THE FOURTEENTH SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN CLIMATE
OUTLOOK FORUM (SEECOF-14)
November 25-26, 2015
Marrakech, Morocco
Tentative programme
25 November 2015 (Wednesday) – SEECOF-14
09:00–09:30
09:00-10:30
Registration
Session 1: Opening Session
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Representative of the Morocco Meteorological
Service)
Introduction
Practical arrangements
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Chair: Mr. Serhat Sensoy
10:30-11:00
11:00-12.30
Coffee break & Group photo
Session 2: Climate monitoring and
verification of previous climate outlooks
(SEECOF-12 and -13)
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Verification of the SEECOF-12
Climate outlook for 2014/2015 winter
season,
Verification of the SEECOF-13
Climate outlook for 2015 summer
season,
Verification of the SEECOF-13
Climate Outlook for 2015 summer in
Bulgaria,
Verification of the SEECOF
probabilistic forecasts for winter
seasons 2010-2014,
Discussion and approval of the draft
documents of the verification of the
SEECOF-12 and SEECOF-13 Climate
Outlooks
Mr. Branko Bijelic, RA VI RCCSEEVCCC/RHMSS (30 minutes)
Ms. Dragan Mihic, RA VI RCCSEEVCCC/RHMSS (30 minutes)
Mr I. Gospodinov, NIMH, Bulgaria
Mr. Branko Bijelic, RA VI RCCSEEVCCC/RHMSS (30 minutes)
Chair: Ms. Roxana Bojariu (tbc)
12:30-13:30
13:30-15:30
Lunch
Session 3 - Production of regionalized climate
outlook for winter (DJF) 2015-2016 over
SEECOF domain
Global Inputs:
Regional inputs:
Mr. C.Viel (RA VI RCC on LRF Meteo-France)
(tbc),
Representatives from the UKMO, ECMWF
(tbc)
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MedCOF input
SEEVCCC input
Climate predictive signals for the
SEECOF region
Mr. Ernesto Rodriguez Camino (AEMET) (tbc)
Representative of the SEEVCCC (RA VI RCCSEEVCCC/RHMSS)
Ms. Roxana Bojariu (National Meteorological
Administration, Romania)
National inputs:
Chair: Mr. Ilian Gospodinov (tbc)
15:30-16:00
16:00-18:30
Coffee break/Group photo
Session 3 - Production of regionalized climate
outlook for winter (DJF) 2015-2016 over
SEECOF domain (continuation)
National inputs:
 Climate outlook for winter 2015-2016
in Cyprus
 Climate outlook for winter 2015-2016
 Climate outlook for winter 2015-2016
in Serbia
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 Editing and production of SEECOF-14
Climate Outlook bulletin
Mr. K. Nikolaides, Cyprus
Mr I. Gospodinov, NIMH, Bulgaria
Mr. D. Mihic, RA VI RCC-SEEVCCC/RHMSS
Chair: Mr. Anca Brookshow (tbc)
26 November 2015 (Thursday) – SEECOF-14
09:00-11:00
Session 3: Production of regionalized climate
outlook for winter (DJF) 2015-2016 over
SEECOF domain (continuation)
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Editing and production SEECOF-14
Climate Outlook
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Approval of SEECOF-14 Climate
Outlook bulletin statement
Chair: Mr. Branko Bijelic (tbc)
11:00-11:30
11:30–13:00
Coffee break
Session 5 - Interaction with end-users and
discussion on SEECOF matters
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Short review of the First Training
Workshop on Seasonal Forecasting in
Madrid,
Mr. E.R.Camino, AEMET
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Felt temperature computations at the
Bulgarian weather service for human
thermal-comfort climate assessment
Mr I. Gospodinov, NIMH, Bulgaria
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Preparation of the Climate Watch
Advisory (CWA), present experience
Mr. Peter Bisolli, RA VI RCC on CM/DWD (30
minutes)
and practices concerning preparation of
the CWA.
Chair: Ms. Dunja Placko Vrsnak (tbc)
13:00-14:30
14:30-16:00
Lunch
Session 6 - Conclusions and
Recommendations
Chair:
Closure