Workshop on strengthening the contribution by ACP RCCs to climate services delivery: Meeting RCC data and product requirements

Documents

• Concept note [English] [French]
• Agenda

Background

• Broadening the provision of climate information and services to support policy- and decision making by WMO Members: the role of SERCOM and the SERCOM Standing Committee on Climate Services, Manola Brunet,Vice-President SERCOM
• Overview of GFCS Climate Services Information System, Rupa Kumar Kolli (co-lead ET CSISO)
• Decision 9 (EC-72) on Operationalizing Objective Seasonal Forecasts, Wilfran Moufuma Okia (WMO)
• WMO Unified Data Policy for the Int’l Exchange of climate-relevant Earth System Data in support of Decision 9 (EC-72), Anthony Rea

Data and products required to support delivery by ACP RCCs of climate services

• Case studies: RCC/RCOF data requirements for climate analyses and prediction/objective seasonal prediction:
  • ICPAC, Zewdu Segele
  • CIMH, Cedric van Meerbeeck
  • AGRHYMET, Seydou Traore and Aida Diongue
  • Pacific RCC-Network, Simon McGree
  • RCC Pune, Pai
• GISC portals: demonstration of how RCCs may access data, Kai-Thorsten Wirt (DWD), and Kenji Tsunoda (JMA)

Infrastructure for collection and dissemination of climate data and products

• Role of WMO Information System (WIS), Enrico Fucile (WMO)
• Role of WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS), Etienne Charpentier (WMO)
• Role of Global Data-processing and Forecasting System (GDPFS), Yuki Honda (WMO)
• WMO Global Producing Centres of Long-Range Forecasts (GPCs-LRF), Laura Ferranti (ECMWF)
• WMO Lead Centre for Long-Range Forecast Multi-Model Ensemble (LC-LRFMME), Hyun-Ju Lee (APCC)
• Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and support of ACP RCC data requirements, Anca Brookshaw (C3S)
• Global access to seasonal forecast model outputs and other RCC-related products through the IRI Data Library, Andrew Robertson (IRI)
• Climate Station role in CSIS including supporting access to C3S and IRI data, Marco Clerici (JRC)

Gap analysis, ACP RCC data and product requirements

• Data and products required by ACP RCCs from GCPLRFs as identified in ACP RCC Evaluation conducted by TAT, Q1 2021, Dieudonne Faka (ClimSA Technical Assistance Team)
• Findings to date: evaluation of ACP RCC data availability being conducted under ClimSA, Christina Lief (co-chair ET-DRC)
• ICPAC Case study: data gaps identified in an ACP RCC and means of closing the gaps, Zewdu Segele (ICPAC)
• Improving RCC access to data and products including through GPCs-LRF, Valentina Khan (ET-CSISO)
• WMO activities on the Network Common Data Format (NetCDF) and WMO extension of the NetCDF Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Conventions, David Berry (WMO)
• Summary of gaps including: missing data/products, missing data exchange protocols, inconsistent production cycles, Peer Hechler (WMO)

ACP RCCs: concept and action plan to implement operational exchange of data and products in support of Decision 9 (EC-72)

• Definition of RCC operational requirements for data and products to support the delivery of climate services in the ACP sub-regions, G. Srinivasan (RIMES)
• Metadata requirements to enable WIS infrastructure, Tom Kralidis (chair ET-Metadata)
• Opportunities for RCCs to contribute to and benefit from WIS 2.0, David Berry and Hassan Haddouch (WMO)
• ACP RCC IT requirements and gaps as identified in ACP RCC Evaluation conducted by TAT, Q1 2021, Dieudonne Faka (ClimSA Technical Assistance Team)
• ACP RCC IT requirements: possible approaches including the Cloud, Enrico Fucile (WMO)
• How to address ACP RCC IT requirements for data and products exchange – discussion, Omar Baddour (WMO)
• Coordination mechanisms to support ACP RCC access to data and information in support of Decision 9 (EC-72), Maxx Dilley (WMO)

Opportunities to scale-up exchange of data and products in the ACP Member States and more widely

• Pre-COF training, Tamara Janes (UK Met Office)
• Synergies with other ongoing initiatives (H2020; CREWS, etc), JB Migraine (WMO)