09:35-10:15 Moored time series measurements in support of climate studies (M. Mcphaden)
10:15-10:55 Monsoon and ocean climate variability (T. Yamagata)
- Coffee break -
11:05-11:45 Seasonal-to-decadal variability of the Pacific North Equatorial Current: A downstreampredictability and impacts assessment (R. Lukas)
11:45-12:25 Triangle program: An integrated research plan on ocean climate studies at JAMSTEC (M. Hishida)
- Lunch -
Surface Buoy Development Plan at JAMSTEC (Chair: T. Takizawa)
14:00-14:40 The surface buoy development and its operation plan(Y Kuroda)
14:40-15:00 Technological development of the surface meteorological and oceanographic buoy at JAMSTEC (Y Amitani, S. Hamaguchi)
15:00-15:25 Optimal buoy array design for upper layer temperature observation in tropical ocean (J. She, S. Nakamoto)
- Coffee break -
National and Regional Activities (Chair: K. Muneyama)
15:50-16:10 Oceanographic characteristic along 1 37E in the western tropical Pacific - Comparison between two cruises of December 1992 and April 1994 (M. Suk)
16:10-16:30 National climate research activities (T. Sribimawati)
16:30-16:50 Research in the South China Sea - Taiwan (D. Tang)
16:50-17:10 Oceanographic activities for climate in Japan Meteorological Agency (T. Manabe)
17:10-17:30 Marine Scientific Research in the South Pacific-View from the Inside (A. Simpson)
18:30-20:30
- Reception -
Thursday 30 May
Studies on ENSO and Monsoon (Chair: T. Yamagata)
09:10-09:30 Observation of Indian equatorial jet(K. Mizuno)
09:30-09:50Global surface circulation derived from drifting buoy data and its predictability by simultaneous assimilation model of drifting buoy and altimeteric data (T. Awaji)
