Commission for Climatology and its Activities By Dr. Buruhani Nyenzi Director, World Climate...

Commission for Climatology and its Activities

By Dr. Buruhani Nyenzi

Director, World Climate Programme, World Meteorological Organization

Email: [email protected]

Commission for Climatology (CCl)

• The structure of CCl

• The Vision of the CCl

• Experts serving under CCl?

• The Management Group and ICT

• The OPAGs and emerging priorities

2.1: CCl/CLIVAR/JCOMM ET on Climate Change Detection and Indices

CCl: Albert KleinTank (Netherlands)CLIVAR: TBD

2.2: ET on Climate Monitoring including the use of Satellite

and Marine Data and ProductsZhang, Zuqiang (China)

OPAG 2 Monitoring and Analysis of

Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Thomas Peterson (USA)

Co-chair: Manola Brunet India (Spain)

2.3: Rapporteur on Climate ExtremesRandall Cerveny (USA)

WMO COMMISSION FOR CLIMATOLOGY (CCl)

PresidentPierre Bessemoulin

(France)

Vice-presidentWang, Shourong

(China)

OPAG:ET:

Open Programme Area GroupExpert Team

4.3: ET on Climate and Tourism Dan Scott (Canada)

4.2: ET on Climate and Energy TBD

4.1: ET on Climate and HealthGlenn McGregor (UK)

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4.4: ET on Urban and Building ClimatologySue Grimmond (UK)

Reporting to the President or Management Group:

5.1: Rapporteur on Climate–related Hazards (Member of the MG,TBD)

5.2: ET on the Guide to Climatological Practices (Ned Guttman, USA)

5.3: Gender Focal Point (Juliana Ukeje, Nigeria)

5.4: Rapporteur on GEOSS (Stephan Roesner, Germany)

7. Implementation/Coordination Team (ICT): CCl VP; Co-Chairs of OPAGs 1, 2, 3, 4; Chairpersons of the Working Groups on Climate-related Matters for RAs I, II, III, IV, V and VI.

Regional Representatives: RA III: Luis Molion (Brazil)

RA V: Michael Coughlan (Australia)

World Data Centres:Aleksandr Sterin (Russian Federation)

OPAG 3Climate Information and

Prediction Services (CLIPS)

3.1: ET on Research Needs for Intraseasonal, Seasonal

& Interannual PredictionJean-Pierre Ceron (France)

3.2: ET on CLIPS Operations, Verification and Applications ServicesOperations: Philbert Tibaijuka (Tanzania)

Verification: Simon Mason (USA)User Liaison: Jaakko Helminen (Finland)

Chair: Abdallah Mokssit (Morocco)

Co-chair: José Luis Santos (Ecuador)

3.5: Rapporteur on Climate and AgrometeorologyRoger Stone (Australia)

3.4: Rapporteur on Climate And WaterNakaegawa Tosiyuki (Japan)

3.3: ET on El Niño and La NiñaLuc Maitrepierre (New Caledonia)

OPAG 1Climate Data and Data

Management

1.2: ET on Observing Requirements and Standards for Climate

William Wright (Australia)

1.3: ET on Rescue, Preservation and Digitization of Climate Records

Joe Elms (USA)

1.1 ET for Climate Data Managementincluding Metadata

Radim Tolasz (Czech Republic)

Chair: Raino Heino (Finland)

Co-chair: Peter Ambenje (Kenya)

OPAG 4Climate Applications and

Services

Chair: Dong, Wenjie (China)

Co-chair: Muhammed Kadi (Algeria)

Reporting to the OPAG Chairs:

6. CCl Experts serving on teams of other

Technical Commissions

OPAG 2 Monitoring and Analysis of

Climate Variability and Change



WMO COMMISSION FOR CLIMATOLOGY (CCl)

PresidentPierre Bessemoulin

(France)

Vice-presidentWang, Shourong

(China)

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Regional Representatives: RA III: Luis Molion (Brazil)

RA V: Michael Coughlan (Australia)

World Data Centres:Aleksandr Sterin (Russian Federation)

OPAG 3Climate Information and

Prediction Services (CLIPS)

Chair: Abdallah Mokssit (Morocco)

Co-chair: José Luis Santos (Ecuador)

OPAG 1Climate Data and Data

Management



OPAG 4Climate Applications and

Services

Chair: Dong, Wenjie (China)

Co-chair: Mohammed Kadi (Algeria)

The Vision of CCl

• To stimulate, understand and coordinate international technical activity to obtain and apply climate information and knowledge in support of sustainable development and socio-economic protection.

CCl President

• Pierre Bessemoulin (France)• Preside over sessions of the Commission• Guide and coordinate the activities• Carry out specific duties (PTC, EC-AGCE, EC-

AG-Evolving Role, POC-WCC3, etc.) • Reports to the Congress and EC • He is CCl’s public face• Leads the Management Group

CCl Vice President

• Wang Shourong (China)

• Assists the president

• Leads special projects at the president’s request

• Chairs the Implementation and Coordination Team (ICT)

Management Group (MG)

• MG holds 3 inter-sessional meetings

• Guides the Commission, involves strategic planning, evaluates the progress,

• Members:

• President& Vice-president

• OPAG Chairs

• Regional Representatives

Implementation Coordination Team (ICT)

• ICT Coordinates implementation of proposals

• Liaise between CCl, RAs and the roles of Developing countries

• Holds at least 1 meeting • Members: • Vice-President• Co-Chair of OPAGs• Chairs of RA WGs on Climate Matters

OPAG 1 Climate Data and Data Management

1.1 ET for Climate Data Management including Metadata

Radim Tolasz (Czech Republic)

1.2: ET on Observing Requirements and Standards for Climate William Wright (Australia)



1.3: ET on Rescue, Preservation and Digitization of Climate Records

Joe Elms (USA)

Priorities include:(a) Identify new requirements for CDMSs,

(b) Utilize computer/manual "in-service" systems

(c) Evaluate and install the next generation of CDMSs

(d) Determine the needs for migration from CLICOM system;(e) Develop guidance on the management of climate data(f) Provide guidance on the requirements for metadata, (g) Establish standards for the exchange of metadata particularly

WMO Information System (WIS); (h) Coordinate and collaborate with other OPAG members, CBS,

JCOMM, CIMO, GEOSS, GCOS, WCRP (i) Explore the needs for capacity building

Expert Team 1.1on Climate Data Management including Metadata

Priorities include:

(a) Ensure adequacy of observing instruments to meet in situ climate observation needs

(b) Recommend procedures climate data homogeneity(c) Set basic standards of national and regional climate networks

(d) Improve data exchange, particularly Reference Climate Stations, RBCN and the relevant GCOS networks;

(e) Collaborate with the OPAG Rapporteurs, CBS, JCOMM, CIMO, GEOSS, GCOS and WCRP

(f) Capacity building

Expert Team 1.2on Observing Requirements and Standards for Climate

Priorities include:

(a) Meet the needs of data users and data centres for data rescue

(b) Investigate and document not digitized records in NMHSs

(c) Explore synergies on climate data management across different regions;

(d) Incorporate rescued data into long-term datasets; (f) Capacity building in each region, pertinent to data

rescue

Expert Team 1.3 on the Rescue, Preservation and Digitization

of Climate Records

OPAG 2 Monitoring and Analysis of Climate Variability

and Change

2.1: ET Joint CCl/Clivar/JCOMM on

climate change detection and indices

2.2: ET Climate Monitoring including the

use of satellite and marine data and products

Zheng Zuqieng (China)



Expert Team 2.1 Joint CCl/Clivar/JCOMM on

climate change detection and indices

Priorities include:

(a) International collaboration on climate change detection

(b) Use of indices of climate variability and change

(c) Identify observations needs for climate change detection • Guide on the provision of WMO climate System monitoring • Contribute to generation of of optimized integrated satellite

and in situ datasets in support of climate monitoring• Identify needs in reanalysis data for monitoring climate

variability and change• Coordinate global extreme data records

Expert Team 2.2 Climate Monitoring including the use of satellite and

marine data and products

Members

Lead: Zheng Zuqieng (China)

Experts: (TBD)

2.2: ET Climate Monitoring including the use of satellite and marine data and products

Priorities include:

(a) Advise on WMO annual Statement of the Climate

(b) Contribute to optimized Satellite and in situ datasets

(c) Coordinate with GCOS, GEOSS and WMO Space Programme

(d) Identify global and regional needs for monitoring of climate variability

(e) Create guidelines on verification of climate extremes

(f) Establish feedback mechanism with satellite data

OPAG 3: Climate Information and Prediction Services (CLIPS)

3.1: ET on Research Needs for Intraseasonal, Seasonal & Interannual Prediction

Jean-Pierre Ceron (France)

3.2: ET on CLIPS Operations, Verification and Applications ServicesOverall lead: Philbert Tibaijuka (Tanzania)

Chair: Abdallah Mokssit (Morocco)Co-chair: José Luis Santos (Ecuador)

3.5: Rapporteur on Climate and Agrometeorology Roger Stone (Australia)

3.4: Rapporteur on Climate And WaterNakaegawa Tosiyuki (Japan)

3.3: ET on El Niño and La NiñaLuc Maitrepierre (New Caledonia)

Expert Team 3.1on Research Needs for Intraseasonal, Seasonal and Interannual

Prediction, including the Application of these Predictions

Members

Lead: Jean-Pierre Ceron, France

Experts: – Subramaniam Moten, Malaysia– Paulo Nobre, Brazil– Wassila Thaiw, U.S.A.– Cherif Diop, Senegal– Yun Wan-tae, Korea– Jim Renwick, New Zealand– Ose Tomoaki, Japan

Priorities include:

(a)Appraise current and future prediction systems

(b)Review and improve methodologies for creation, and presentation to users, of prediction products

(c) Assess relative value of dynamical downscaling methods against empirical methods

(d)Promote IRI’s Climate Predictability Tool for applications

(e)Recommend R&D activities for forecast systems, product presentation, applications and decision process support

(f) Coordinate research needs with WCRP

(g) Incorporate cross cutting themes (DPM, Space, LDCs)

Expert Team 3.1on Research Needs for Intraseasonal, Seasonal and Interannual

Prediction, including the Application of these Predictions

Expert Team 3.2

on CLIPS Operations, Verification and Application Services

Members Operations co-lead: Philbert Tibaijuka,TanzaniaVerification co-lead: Simon Mason, U.S.A.User Liaison co-lead: Jaakko Helminen, FinlandOverall ET coordinator: Philbert Tibaijuka,Tanzania

Experts:– Holger Meinke, Australia– Matilde Rusticucci, Argentina– Kanga Alphonse, Congo– Gao Hui, China– Vyacheslav Razuvaev, Russian Federation

Priorities include:(a)Develop a strategy for implementation of research achievements for

predictions, downscaling, multi-model ensembles

(b)Develop a Guide on best operational practices in generation of climate information and prediction products

(c) Develop verification techniques, run intercomparisons, and identify the requirements for RCCs, NMHSs and users for verifying information on climate predictions (deterministic and probabilistic)

(d)Develop guidance on design and conduct of demonstration projects on cost/benefit analyses and value of climate information

(e)Develop a Guide on best practices in user liaison

(f) Complete update of TN 145 on ‘Socio-economic benefits of climatological Services’


Expert Team 3.2 on CLIPS Operations, Verification and Application Services

Expert Team 3.3

on El Niño and La Niña

Members

Lead: Luc Maitrepierre, New Caledonia

Experts: – Vernon Kousky, U.S.A.– Ravind Kumar, Fiji– P. Booneeady, Mauritius– Zhai, Panmao, China– Humberto Enriquez, Ecuador– Brett Mullan, New Zealand

This ET supports development of WMO El Niño La Niña Updates

Priorities include:

(a) Develop strategy and common language for public communiqués on ENSO and develop Guidelines on improving collaboration on Predictions

(b) Collaborate with WCRP WGSIP, GPCs, research institutes and the ET on research needs on the potential for development of an internationally uniform approach to communication on ENSO

(c) Develop Guidelines on the interoperability between various definitions on El Niño and La Niña and their monitoring and impacts for EWS

(d) Develop maps of El Niño and La Niña impacts for decision and policy makers

(e) Incorporate cross cutting themes (DPM, Space, LDCs)

Expert Team 3.3

on El Niño and La Niña

Rapporteur 3.4 on Climate and Water

Rapporteur 3.5 on Climate and Agriculture

Rapporteur 3.4: Nakaegawa Tosiyuki, Japan(+ CCl Representative to WCP-Water Steering Committee)

Rapporteur 3.5: Roger Stone, Australia

Priorities include:(a) Build strong collaboration between CCl and CHY and CAgM

(b) Develop joint training, workshops, publications

(c) Assess the applicability of climate prediction and projection to water resource management and into agricultural production and food security systems

(d) Incorporate cross cutting themes (DPM, Space, LDCs)

ET 4.1: Expert Team on Climate and Health

ET 4.2: Expert Team on Climate and Energy

ET 4.3: Expert Team on Climate and Tourism

ET 4.4: Expert Team on Urban and Building Climatology4.3: ET on Climate and Tourism Dan Scott (Canada)

4.2: ET on Climate and Energy TBD

4.1: ET on Climate and HealthGlenn McGregor (UK)

4.4: ET on Urban and Building Climatology Sue Grimmond (UK)

OPAG 4: Climate Applications and Services

Chair: Dong, Wenjie (China)Co-chair: Muhammed Kadi (Algeria)

Expert Team 4.1 on Climate and Health

Members

Lead: Glenn McGregor, UK

Experts: – Wing-mo Leung, Hong Kong, China

– Robin Hicks, Australia

– Ortiz Bulto, Cuba

– Ulisses Confalonieri, Brazil

– Larry Kalkstein, USA

– Abdelaziz Ouldbba, Morocco

Priorities include:

(a) Investigate human reaction to environmental factors

(b) WMO/WHO Guidelines on HHWS

(c) Integrate HHWS into CLIPS operations, Climate Watch and DPM systems

(d) ID health sector needs for climate information relevant to spread of infectious disease (e.g. malaria, avian influenza)

(e) Develop tailored climate products for application to health

(f) Build relevant partnerships (WHO, ISB, IAUC, PWS, GURME, etc.) and develop joint initiatives


Expert Team 4.1 on Climate and Health

Expert Team 4.2 on Climate and Energy

Members

Lead: TBD

Experts: – Zhu Rong, China– Sandra Robles Gil, Mexico– Samwel Marigi, Kenya– David Wratt, New Zealand– Franklin Ruiz, Colombia– Elena Akentyeva, Russian Federation– Dennis Elliott, USA

Priorities include:(a) Develop case studies on application of climate information to

energy operations

(b) Improve climate services for energy development and operations

(c) Report on climate data needs for wind and solar energy applications

(d)Review training materials

(e)Develop WMO TN on Meteorological Aspects of Utilization of Renewable Energy Sources (to replace TNs 172 and 175)

(f) Develop partnerships with UNEP, WCIRP and others and develop joint initiatives

(g)Develop tailored climate products for application to Energy

(h) Incorporate cross cutting themes (DPM, Space, LDCs)

Expert Team 4.2 on Climate and Energy

Expert Team 4.3

on Climate and Tourism

Members

Lead: Daniel Scott, Canada

Experts: – Tanja Cegnar [alternate lead], Slovenia

– Mamina Camara, Senegal

– Roger Pulwarty, USA

– Mohammad H. Papoli Yazdi, Iran

– Susanne Becken, New Zealand

– Maximiliano Henriquez, Colombia

Priorities include:(a) Investigate statistical relationships between meteorological

conditions and touristic frequentation and destination(b)Assess the impact of climate variability and climate change on the

tourism industry, to support sustainable tourism(c) Investigate the impacts of the tourism business (air traffic, energy

consumption, etc.) on climate(d)Develop, in partnership with the World Tourism Organization

(WTO), NMHS climate services programmes, the WMO Regional Associations, and tourism professionals, tailored climate products for application to tourism

(e)Develop information and methodologies for NMHSs in risk assessment

(f) Investigate climato-therapy(g) Incorporate cross cutting themes (DPM, Space, LDCs)

Expert Team 4.3

on Climate and Tourism

Expert Team 4.4 on Urban and Building Climatology

Members

Lead: Sue Grimmond, UK

Experts: – Tim Oke, Canada– Dje K. Bernard, Côte d’Ivoire– Song Lian Chun, China– Ena Maria Jaimes Espinoza, Peru– Bob Bornstein, U.S.A.– AIldiko Dobi, Hungary– TBD– TBD

Expert Team 4.4 on Urban and Building Climatology

Priorities include:

(a)Develop Guidelines on standardization of scientific communication on urban climate issues

(b) Improve urban climate models

(c) Assess the effect of urbanization on climate records

(d)Build partnerships and improve communication (IAUC, CIB, IPCC, CBS, CAS, CHy, WCRP GEWEX)

(e)WMO Technical Notes

(f) Develop a training curriculum, hold regional workshops

(g)Cost benefit analyses and demonstration projects

(h) Incorporate cross cutting themes (DPM, Space, LDCs)

Rapporteurs reporting to the President or Management Group:

• Rapporteur on Climate–related Hazards ET on the

• Guide to Climatological Practices

• Gender Focal Point

• Rapporteur on GEOSS

• Implementation/Coordination Team (ICT): CCl VP; Co-Chairs of OPAGs 1, 2, 3, 4; Chairpersons of the Working Groups on Climate-related Matters for RAs I, II, III, IV, V and VI.

Rapporteurs reporting to the President or Management Group:

• CCl addresses the global Agenda

• It involves voluntary experts from deferent part of the globe

• World Climate Programme (WCP) supports its functioning

• The structure is reviewed after every four years.

Thank you for your AttentionEND

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