WMO Workshop on Advancing Regional Climate Centre Products and Services to Meet Evolving Needs of Members

Documents

• Logistical note
• Agenda
• Final Report

Session I: Setting the scene: Context and rationale for the workshop

• Revitalizing the GFCS: Priorities, pathways and SERCOM linkages, Wilfran Moufouma Okia
• Advancing CSIS-R across regions: Functions and good practices for implementation, Rupa Kumar Kolli
• Regional Climate Centres: Guidelines for establishment and operations, Valentina Khan
• WMO Integrated Processing and Prediction System (WIPPS): Toward more reliable operational climate prediction, Eunha Lim

Session II: Strengths, challenges and good practices of RCC

Part I - WMO experts' evaluation of ACP RCCs operations

• RCC-IGAD, Richard Graham
• RCC Africa, Jean-Pierre Céron
• Pacific RCC-Network & RCC Caribbean, Rupa Kumar Kolli
• RCC-WAS & RCC-ECCAS, Pierre Kamsu
• RCC-SADC, Anshul Agarwal

Part II - ACP RCCs perspective

• RCC Caribbean, Cédric Van Meerbeeck
• RCC Africa, Pierre Kamsu
• RCC-IGAD, Herbert Misiani
• SADC-CSC, Surekha Ramessur
• RCC-WAS, Seydou Tinni
• RCC-ECCAS, Alphonse Kanga
• Pacific RCC-Network, Terry Atalifo
• SEARCC-Network, Wee Leng Tan
• RCC Pune, Sreejith Op
• RCC-WSA, Felipe Costa
• RCC Tokyo, Masaya Kuramochi

Session III: Climate data services

• Integrated approaches to data Management, Rescue, and Quality Control for Climate Services, William Wright
• WMO Guidelines on Climate Data Management System Specifications, William Wright
• Climate Data for the Environment (CliDE): Introduction and Live Demonstration, Simon McGree
• WMO Information System 2.0, Hassan Haddouch

Session IV: Climate prediction and projection services

• Unlocking the Basics: A Practical Introduction to Operational Climate Prediction, Jean-Pierre Céron
• Sub-seasonal Prediction: Bridging weather and seasonal climate forecasting, Atul Sahai
• Objective Seasonal Prediction: Approaches for traceable and reliable climate prediction, Richard Graham
• Seasonal Prediction Verification: An introduction to methods and metrics, Simon Mason
• Annual to Decadal Prediction: Extending Climate Outlooks beyond the season, Leon Hermanson
• Climate projections in practice: Access, Application and Interpretation, Grigory Nikulin
• Producing region relevant sub-seasonal and seasonal forecasts with CPT: Practical applications and insights, Simon Mason
• SEAFORDS in Action: Enhancing Seasonal Forecasting in the SWIO Region and Beyond, Laurent Labbé

Session V: User-targeted climate information, research & development

• Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Experimental Sub-Seasonal Predictions, Nachiketa Acharya
• Enabling Regional Climate (Outlook) Forums: Challenges and Opportunities, Rupa Kumar Kolli
• Translating Seasonal Forecasts into Action: The Shift Toward Impact-Based Forecasting, Jean-Pierre Céron
• UNESCAP and Impact-Based Forecasting: Regional Applications and Collaborative Insights, Leila S. Goodarzi
• Generating Seasonal Predictions Using CAROGEN, Cédric Van Meerbeeck & Ms. Wazita Scott
• Seasonal climate forecasting products for climate risk management – Experience from DeRisk South-East Asia project, Torben Marcussen
• Seasonal Climate Outlooks in the Pacific: Experience from the COSPac Programme, Philip Malsale
• ENANDES Experience: Climate Forecasts for Risk Management in South America, Felipe Costa

Session VI: Climate analysis and monitoring services

• Climate monitoring products, climate summaries and climatological references and Regional Climate Watch, Peter Bissolli
• Engagement with WCRP/RIfS, Bruce Hewitson
• AGRHYMET Regional Climate Watch, Seydou Tinni
• Tracking Agricultural Risks in East Africa: An Overview of the East Africa Agriculture Watch,  Herbert Misiani
• Climate Services Application Packages,  Nils Hempelmann
• ENACTS, Simon Mason
• ClimWeb: Empowering NMHSs to deliver critical climate information, Marta Baraiber
• The ClimSA Station to strengthen Regional and National CSIS, Marco Clerici

Session VII: Climate Services Toolkit

• Introduction to Climate Services Toolkit (CST), components and system requirements, Jie Que
• Development and Customization of CST for RCCs, Raj Kumar Rai
• Demonstration/Overview of CST and its modules, Jie Que and RIMES
• Generate different climate information products using CST for the respective RCC, Jie Que and RIMES
• Group Discussions - Use of CST to support Operational Seasonal Forecasting, Jie Que and RIMES