[ET-OCPS] Expert Team on Operational Climate Prediction System (19, 23 Sept 2022)

ET-OCPS under Standing Committee on Data Processing for Applied Earth System Modelling and Prediction (SC-ESMP)/INFCOM will meet to discuss main priority areas of work. The outcomes of the third WMO workshop on operational climate prediction (OCP-3, 20-22 September 2022, Lisbon, Portugal) and the GDPFS Symposium on Requirements for NWP Data and Products (29-31 August 2022, Geneva, Switzerland) will be considered during the discussion. ET-OCPS will also make recommendations to be brought forward to the session of the Executive Council in 2023.

MEETNING INFORMATION

Provisional meeting agenda
L ocal information document (meeting venue, registration, and lunch arrangement)
Final meeting report

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MEETING AGENDA (all times in Western European Summer Time (WEST), UTC +1)

Day 1 - Monday, 19 September 2022
Time	Agenda
09:00 – 09:30	1.1 Opening 1.2 Roundtable introductions 2.1 Adoption of the agenda 2.2 Working arrangements
09:30 – 11:00	3.1 Outcomes of GDPFS Symposium on Requirements for NWP Data and Products related to S2S predictions (29-31 August 2022, Geneva) – Secretariat 3.2 Outcomes of SC-ESMP Executives meeting (1-2 September 2022, Geneva) – Secretariat 3.3 Development of the Guidelines on Review Process of Designated GDPFS Centre Compliance – Arun KUMAR 3.4 Revision of the Guide to the GDPFS (WMO-No. 305) – Secretariat 3.5 Plans for Seamless GDPFS – Secretariat 3.6 WMO Governance Structure – Secretariat
11:00 – 11:20	Coffee Break
11:20 – 12:20	4.1 Review of action items from the meeting of ET-OCPS-1 (17 December 2021, online) – Arun KUMAR & members 4.2 Summary of GPC-LRF systems –Caio COELHO [Summary Spreadsheet] [Status and Progress Reports] [Hindcast Period] 4.3 Status of LC-LRFMME – Juyoun LIM, Data access of LC-LFMME webpage (If login)
12:20 – 13:20	Lunch
13:20 – 14:00	4.5 Status of GPC-SSF & LC-SSFMME – Laura FERRANTI, WordDoc 7.1 LC relevant discussion
14:00 – 16:00	(Joint Session) 5.1 Introduction of climate reanalysis into the Manual on the GDPFS (WMO-No. 485) – Arun KUMAR 5.5 Proposed amendments to the Manual on the GDPFS (WMO-No. 485) – Kumar KOLLI 5.5.1 Integration of CSIS into the GDPFS framework 5.5.2 Review/clean up the RCCs section in particular RCC networks structure/description 5.5.3 Integration of activities of ENSO updates in the GDPFS framework 5.6 GDPFS-related gaps pertaining to the implementation of Decision 9 (EC-72) on operationalization of objective seasonal and sub-seasonal forecasts - Wilfran OKIA
16:00 – 16:20	Coffee Break
16:20 –17:30	6.1 Designation of new GDPFS centres (INFCOM-2) – Secretariat 6.2 Amendment to the Manual on the GDPFS (WMO-No. 485) (INFCOM-3) - Caio COELHO 6.2.1 Open the hindcast and real-time forecast data from LC-LRFMME without password protection 6.2.2 Updating the list of Mandatory data (or core data) of GPCs-LRF and GPCs-SSF [a] [b] 6.2.3 Possible inclusion of the concept of “Climate Reanalysis” 6.3 Amendment to the Manual on the GDPFS (WMO-No. 485) and/or the Guide to the GDPFS (WMO-No. 305) 6.3.1 Inclusion of CSIS (INFCOM-3) 6.3.2 Inclusion of contributing members to the RCC-Networks (INFCOM-2) 6.4 Introduction of new activities regarding TIGGE and S2S data archives into the GDPFS and its designation (INFCOM -2) – Arun KUMAR
Day 2 - Friday, 23 September 2022
09:00 – 10:30	(Joint Session) 5.7 Overview of WCRP/WGSIP – Bill MERRYFIELD 5.2 Development of a WMO Guidance on calibration of sub-seasonal predictions - Andrew ROBERTSON and Caio COELHO 5.3 Improvement of GADCU - Adam SCAIFE 5.4 Discussion of the outcomes of the OCP-3 Workshop and identification of joint activities, including WCRP/WGSIP – (Co) chairs of ET-CSISO and ET-OCPS
10:30 –10:50	Coffee Break
10:50 –12:30	4.4 Status of LC-ADCP – Jeff KNIGHT 7.2 Reviewing ET-OCPS relevant RSMCs in the Manual on the GDPFS and recommending changes as necessary [b] 7.3 Synergy and collaboration between C3S and LC-LRFMME 7.4 SSF infrastructure 7.5 Formalizing compliance review
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 – 14:50	7.6 Updating list of mandatory variables 7.7 New class of RSMCs (e.g. climate reanalysis) 7.8 OCP-3 related tasks 7.9 Discussion with WGSIP (Bill Merryfield)
14:50 – 15:30	Outstanding agenda items
15:30 – 16:00	8.1 Timeline for preparing recommendations and submitting to relevant bodies – Secretariat 8.2 Next meeting 9.1 Global seasonal climate webpage - José Álvaro Silva Closing