[ET-OCPS] Expert Team on Operational Climate Prediction System (17-19 Sept. 2024)
Bologna, Italy
The third session of the WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems (INFCOM-3) was held in Geneva, Switzerland from 15 to 19 April 2024. At this session, INFCOM decided to establish the Standing Committee on the WMO Integrated Processing and Prediction System (SC-WIPPS) to address high priority tasks, including those aimed at supporting the Early Warnings for All initiative. These tasks will result in enhancing the predictability in sub-seasonal to decadal climate prediction and better meeting user requirements on climate prediction and climate reanalysis. These have been outlined in a workplan of SC-WIPPS for 2024-2025 and will be undertaken by its subsidiary body, ET-OCPS.
ET-OCPS is responsible for scientific and technical coordination pertinent to climate prediction with the aim of further evolving the WMO Integrated Processing and Prediction System (WIPPS), including functions and products of relevant WIPPS Designated Centres. ET-OCPS will deliberate on and refine the workplan, breaking it down into action plans that emphasize the provision of newly adopted recommended climate products, and a demonstration plan for the WIPPS Rolling Review of User Requirements in climatology category, with associated timelines. ET-OCPS will also consider anticipated challenges, their mitigation measures, and the capabilities of each relevant WIPPS Designated Centre while conducting action plans. The discussions will also encompass two newly adopted WIPPS activities during INFCOM-3: global climate reanalysis and the coordination of assessment of multiple climate reanalysis, and designated centres.
MEETNING INFORMATION
- Provisional meeting agenda
- Local information
- Presentation / Document Templates
- List of WIPPS publications:
- Final meeting report
For specific presentation materials, please contact wipps
wmo [dot] int (wipps[at]wmo[dot]int).
Day 1 - Tuesday, 17 September 2024 | ||
| Time (CEST) | Agenda items | Presenters |
| 08:30-09:00 | Meeting registration | |
| 09:00-09:30 | 1. OPENING - Secretariat 1.1 Welcome remarks
1.2 Roundtable introductions 2. ORGANIZATION OF THE MEETING - Arun KUMAR 2.1 Adoption of the agenda 2.2 Working arrangements | |
| 09:30-11:00 | 3. REPORTS ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE RELEVANT CONSTITUENT BODIES – Arun KUMAR 3.1 Overall outcomes of SERCOM-3 (Bali, 4-9 March 2024), INFCOM-3 (Geneva, 15-19 April 2024) and EC-78 (Geneva, 10-14 June 2024) 3.2 Demonstration of the WMO Integrated Processing and Prediction System Rolling Review of Requirements 4. STATUS AND PROGRESS REPORTS - Arun KUMAR 4.1 Review of action items from the meeting of ET-OCPS-2 (Lisbon, Portugal, 19-23 September 2022) | Secretariat Secretariat All members |
| 11:00-11:30 | Health break | |
| 11:30-13:00 | 4.5 Status of LC-ADCP 4.2 Summary of GPC-SP systems Status and progress reports by GPCs (15) : Beijing, CMCC, CPTEC, ECMWF, Exeter, Melbourne, Montreal, Moscow, Offenbach, Pune, Pretoria, Seoul, Tokyo, Toulouse, Washington 4.3 Status of LC-SSPMME | Leon HERMANSON & Jeff KNIGHT Caio COELHO
Laura FERRANTI |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch break | |
| 14:00-14:30 | 4.4 Status of LC-SPMME | Juyoun LIM |
| 14:00-15:30 | 5. ENHANCEMENT OF SUB-SEASONAL PREDICTION ACTIVITIES – Caio COELHO 5.1 Sub-seasonal prediction verification and planned contents (Note: Please refer slides 10–14 in the presentation file for agenda item 4.3) 5.2 Plan for providing recommended products of sub-seasonal and seasonal prediction and display them on LCs’ website |
Laura FERRANTI
All members |
| 15:30-16:00 | Health break | |
| 16:00-17:00 | 5.2 Plan for providing recommended products of sub-seasonal and seasonal prediction and display them on LCs’ website - cont. | All members |
Day 2 - Wednesday, 18 September 2024 | ||
| Time (CEST) | Agenda items | Presenters |
| 09:00-09:30 | 5.3 Enhancing the efficiency of GSCU production | Arun KUMAR |
| 09:30-10:30 | 6. OPERATIONALIZATION OF NEWLY DESIGNED WIPPS CENTRES - Caio COELHO 6.1 Status and plans of four GPCs-SSP Beijing, CPTEC (Brazil), Moscow and Tokyo | Peiqun ZHANG, Caio COELHO, Mikhail TOLSTYKH, Yuhei TAKAYA |
| 10:30-11:00 | 6.2 Status and plans of two centres conducting global climate reanalysis (GCRs) ECMWF and NASA (USA) | Carlo BUONTEMPO Michael BOSILOVICH |
| 11:00-11:30 | Health break | |
| 11:30-12:00 | 6.3 Status and plan of Lead centre for coordination of assessment of multi climate reanalysis (LC-GCR) ECMWF including the development/refinement of the evaluation metrics for climate reanalysis | Carlo BUONTEMPO |
| 12:00-13:00 | 7. COMPLIANCE REVIEW - Arun KUMAR 7.1 Establishment of criteria for centre’s compliance: conformity, major and minor- non-conformity for GPCs-LRF 7.2 Development of the draft of the consolidated review report of GPCs-SP (Note: It will be presented at the meeting.) | Arun KUMAR Arun KUMAR |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch break | |
| 14:00-14:30 | 7.3 Plan and status of other centres compliance review: LC-SPMME, GPCs-ADCP and LC-ADCP | Arun KUMAR |
| 14:30-15:00 | 8. CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES WITH SERCOM/SC-CLI - Caio COELHO 8.1 Plan for demonstrating the WIPPS Rolling Review of Requirements (RRR) with SC-CLI | Arun KUMAR and Kumar KOLLI |
| 15:00-17:00 | 10.5 Visit ECMWF Data Centre | |
| 19:30 - | Group dinner (Self-funded) | |
Day 3 - Thursday, 19 September 2024 | ||
| Time (CEST) | Agenda items | Presenters |
| 09:00-11:00 | 8.2 Review of action items from OCP-3 and initial discussion on plans for OCP-4 8.3 Linkages and support for Third Pole RCC Network (TPRCC-N) activities in Regions II 8.4 Discussion on the integration of CSIS into the WIPPS 8.5 Update on the guidance documents on SSF and RCF operations | Secretariat Secretariat Kumar KOLLI Kumar KOLLI |
| 11:00-11:30 | Health break | |
| 11:30-13:00 | 8.6 Discussion on potential improvements to GSCU and GADCU 8.7 Update on proposed WMO mechanism for ENSO information initially as a non-WIPPS activity (subject to EC approval of SERCOM-3 recommendation) 9. WORK PLAN FOR THE NEXT INTERSESSIONAL PERIOD - Arun KUMAR 9.1 Plan to address requested WIPPS products and related activities from other Earth system domains 9.2 Future evolution of WIPPS Designated Centres conducting climate prediction across sub-seasonal to decadal time scale | Kumar KOLLI Kumar KOLLI Marko MARKOVIC Arun KUMAR |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch break | |
| 14:00-15:30 | 9.3 Review of ET-OCPS relevant RSMCs in the Manual on WIPPS and the Guide to WIPPS and recommending changes as necessary 9.4 Strategies for increasing the nimbleness of SP, SSP, and ADCP Infrastructure to meet user requirements 10. OTHER RELEVANT BUSINESS - Arun KUMAR 10.1 Status and plans for WIGOS RRR regarding Sub-seasonal to Longer Predictions (SSLP) 10.2 Collaboration with WCRP including emerging technologies such as AI, Report - Review of AI in operational climate prediction and reanalysis | Secretariat Arun KUMAR
Jeff KNIGHT Yuhei TAKAYA & Secretariat |
| 15:30-16:00 | Health break | |
| 16:00-16:30 | 10.3 Review of decisions made and action items 10.4 Future Membership of ET-OCPS 10.5 Next meeting | Secretariat Secretariat Secretariat |
| 16:30-17:00 | 11. CLOSING - Arun KUMAR | |