First WMO Workshop on Operational Climate Prediction

Documents

• Agenda
• Concept note
• List of participants
• Final report

Societal context for long-range predictions and review of Brasilia workshop

• Global Framework for Climate Services, Madhavan Rajeevan (IITM)
• Climate Services Information System, Rupa Kumar Kolli (WMO)
• Review of recommendations from the Brasilia workshop (2013) and introduction to programme for the current workshop, Richard Graham (UK Met Office)

Research efforts and advances in long-range predictions

• Activities of Working Group on Seasonal-to-Interannual Predictions (WGSIP), Swadhin Behera (JAMSTEC)
• Sub-seasonal to Seasonal Prediction Project (S2S), Yuhei Takaya (JMA)
• Seasonal, multi-year and decadal predictions, Richard Graham (UK Met Office)

Overview of infrastructure for long-range predictions

• Overview of Global Data Processing and Forecast System (GDPFS) and WMO infrastructure for long-range predictions, Abdoulaye Harou (WMO)
• Overview and current status of Global Seasonal Climate Update, Arun Kumar (NOAA)
• The EU Copernicus programme, Laura Ferranti (ECMWF)
• Overview and current status of Climate Services Toolkit, R. Kolli (WMO)

Review of current operational practices for producing long-range forecasts

• Summary of questionnaire, Richard Graham (UK Met Office)
• Côte d'Ivoire, Boni Narcisse Kindia
• Myanmar, Than Than Naing
• Jamaica, Shanice Bedward
• Philippines, Liwanag Remedios Ciervo
• CACOF, Patricia Ramirez (CRRH-SICA)
• ASEANCOF, Raizan Rahmat (MSS)
• CariCOF, Adrian Trotman (CIMH)
• RCC Beijing, Peiqun Zhang (CMA)
• RCC Africa, Andre Kamga (ACMAD)
• RA VI RCC-Network, Dmitry Kiktev (NEACC)
• RCC Tokyo, Arata Endo (TCC)
• CPC, Wassila Thiaw (CPC)
• CMC, Bertrand Denis (CMC)
• BOM, Robert Smalley (BOM)

Break out session

• Break-out 1: Actions and pathways for improving Global Seasonal Climate Update
• Break-out 2: Requirements for Climate Services Toolkit (with a focus what components it will need to include to advance operational predictions at global, regional, and national level)
• Break-out 3: Framework for a guidance document for recommended long-range prediction practices based on the review of current long-range forecast practices