The Asian Universities Alliance Overseas Study Program on "Tropical Dynamics & Global Monsoon" was held from June 17th to 21st 2024 at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Eighteen students from seven AUA Universities participated in this program.
The main objective of this program is to introduce the dynamics of tropical climate and different monsoon systems. The organizer of this program started with an introduction to monsoon theory and went on to discuss the coupled monsoon system, the large-scale structure of the monsoon in summer and winter, and its evolution. The program also explored how the characteristics of the monsoon system and circulation features (e.g., Hadley circulation, Walker circulation) have changed with the global warning and explained cloud microphysics and precipitation related processes.
One of the highlights of the program was that the organizers arranged a 3-hour practical session each day. During the hands-on sessions, students used Python to process climate data and were exposed to simple climate models, Large Eddy Simulations (LES), Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS), and Global Climate Models (GCMs). Through individual assignments and collaborative program, program students gained a better understanding of the characteristics of GCMs and gradually master how to process and analyze climate model data generated in the Phase 6 Coupled Model International Comparison Program (CMIP6) project, as well as conducted large eddy simulations through the use of direct numerical simulations.
