SEMDP Training and Capacity Building Workshop

Space-based Weather and Climate Extremes Monitoring (SWCEM) Demonstration Project (SEMDP)

East Asia and Western Pacific Regional Subproject

Training and Capacity Building Workshop

and

The first session of the SEMDP Steering Group (SG-SEMDP-1)

 

Date: 31 October to 1 November 2018

Venue: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Concept Note

Group Photo 1, 2

Openeing Ceremony (movie file)

Final report

 

SEMDP Training and Capacity Building Workshop

Date: 29-30 October 2018

Agenda Item

AGENDA ITEMS

Doc. N°

Submitted by

1

OPENING OF THE MEETING

1.0

 

1.1

1.2

Working Arrangements

List of participants & Draft agenda

 

1.2

WMO Secretariat

Local Secretariat

2

Overview of the SEMDP Training and Capacity Building Workshop

 

Chair

2.1

WMO climate monitoring activities including extremes

2.1

 

WMO Secretariat (CLW)

(Peer Hechler)

2.2

SEMDP Objectives and Activities

2.2

 

WMO Secretariat (OBS)

(Toshiyuki Kurino)

3

Introduction to space-based rainfall monitoring and products

 

Chair

3.1

 

CMORPH by NOAA/NWS/CPC

 

3.1

 

NOAA/NWS/CPC

(Pingping Xie)

3.2

GSMaP by JAXA/EORC

3.2

 

JAXA/EORC

(Tomoko TASHIMA)

4

Case Study on "Persistent Heavy Rainfall" and "Drought"

 

Chair

4.1

CASE 1: Persistent Heavy Rainfall (2014/Nov-Dec: Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand)

   

4.1.1

CMORPH products by NOAA/NWS/CPC

4.1.1

NOAA/NWS/CPC

(Pingping Xie)

4.1.2

 

GSMaP products by JAXA/EORC

4.1.2

JAXA/EORC

(Tomoko TASHIMA)

4.2

CASE 2: Persistent Heavy Rainfall (2016/Aug: LAO People Democratic Republic)

   

4.2.1

CMORPH products by NOAA/NWS/CPC

4.2.1

NOAA/NWS/CPC

(Pingping Xie)

4.2.2

GSMaP products by JAXA/EORC

 

4.2.2

JAXA/EORC

(Tomoko TASHIMA)

4.3

CASE 3: Drought

(2014/JAN-MAR: Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia)

   

4.3.1

CMORPH products by NOAA/NWS/CPC

4.3.1

NOAA/NWS/CPC

(Pingping Xie)

4.3.2

GSMaP products by JAXA/EORC

 

4.3.2

JAXA/EORC

(Tomoko TASHIMA)

5

Regional/National Activities related to SEMDP

 

Chair

5.1

RA-II RCC Beijing (BCC)/China

5.1

 

5.2

RA-II NMHS/Thailand

5.2

 

5.3

RA-V SEARCC-Network/Singapore

5.3

 

5.4

RA-V Pacific RCC-Network/Australia

5.4

 

6

Summary of the Discussion

 

Chair

WMO Secretariat

6.1

Weekly Summary of Satellite Observed Weather and Climate over the SEMDP Domain

6.1

NOAA/NWS/CPC

(Pingping Xie)

7

Concluding of the workshop

 

Chair

WMO Secretariat

7.1

Endorsement of the SEMDP Implementation plan

7.1

 

8

Closing

 

Chair

 

The first session of the SEMDP Steering Group (SG-SEMDP-1)

Date: 2 November 2018

Venue: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Agenda Item

AGENDA ITEMS

Doc. N°

Submitted by

1

OPENING OF THE MEETING

 

Chair

1.1

1.2

1.3

Working Arrangements

List of participants & Draft agenda

adoption of the SG-SEMDP ToR

 

1.2

1.3

WMO Secretariat

Local Secretariat

2

Reviewing the performance of the SEMDP products

   

3

Discussions on possible developments for SEMDP

 

 

4

Finalising the SEMDP implementation plan

4

 

5

Reviewing the recommendations from the Workshop in March 2018

5

 

all

WMO Secretariat

6

 

Setting new actions/recommendations and decisions

6

 

all

WMO Secretariat

7

Closing

 

Chair

 

General Background Documents/ Information

- Final Report of the Workshop on Operational Space-based Weather and Climate Extremes Monitoring, Geneva, 15-17, February 2017

- Final Report of the Ad-hoc Meeting for Drafting the SEMDP Implementation Plan, Geneva, 25-29, September 2017

- Final Report of the SEMDP Workshop, Jakarta, Indonesia, 19-22 March 2018

- SEMDP Steering Group (SG-SEMDP) Terms of Reference