COMMISSION FOR CLIMATOLOGY XV
Open Panel of CCl Experts-4 (OPACE-4)
Climate Risk and Sector-specific Climate Indices
WORLD
METEOROLOGICAL
ORGANIZATION
Meeting of the Expert Team on Climate Risk and Sector-specific
Climate Indices (ET-CRSCI)
13-15 July 2011
Tarragona, Spain
ET CRSCI/INF. 2
(5 July 2011)
PROGRAMME
Day 1 – Wednesday 13th July 2011
OPENING
09:00
Opening remarks by Rector, Chancellorship, University Rovira i Virgili Professor Francesc Xavier Grau Vidal
09:10
Opening remarks by Chair, Expert Team on Climate Risk and Sector Specific
Climate Indices (ET-CRSCI) - Lisa Alexander
09:15
Opening remarks by Host – Manola Brunet
09:20
Statement by WMO Secretariat – Leslie Malone
09:25
Round table introduction of participants – Everyone
ORGANIZATION OF THE MEETING
09:35
Adoption of the agenda – Lisa Alexander
09:40
Working arrangements – Manola Brunet
INTRODUCTION / REVIEW OF DECISIONS OF THE WMO COMMISSION FOR CLIMATOLOGY
RELEVANT TO THE ET-CRSCI
09:45
OPACE-4: a brief overview – Rodney Martinez
10:15
Review of the Terms of Reference of the ET-CRSCI, its workplan and deliverables –
Lisa Alexander
10:45
Coffee break
11:00
Discussion – including synergies with other OPACE 4 teams and other OPACEs
GLOBAL FRAMEWORK FOR CLIMATE SERVICES (GFCS)
12:00
GFCS, including decision of Cg-XVI and the User Interface Platform (UIP)
component – Leslie Malone
12:30
Discussion on potential role for ET-CRSCI in GFCS
13:00
Lunch
CONCEPT FOR SECTOR SPECIFIC CLIMATE INDICES
14:30
Overview of the work of ET-CCDI – scope, range of existing indices –
Albert Klein Tank
15:00
The ET-CCDI workshops: a model for ET-CRSCI? – Albert Klein Tank/
Lisa Alexander / Manola Brunet
15:30
Discussion – synergies between ET-CRSCI and ET-CCDI
16:00
Coffee break
16:30
Discussion on the use of ET-CCDI indices for sectoral application – opportunities
and gaps
17:30
End
DAY 2 – Thursday 14th July 2011
9:00
Sector work on Indices:
- Agriculture/droughts – Sergio Vicente Serrano and Brad Rippey
- Health/heatwaves – Glenn McGregor, Christina Koppe and Sari Kovats
10:00
Discussion – including gaps in existing indices and what is expected by sectors
10:30
Coffee break
11:00
Process for collection and analysis of existing sector specific climate indices
12:30
Partnerships for selection of indices
13:00
Lunch
METHODS AND TOOLS: STANDARDIZED SOFTWARE FOR SECTOR SPECIFIC CLIMATE
INDICES
– Xuebin Zhang
14:30
ET-CCDI approaches to development of the software
(teleconference )/ Enric Aguliar
15:00
Proof of concept: demonstration of the new tools in regional setting –
Rodney Martinez
16:00
Coffee break
16:30
Discussion
17:30
End
DAY 3 – Friday 15th July 2011
TRAINING AND APPLICATION
09:00
ET-CCDI approaches to development of training materials for workshops –
Lisa Alexander / Albert Klein Tank
09:30
Discussion
10:00
Strategy for global application of the new tools – Lisa Alexander
10:30
Coffee Break
11:00
Discussion
SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDING AMENDMENTS TO
ET-CRSCI WORKPLAN
11:30
Finalize the workplan, agree on conclusions/decisions, and assign action items and
deliverables to individuals
12:45
Other Business
13:00
Closure