼ Secretariat
Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (https://www.oecc.or.jp/en/)
Contact: temm.dss.outreach@oecc.or.jp◼ Sponsors
Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Ministry of Environment, Korea
Ministry of Ecology and Environment, China2