Scoping Workshop on the WMO recognized entity supporting El Niño/La Niña information: concept and function
Background and objectives
There is a growing demand for more comprehensive and more frequently updated El Niño/La Niña Southern Oscillation (ENSO) information, not only from Members but also from the United Nations agencies and humanitarian community. The Scoping Workshop on the WMO recognized entity supporting El Niño/La Niña information will bring together representatives from relevant operational centres and institutions routinely dealing with ENSO information, and representatives of user community, to discuss and agree on potential solutions and provide recommendations on how to develop and improve ENSO information to support Members’ needs.
The Scoping Workshop is jointly organized by the WMO in collaboration with the Expert Team on Climate Services Information System Operations (ET-CSISO) of the Standing Committee for Climate Services (SC-CLI)/SERCOM and the Expert Team on Operational Climate Prediction Services (ET-OCPS) of the Standing Committee on Data Processing for Applied Earth System Modelling and Prediction (SC-ESMP)/INFCOM. Co-hosted by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) and India Meteorological Department Pune (IMD-Pune).
Documents
- Concept note
- Provisional agenda
- Guidance for speakers
- Key subjects/questions to be discussed during the workshop
- List of participants
- Final report
Sessions and presentations
Session 1 - Setting the scene
- Objective and expected outcomes of the workshop, Álvaro Silva
- Draft Decision 5.5(3)/1 (SERCOM-2) "El Niño/La Niña Southern Oscillation information to support Members", Wilfran Moufouma Okia
- History and the current status of WMO flagship products: WMO El Niño/La Niña Update, GSCU, and GADCU, Rupa Kumar Kolli
- Applications of El Niño/La Niña information, Wilfran Moufouma Okia
- GDPFS infrastructure of relevance to El Niño/La Niña information, Arun Kumar
Session 2 - Briefing from selected operational ENSO information providers
- IRI ENSO information products, Andrew Robertson
- NOAA ENSO Operations, Michelle L'Heureux
- ENSO information and services at the Bureau of Meteorology, Skie Tobin
- El Niño outlook and seasonal prediction products of JMA, Takafumi Umeda
- Seasonal/decadal prediction at the MetOffice, Sarah Ineson
- Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) support to Regional Climate Centres and Climate Outlook Forums, Anca Brookshaw
- International Center for Research on El Niño (CIIFEN), Juan José Nieto
- ENSO forecast at the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Satyaban B. Ratna
- Results of the survey to operational Centers on ENSO information, Álvaro Silva
- Break-out group: Discussions on available products and contribution towards a possible agreed definition, criteria, and outlook of El Niño/La Niña to be used by the recognized entity
Session 3 - Use of El Niño/La Niña information: strengths, limitations, gaps, and ways to improve towards better support to decision-making
- El Niño/La Niña in Peru, Ken Takahashi Guevara
- Limitations of El Niño/La Niña information for decision-making, Arun Kumar
- Operational activities at ICPAC - Use of El Niño/La Niña information: strengths, limitations, gaps, and ways to improve, Titike K. Bahaga
- ENSO impact on South Asian climate, Shri O. P. Sreejith
- ENSO information in Southeast Asia: SEA RCC-Network perspective, Thea Turkington
- Pacific RCC-Network (in demonstration phase), Simon McGree/Elise Chandler
- UN ENSO Cell perspective, Andrew Kruczkiewicz
- A perspective towards potential WMO endorsed system for El Niño/La Niña - Risk information and impact outlook in Asia and the Pacific, Sanjay Srivastava
- Application of ENSO forecasts in FCDO's humanitarian response group, Tamara Janes
- Use of El Niño/La Niña information: Supporting sector-level decision-making - Sharing experiences from South/Southeast Asia, Govindarajalu Srinivasan
- Use of El Niño/La Niña information in INMET– Brazil, Márcia Seabra
- Conveying ENSO information in non-technical terms for policy-makers and different stakeholders, Maria Pilar Cornejo
- Break-out group: Discussions on the use of El Niño/La Niña information: strengths, limitations, gaps, and ways to improve towards better support to decision-making
Working session - Development and draft of provisional functions of the WMO entity supporting El Niño/La Niña information (or consideration of other potential solution)
Plenary session - Recommendations on development and improvement of El Niño/La Niña information to support Members
Information for participants
The workshop will be conducted primarily as face-to-face event; however, for some exceptional cases, it will be possible to attend the sessions and discussions via Teams (invite to be sent by email to participants before the meeting).
Working language of this workshop is English.
Organizing committee
Co-chairs of ET-CSISO: Rupa Kumar Kolli (IITM, India) and Roger Pulwarty (NOAA, USA)
Co chairs of ET-OCPS: Arun Kumar (CPC/NWS/NOAA, USA) and Caio Coelho (CPTEC, Brazil)
WMO Regional Climate Prediction Services Division (RCP): Wilfran Moufouma Okia, Anahit Hovsepyan, Jose Alvaro Silva, Sarah Diouf, Atsushi Goto
WMO Earth System Prediction Division (ESP): Yuki Honda, Eunha Lim
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM): Dr Kaustav Chakravarty
Relevant Resolutions and Decisions
- Decision SERCOM-2/Doc. 5.5(3) - El Niño/La Niña Southern Oscillation information to support Members
- Resolution 15 (Cg-17) - World Climate Programme
- Resolution 14 (Cg-18) - Development of the initial concept for the WMO coordination mechanism to support the humanitarian activities of the United Nations and other organizations
- Resolution 20 (Cg-18) - WMO contributions to the provision of climate information and services in support of policy and decision-making
- Decision 10 (EC-69) - Climate Services Information System products to support United Nations system planning and WMO Members on seasonal to interannual timescales