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Environmental Prediction into the Next Decade: Weather,
Climate and the Air We Breathe (Day 2 Summary)
Weather/Climate services
Climate forcing by gases
and aerosols
Long-range pollutant
transport
Environmental
Services
(Atmosphere )
provide data &
information on
Air quality
Dust outbreaks
Solar energy
UV radiation
Environmental agencies
Flooding/high impact
precip
…….
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Environmental Prediction into the Next Decade:
Weather, Climate and the Air We Breathe (Day 2
Summary) CLOSER INTEGRATION
Observations (direct, proxies)
–radiation
–temperatures
–precipitation
–climate-forcing gases
–aerosols
Policy Action
–governmental
–enterprise level
–individual
Models
Integration of
Weather/Climate/Env
–global
–trans-boundary
–regional
Scenarios
–global
–trans-boundary
–regional
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Operational
Services
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Environmental Prediction into the Next Decade: Weather,
Climate and the Air We Breathe (Day 2 Summary)
Common Challenges
NRT data flows
But larger
geographic
extents
Air Quality
Weather
Climate
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WMO-GURME
Air Quality Workshops & Pilot Projects
(Examples)
• Regional Workshop (WS) on Air Quality
Forecasting (AQF) , August 2000, Kuching,
Malaysia
• Expert Workshop on AQF , October 2002,
Cuernavaca, Mexico
• Expert WS on AQF for Latin American project,
October 2003, Santiago de Chile
• Training WS on AQF WRF Chem and
Satellites, January 2006, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Training WS on (Basic) AQF for Latin
American Countries, July 2006, Lima, Peru
• Training Course on Air Quality Forecasting for
India and South Asia, December 2008, Pune,
India
•Training Course on AQ Modelling for Latin
American , Cities project, 10 – 14 August 2009,
Mexico City
• International Workshop on Air Quality
Forecasting Research, December 2009 in
Boulder (Joint Canada/USA)
EXPO 2010 Shanghai China
WMO (GURME) Pilot Project MHWS
Better City, Better Life
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Future NRT data flow (using the WIS)
AQ site #1
AQ site #...
Any Insitute worldwide
having been granted
access to the data
AQ site #N
NRT
AQ regional or
city network #i
AQ regional or
city network #...
NRT
AQ regional or
city network #N
NC
DCPC
NC
NC/
DCPC
NC/
DCPC
NRT
NC
NC
National
Environment Institute
or Ministery
GISC
GISC
NC
DCPC
NRT
NC
NC
GISC
NC
GISC
GISC
DCPC
Satellite
Disseminati
on
Satellite
Two-Way
(IGDDS)
Systems
NC
NC
WMO/GAW ET-NRTCDT (together with US, Asia,…).
Section 3 – Introduction and Overview of Course
Europe : collaboration with EEA, EMEP, NILU,…
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Questions?
“Carbon
Weather”
January
(net CO2emission)
Long-term
Observations
July
(net CO2 uptake)
CarbonTrackerTM
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Why a Sand and Dust Storm Warning Advisory and
Assessment System?
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Human Health (Asthma,
infections, Meningitis in
Africa, Valley Fever in the
America’s)
Agriculture (negative &
positive impacts)
Marine productivity
(negative & positive
impacts)
Industry (Semi-conductor, etc.)
Improved Weather and
Seasonal Climate prediction
Energy (Thermal solar energy)
Aviation (air disasters)
Ground Transportation
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A Major Challenge:
Characterizing The
Interactions Between Air
Pollution, Weather And
Climate That Are Many
And Complex
& Weather
Section 3 – Introduction and Overview of Course
~800,000 excess deaths per year globally
no region immune!
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Section 3 – Introduction and Overview of Course
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