Call for Papers: Second Announcement
The International Conference on Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCSs) andHigh-Impact Weather (ICMCS-VIII) will be held on 7-9 March 2011 at Nagoya University
Noyori Conference Hall, Nagoya, Japan. It will be organized by the East Asia Weather
Research Association and sponsored by Japan Meteorological Society and Nagoya
University.
The main theme of this conference is “understanding development mechanisms ofmesoscale convective systems and high-impact weather in East Asia and improving theirforecast accuracy.” Topics include but not limited to: 1) MCSs and the East Asianmonsoon frontal system;2) tropical cyclone genesis, structure, and forecasting;3) orographically- induced precipitation systems; 4) synoptic/meso-/cloud scale
processes associated with heavy rainfall/snowfall; 5) data assimilation and adaptive
observations; 6) high- resolution numerical forecast of high impact weather/climatephenomena; 7) field campaigns; 8) observation equipments and 9) quantitative
precipitation forecast/estimation (QPF/QPE).
Authors are encouraged to submit a 1-page abstract by 27 December 2010. Extended
abstracts are due by 7 February 2011, with a maximum of 4 pages for accepted authors and8 pages for invited speakers. Some selected papers may be published in a special issue of
the Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan (JMSJ).
Submission of abstracts and registration should be made on-line through theconference webpage.
Please registrate first at https://www.prime-pco.com/icmcs/user/my_page_user.php
You will get password soon. Please login using your ID (mail address) and password.
Then you can submit an abstract.
Brief Information of the conference is in the next page.

For further information on this conference, please contact:
Prof. Hiroshi Uyeda(HyARC, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan)

E-mail: uyeda@hyarc.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Tel: +81-52-789-3492 Fax: +81-52-789-3436(6 December 2010)

Location: Nagoya University Noyori Conference Hall, Nagoya, Japan
Access to Nagoya University
http://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/global-info/access-map/access/Access to Noyori Conference Hall (No. 69 on the campus map)
http://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/global-info/access-map/higashiyama/
Hotels:Lodging facility in campus is limited. We may provide room in campus for several
foreign students in reasonable rate.

Please contact Uyeda by e-mail.

If you have difficulty to find hotels through internet, please contact Uyeda by e-mail.
We would try to find hotel outside the campus for foreign participants.
Registration:
Please registrate first at https://www.prime-pco.com/icmcs/user/my_page_user.php
You will get password soon.

Please login using your ID (mail address) and password.

Registration fee payment:
Please use the online payment page (after online registration)
at https://www.prime-pco.com/icmcs/user/to_payment_dialog.php

Program (tentative):
6 March (Sunday)
18:00 – 20:00

Registration at Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center (No. 55 on thecampus map of Nagoya University)

7 March (Monday)[Nagoya University Noyori Conference Hall]

09:00 – 09:45

Registration

09:45 – 10:30

Opening Session

10:30 – 10:45

Coffee break

10:45 – 12:15

Session 1

12:15 – 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 15:30

Session 2

15:30 – 15:45

Coffee break

15:45 – 17:45

Session 3

18:00 – 19:30

Reception

Program (tentative):
8 March (Tuesday)[Nagoya University Noyori Conference Hall]

09:00 – 10:30

Session 4

10:30 – 10:45

Coffee break

10:45 – 12:15

Session 5

12:15 – 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 15:30

Session 6

15:30 – 15:45

Coffee break

15:45 – 17:15

Session 7

18:30 – 20:30

Banquet9 March (Wednesday)[Nagoya University Noyori Conference Hall]

09:00 – 10:30

Session 8

10:30 – 10:45

Coffee break

10:45 – 12:15

Session 9

12:15 – 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 15:30

Session 10

15:30 – 15:45

Coffee break

15:45 – 17:15

Session 11

Abstract submission:
Free format (one page in A4 size)
Please use online submission page (after online registration)
at https://www.prime-pco.com/icmcs/user/to_upload_dialog.php

Extended abstract submission:
Format will be announced soon.