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World Meteorological Organization
WMO OMM
Working together in weather, climate and water
IMPLEMENTATION OF GFCS ELEMENTS
IN WMO REGIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Peer Hechler, Rupa Kumar Kolli
WMO
WMO
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AIM OF TALK
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To provide key examples of GFCS elements at regional
level and to facilitate a common understanding of
relevant implementation aspects
Topics of the talk:
-> WMO Regional Climate Centres (RCC),
-> Regional Climate Outlook Forums (RCOFs),
-> WMO Regional Climate Watch Systems
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INTRODUCTION
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GFCS to address needs at 3 spatial scales – Examples of (potential) elements
Global services
and service
providers
WMO Global Producing Centres, Global Seasonal Climate Update, Global
Climate Observing System, WCRP Coupled Model Intercomparison
Project (CMIP), etc. [Global users: e.g. UN agencies and programmes]
Regional services
and service
providers
WMO Regional Climate Centres, Regional Climate Outlook Forums,
European Composite Observing System, Regional Baseline
Climatological Networks, WCRP-Coordinated Regional Climate
Downscaling Experiment, etc. [Regional users: e.g. Economic
communities, intergovernmental authorities]
National services
and service
providers
NMHSs, national observing networks, national climate data bases,
national long-range forecasts, national climate monitoring products,
national climate applications, national research activities, etc. [National
users: e.g. governments]
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INTRODUCTION
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Activities of WMO Regional Climate Centres,
Regional Climate Outlook Forums and
Regional Climate Watch Systems
address all 5 GFCS components…
-> … by building on observations and monitoring,
-> … by liaising closely with the research community,
-> … by generating services as part of CSIS,
-> … by facilitating and promoting user liaison, and
-> … by providing capacity building.
Fig.: GFCS components
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GFCS ELEMENT: WMO REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTRES
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WMO RCCs are Centres of Excellence that create regional
climate products in support of regional and national
climate activities and thereby strengthen capacity of
WMO Members in a given region to deliver better
climate services to national users
A WMO RCC serves primarily the NMHSs in the region!
WMO RCC responsibilities shall be regional in nature
and shall not duplicate or replace national responsibilities
WMO RCC: A multifunctional centre that fulfils all the required functions of an RCC
WMO RCC-Network: A group of centres performing climate-related activities that collectively
fulfil all the required functions of an RCC
GFCS ELEMENT: WMO REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTRES
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WMO RCC Services:
• WMO RCCs perform mandatory
operational regional-scale climate
functions in the domains of longrange forecasting, climate monitoring,
data services and training
Mandatory product list (examples):
Assessment of LRF products from GPCs
Regional/sub-regional seasonal outlooks
Consensus outlook statements (e.g. RCOFs)
Verification datasets
Climate diagnostic bulletins
• WMO RCCs are strongly encouraged
to perform highly recommended
functions comprising extended
services in the above mentioned
domains as well as functions in the
domains of climate projections, coordination, capacity building and R&D
Reference climatologies
Implementation of Climate Watches
Regional climate datasets
Training, feedback mechanisms, information
portals
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GFCS ELEMENT: WMO REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTRES
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RA VI Pilot RCC-Network: Station density of regional climate
dataset (left) and reference climatology (May, 1961-90) for sunshine
duration (right)
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GFCS ELEMENT: WMO REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTRES
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How to establish and run a WMO Regional Climate Centre [principle
overview; for details see WCASP-80 (WMO/TD-1534)]
Identification of target region
… usually done by WMO Regional Association
Requirements survey
… usually done by regional WMO Working Group
Expression of intent
… by candidate; usually done in regional agreement
Demonstration phase
… pre-operational production of all mandatory products and
services as well as of as many highly-recommended
functions as possible
Formal designation
… through defined WMO process involving RAs, CCl, CBS
Operations
… including performance assessments, requirement reviews
and further product and service development.
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GFCS ELEMENT: WMO REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTRES
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WMO RCC Implementation Status worldwide:
RA I
Africa initiated RCC implementation by identifying six RCCs (North
African RCC-Network, ECOWAS RCC, IGAD RCC, CEMAC RCC,
SADC RCC, African RCC); Demonstration phases formally initiated
by ICPAC and ACMAD in Spring 2011
RA II
Beijing and Tokyo designated as WMO RCCs in June 2009; North
Eurasian Climate Centre (Russia) commenced RCC pilot phase in
December 2010; India preparing for the pilot phase; Iran and Saudi
Arabia expressed interest to host RCCs
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RA III South America decided to establish 3 RCCs (CIIFEN to host Western SA
RCC, Brazil + French Guyana to host Northern SA RCC, Argentina +
Brazil to host Southern SA RCC);
RA III WGCS is developing the implementation plan
RA IV Discussions underway; CIMH informally expressed interest
RA V
Discussions underway, RA V WG CLS is planning a capability survey
RA VI Pilot phase of RA VI RCC-Network successfully concluded in summer
2011, Network ready for designation.
Polar RCCs under consideration
Overview of WMO RCCs implementation worldwide
(as of December 2011)
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De Bilt*
Offenbach*
Moscow*
Beijing
Tokyo
Toulouse*
ACMAD*
ICPAC*
RCC candidates
Regional Climate Centres (RCCs)
(* Pilot phase)
RCC Network Nodes (Pilot)
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GFCS ELEMENT: WMO REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTRES
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Existing WMO RCC arrangements
RA VI RCC-Network
(pilot)
RCC-Network being implemented as a collaborative effort of
WMO Members (NMHSs)
RCC Beijing, RCC Tokyo;
RCC Moscow at NEACC
(pilot)
RCCs (being) implemented by a WMO Member (and hosted
by the NMHS)
African RCC at ACMAD
(pilot)
RCC being implemented at an international institution
IGAD RCC at ICPAC
(pilot)
RCC being implemented at an institution of a regional
organisation
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GFCS ELEMENT: REGIONAL CLIMATE OUTLOOK FORUMS
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RCOFs bring together national, regional and international climate experts,
on a regular basis, to produce regional climate outlooks based on
input from global and regional producers of climate information as well as
from NMHSs of the region concerned by:
---> addressing regions of common climate characteristics
---> ensuring consistency in access to, and interpretation of, climate
information
---> facilitating close user interaction to jointly assess the likely
implications of the outlooks
---> providing training on long-range forecasting, communication etc.
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GFCS ELEMENT: REGIONAL CLIMATE OUTLOOK FORUMS
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Existing RCOFs worldwide (as of August 2011)
Under consideration: Polar-COFs, PRESANORD/MedCOF, SEACOF, Indian Ocean Islands COF
NEACOF
EastAsian
Winter
Monsoon
Joint
Meeting
SASCOF
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GFCS ELEMENT: REGIONAL CLIMATE OUTLOOK FORUMS
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IGAD Pilot RCC: Greater Horn
of Africa Consensus Climate
Outlook for July to September
2011
July to September constitutes a major rainfall season over much of
the northern sector as well as the western parts of the equatorial
sector of the GHA .
Zone I:
Increased likelihood of above normal rainfall
over Central Sudan and western Ethiopia.
Zone II:
Increased likelihood of above to near normal rainfall
over Eritrea; Djibouti: Uganda; Rwanda;
northern Burundi; northwestern Tanzania;
Western Kenya; extreme north-western
Somalia;
south-western, central and north-eastern Ethiopia
as well as southern and parts of north-eastern
Sudan.
The rest of the GHA region is likely to remain
generally dry.
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GFCS ELEMENT: WMO CLIMATE WATCH SYSTEMS
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WMO Climate Watch Systems…
… enable delivery of national climate advisories
on occurring and expected climate anomalies
with potential negative impacts on societies
… are part of the mandatory RCC functions. NMHSs
will receive guidance information from regional
entities and mechanisms, such as RCCs and
RCOFs
… might be initiated in a Region/sub-region through
a WMO Climate Monitoring and Climate Watch
Implementation Workshop (held so far in RA III,
RA II and RA VI).
GOALS:
- To monitor and predict climate
anomalies and related extremes
- To produce and disseminate
climate advisories (climate alert
bulletins) on significant ongoing or
foreseen climate anomalies
- To heighten awareness among
relevant users to initiate
preparedness measures
- To interact with the users prior,
during and after the Alert episode
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GFCS ELEMENT: WMO CLIMATE WATCH SYSTEMS
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The heading incl. name of issuing entity
Name of warning, Area affected, Date and
time issued, Period of validity
Text (Alert)
Large-scale climate situation
Information on update advice, NMS
contact details
List of attachments
Expert Meeting on Scoping Global Seasonal Climate Update, Geneva 12-14 October 2010
GFCS ELEMENTS: IMPLEMENTATION ASPECTS
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Prerequisites for establishing WMO RCCs (main technical aspects):
Clear mandate; appropriate infrastructure, such as office space, IT (hard- and software),
communication systems (incl. broadband internet access); appropriate human resources,
incl. administration staff, technical support staff, data- and climate specialists; appropriate
level of collaboration with global, regional and national entities; sustainability
Prerequisites for initiating RCOF processes (main technical aspects)
(Sub-) regional agreement, meeting facilities incl. appropriate Internet access, (external)
resource persons and trainers familiar with RCOF processes, close liaison with a WMO
RCC or equivalent entity, appropriate user contacts, plans for sustaining the process
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GFCS ELEMENTS: IMPLEMENTATION ASPECTS
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Prerequisites for implementing regional Climate Watch systems (main technical aspects)
(Sub-)regional agreement, Climate Watch workshop (recommended), close liaison with a WMO
RCC or equivalent entity, NMHSs capable of generating and communicating Climate Watch
advisories, sustainability
In all cases appropriate observing systems and database management,
lively exchange of information, research links and user contacts are
required at regional and national levels!!
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GFCS ELEMENTS: IMPLEMENTATION ASPECTS
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Implementation of WMO RCCs, RCOFs and Climate Watch to be
initiated by the Regions based on Members’ requirements
WMO is ready to act as partner of relevant initiatives and offers advice
on technical and formal matters as well as assistance in co-ordination
and resource mobilisation activities
Members might wish to discuss an additional partnership/ mentoring
approach where experienced RCC and/or RCOF hosts collaborate with
a potential RCC and/or RCOF host to facilitate successful
implementation!
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