RA VI Regional Climate Centers Network Focal Points Group
Regional Climate Centres (RCCs) are designed to assist WMO Members in a given region to deliver better climate services and products including regional long-range forecasts, and to strengthen their capacity to meet national climate information needs. The primary "clients" of an RCC are National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) and other RCCs in a region and in neighbouring areas. RCC responsibilities are regional by nature and not duplicate or replace services provided by NMHSs. RCCs serve the regional level of a three-level (climate-related) infrastructure: Global Producing Ce...
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Current structure
The RA VI RCC Network in its initial phase consists of 3 nodes. Each node is composed of a consortium led by a lead institution:
- RA VI RCC node on climate data: KNMI/The Netherlands (lead), Meteo-France/France, OMSZ/Hungary, Met.No/Norway, RHMS/Serbia, SMHI/Sweden, TSMS/Turkey
- RA VI RCC node on climate monitoring: DWD/Germany (lead), NMHS/Armenia, Meteo-France/France, KNMI/The Netherlands, RHMS/Serbia, TSMS/Türkiey
- RA VI RCC node on Long-range Forecasting: Meteo-France/France and NMHS/Russian Federation (joint lead), Met.No/Norway, RHMS/Serbia, TSMS/Türkiey.
The RA VI RCC structure is, in principle, flexible and open and shall be based on the respective Members’ requirements.
For more information kindly access the main web page of the Network at https://www.rccra6.org/.
RA VI XIV reiterated the Region’s intend to implement an RCC network rather than one or several multifunctional centres. The nodes of the RA VI RCC Network are composed of consortia, hosted by respective lead institutions. This approach has been chosen to ensure incorporation of as much competence and know-how as possible of the 50 RA VI Members.
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