QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY A NEW CHINESE ACADEMIC PERIODICAL

The 112-page academic periodical《Quarterly Journal of Applied Meteorology》(QJAM)is a joint publication,sponsored by three subordinate units of the State Meteorological Adminis-tration:Academy of Meteorological Science(AMS),National Meteorological Center(NMC)and Satellite Meteorology Center(SMC)and published by China Meteorological Press.Thefirst issue of the QJAM was already published in February 1990.The QJAM brings you thedevelopment and achievements of meteorological science and technology in China,with em-phasis on various aspects of applied meteorology,such as weather forecasting,atmosphericsounding and remote sensing, agrometeorology,biometeorology,atmospheric environments,

ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES IN THE 21ST CENTURY—IN MEMORY OF THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE CHINESE METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

On the basis of the development of society,economy,sciences and technologies in the 21st centu- ry,a possible new leap is analysed and outlined in the systems and concepts of the atmospheric sound- ing,prediction,services and modification.It is indicated that the atmospheric sciences should be a closely integrated component and actively play the leading role in the global system sciences.

An Assessment of CAMS-CSM in Simulating Land–Atmosphere Heat and Water Exchanges

The Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences(CAMS)has been devoted to developing a climate system model(CSM)to meet demand for climate simulation and prediction for the East Asian region.In this study,we evaluated the performance of CAMS-CSM in regard to sensible heat flux(H),latent heat flux(LE),surface temperature,soil moisture,and snow depth,focusing on the Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project experiment,with the aim of participating in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 6.We systematically assessed the simulation results achieved by CAMS-CSM for these variables against various reference products and ground observations,including the FLUXNET model tree ensembles H and LE data,Climate Prediction Center soil moisture data,snow depth climatology data,and Chinese ground observations of snow depth and winter surface temperature.We compared these results with data from the ECMWF Interim reanalysis(ERA-Interim)and Global Land Data Assimilation System(GLDAS).Our results indicated that CAMS-CSM simulations were better than or comparable to ERA-Interim reanalysis for snow depth and winter surface temperature at regional scales,but slightly worse when simulating total column soil moisture.The root-mean-square differences of H in CAMS-CSM were all greater than those from the ERA-Interim reanalysis,but less than or comparable to those from GLDAS.The spatial correlations for H in CAMS-CSM were the lowest in nearly all regions,except for North America.CAMS-CSM LE produced the lowest bias in Siberia,North America,and South America,but with the lowest spatial correlation coefficients.Therefore,there are still scopes for improving H and LE simulations in CAMS-CSM,particularly for LE.