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

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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