World Meteorological Organization

The International Workshop on Agromet and GIS Applications for Agricultural Decision Making and Meeting of Task Team 2.1

Jeju, Korea
5-9 December 2016

Objectives of the Workshop:

• Sharing the research activities focused on Agromet and GIS applications for agricultural decision making
• Development and application of science and technology to provide high quality products, resources and services and develop effective linkage between agromet service providers and relevant users of these agromet science, technology, products and services
• Providing training courses on QGIS program and downscaling methods for agromet data sets and their applications
• Development and implementation of Task team under CAgM Work plan (2014-2018)
• Progress report for Task Team 2.1 of Focus Area 2, CAgM, WMO

Presentations

Day 1: Monday 5 December 2016

• Climate Service Innovation for Global Agenda under Climate Changes from WMO CAgM
  Perspectives by Dr. LEE Byong-Lyol, President of CAgM, WMO
• From data to geo-referenced data: adding value to information by Jose Camacho, WMO

Session 1 : GIS Task Team - Agromet and GIS Applications for Agricultural Decision Making I

• The use of GIS to better understand crop response to climate change and variability by Dr. ORIVALDO, Brunini, Chair of Focus Area 2, CAgM, WMO
• Application of CSM-CERES-Maize for evaluation of planting date under rainfed conditions in Nigeria by OLUWASEMIRE, K. O., University of Ibadan, Nigeria, RA I
• Web-based information system for plant disease forecast based on weather data at high
  spatial resolution by Dr. PARK, Eun Woo, SNU, Korea, RA II
• Random Forests for global and regional crop yield predictions: Performance evaluation and application for climate impact studies by Dr. KIM, Soo-Hyung, University of Washington, USA

Session 2 : GIS Applications - Agromet I

• GIS tools, data, and methods used in the weekly US Drought Monitor by Mr. LUEBEHUSEN, Eric, USDA, USA
• Development of agricultural decision support tool using gridded meteorological data embedded with weather forecast by Dr. OHNO, Hiroyuki, NIAES/NARO, Japan
• Geospatial data for modelling impacts of climate-smartagriculture by Dr. Kwon, Ho-Young (IFPRI)
• A field-specific agrometeorological early warning service for weather risk management in
  Korea by Dr. SHIM, Kyo-Moon, NAS, Korea
• Understanding on utilization of weather and climate data with GIS tool in Agriculture
  by Dr. CHUNG, Uran, APCC, Korea

Session 3 : GIS Applications - Downscaling Methods I

• Ultra-high resolution time traveling argo-meteorological information from seeding to harvesting by Dr. OH, Jaiho, PKNU, Korea
• Spatial modelling of for extreme rainfall in Korea via max-stable processes by Dr. PARK, Jeong-Soo, CNU, Korea
• Recent trend in temperature and precipitation extremes over India by Dr. SINGH, G.P., BHU, India
• New role for weather-based models in commercial agricultural decision making By Dr. RUSSO, Joe, ZedX Inc., USA

Day 2: Tuesday 6 December 2016

Session 4 : GIS Task Team - Agromet and GIS Applications for Agricultural Decision Making II

• GIS technology for making decision in agrometeorology: Early Warning Systems in Andean Region and its impacts in the agriculture development by ESPINOZA, Diana, CIIFEN, Ecuador, RA III
• USDA's operational GIS and related processes for International Weather and Crop Assessments by LUEBEHUSEN, Eric, USDA, RA IV
• GIS applications on agrometeorology for Malaysia by ABDULLAH, Nor Adawiah, Malaysia, RA V
• Agrometeorological Services of Myanmar by CHAW, May Khin, Myanma, RA II

Session 5 : GIS Applications - AgroMet II

• Application of Unified Model (UM) weather prediction data for rice disease forecast by Dr. PARK, Eun Woo, SNU
• Development of an on-demand microclimate information service for Ginseng by Dr. LEE, Byun-Woo, SNU
• Towards quantifying system resilience for climate-smart forestry by Dr. KIM, Joon, SNU
• Estimation of forest water use with land surface model over Gwangneung watershed by Dr. KIM, Hyun Seok, SNU

Session 6 : GIS Applications - AgroMet III

• Development of a micro-scale CFD model to predict wind environment on complex terrain by Dr. LEE, In Bok, SNU,
• Development of Water Demand Forecasting Service for Cropping Land by Dr. CHOI, Jin-Yong, SNU
• A Land-Atmosphere Modeling Package (LAMP) for supporting agricultural and forest management at the National Center for AgroMeteorology (NCAM) by Dr. LEE, Seung-Jae, NCAM
• The operation of Agricultural and Forest Meteorological Observing Systems by KoFlux in the National Center for AgroMeteorology (NCAM) by Dr. KANG, Minseok, NCAM
• Developing and evaluating a satellite derived rice growth and yield estimation model, BESS Rice by Dr. RYU, Youngryel, SNU

Session 7 : GIS Applications - Downscaling Methods II

• Monsoon variability over South and East Asia: statistical downscaling from CMIP5 models by Dr. PRABHU, Amita, BHU, India
• Statistical downscaling for daily precipitation in Korea using combined PRISM, and quantile mapping by KIM, Seonae, KNU, Korea
• Open Discussion: Issues on downscaling methods and their promising directions in the future on the purpose of Agrometeorology by Dr. YANG, Sung-Dae, NIMS, Korea