China - Climate Science for Service Partnership (CSSP) - Work Package 2 - Met Office Collaborative climate science research programme between China and UK focused on the evaluation of UK and Chinese climate model variability to further our collective understanding of the underpinning science of climate dynamics. Contribution to improvement in climate predictions of extreme events in the East Asia region for climate mitigation/adaptation decisions. Assess model simulations of European and Chinese regional climate.  Identify key model errors in mean and variability through the annual cycle + scope future focus
Identify errors in frequency, intensity and spatial patterns for key modes of climate variability and teleconnections to Europe and Asia and scope future focus
Assess fidelity and predictability of East Asian summer monsoon rainfall in initialised hindcasts
Analysis of hindcast mechanisms and influence by end of FY