WCP

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WCP its coordination, incl. the Report of
the President of CClto EC LVIAgenda item 4.1
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CCL Projects (Data Monitoring)

• Guidelines (climate observation networks and
  systems on Metadata and Homogenisation)
• Climate Alert System
• Climate Monitoring
• DARE
• CDMS

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Guidelines

• Guidelines on Climate Observation Networks and
  Systems
• Guidelines on Metadata Homogenisation

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Climate Alert System

• CCl Expert Team formed to Develop Guidance on
  Climate Watches
• Developed TOR, Work Plan, outline and schedule of
  Guidelines
• NMSs retain exclusive responsibility for
  issuances

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Climate analysis and monitoring techniques

• CCl/CLIVAR ET on Climate Change Detection,
  Monitoring and Indices
• provide guidance for NMSs
• software to calculate indices
• participation in training workshops
• use of results in the WMO's climate system
  monitoring programme
• Workshops planned in R As I, II, III, IV and VI

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Climate system monitoring

• Collaboration with NOAA National Climatic Data
  Centre (NCDC)
• Produce global climate review published in the
  June 2004 issue of the Bulletin of the American
  Meteorological Society and planned to be enhanced
  and published by WMO
• Expanded participation of international authors
• Analysis tools that characterize extremes and
  trends in near-term climatic events
• Used in the Statement on the Status of the Global
  Climate 2003

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Data Rescue (DARE), digitization data exchange

• Accelerated DARE support provided through
  coordinated installations, workshops and training
• projects (USA) in 7 African countries, 14 African
  countries (France), Viet Nam (USA),
  SIDS-Caribbean project (Finland)
• equipment training soon in 13 countries in
  Central Africa (Belgium)
• national DARE projects resulted from workshops
  conducted in all regions in 2003
• Extra budgetary funding needed

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Climate Database Management Systems (CDMS)

• Accelerated transition from CLICOM to CDMSs
• 16 CDMSs installed, 21 planned in 2004 30 more
  requests
• Contributions through SIDS-Caribbean project,
  AGRHYMET and ACMAD for several CDMSs in RAs I and
  IV
• Support by Czech Republic, France, Russian
  Federation and Zimbabwe for systems in RAs I, II,
  and VI
• VCP and other extra budgetary resources needed

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Projects (Applications Services)

• CLIPSCLIMATE AND HUMAN HEALTHUBCRENEWABLE
  ENERGY

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CLIPS

• Continued effort to develop the CLIPS Focal Point
  Network
• Capacity building through regional workshops
• Plans under way for workshops in RAs II and III
• Further development of CLIPS Training Curriculum
  and web site
• Focal Point annual reports

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CLIPS Links with other Programmes

• Major potential benefits gained through links
  between CLIPS and other research Institutions
  and programmes such as IRI, CLIVAR, and
  regional institutions
• CLIPS has continued to support activities on
  downscaling prediction products
• CLIPS has continued to collaborate with other WMO
  Programmes

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Regional Climate Outlook Forums (RCOFS)

• Appreciable development of the RCOFs
• Play important role in building capacity of
  climate experts and information users
• There is significant growth in understanding the
  links between climate system and socio-economic
  activities
• Need for support of continued RCOFs activities

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Regional Climate Centres

• CCl ad-hoc Expert Team convened in Nov.-03 to
  develop Guidelines for use by Regional
  Associations in describing requirements and
  procedures for implementing RCCs

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Climate Applications

• Climate and Human Health
• CCl OPAGs met in Freiburg, Germany last APRIL to
  develop Guidelines on HHWS and a booklet on Heat
  Waves
• On-going collaboration between WMO and other
  agencies Climate and health activities
• Efforts being made to evaluate the status and
  lessons learned from Rome, Italy and Shanghai,
  China Projects

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Climate ApplicationsBooklet on HW

• 1 Climatological Concept of heat waves
• 2 Occurrence - Where is it most common?
• 3 Socio-economic impacts of heat waves
• 4 Factors leading to the occurrence of heat
  waves.
• 5 Biometeoroly
• 6 Is it possible to predict occurence of heat
  waves?
• 7 How hard have heat waves hit?
• 8 WMO past initiatives
• 9  Who are the actors?
• 10 MitigatIion of impacts

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Climate Applications (Cont.)

• Climate Services for Energy
• Support activities that promote development of
  renewable energy resources for efficient use of
  energy
• CCl tasked ETs to revise outdated WMO
• Technical Notes Urban and Building
  Climatology
• Emphasis is on activities that address
  environmental issues related to mega-cities and
  urban areas
• CCl through its relevant ETs to develop
  collaboration with related activities of other
  Commissions
• Syllabus for specialised training on Renewable
  Energy

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Lesser Successes

• Organization of database on phenology
• Implementation of Heat Wave Warning System for
  Olympic Games I in Athens

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THE FUTURE

• Reinforce commitments to reduce poverty and
  increase food security
• Complete Guidelines on Heat Health Warning system
• Devise the climate alert system
• Increase collaboration with other TCs
• The GUIDE
• EL NINO
• Capacity building
• Complete revision of related WMO publications

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Thank You