SERA & GIFS-TIGGE
Brian Mills
Adaptation and Impacts Research
c/o Faculty of Environment
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
+1 519 888 4567 ext.35496
Brian.Mills@ec.gc.ca
bmills@uwaterloo.ca
22 February 2010
Eighth Meeting of the TIGGE-GIFS Working Group
WMO HQ, Geneva, Switzerland
Scope and Research Priorities
The primary purpose of the WG SERA
is to advance the science of the social
and economic application of weatherrelated information and services. This
will be accomplished in part through
the development, review and
promotion of societal and economicrelated demonstration projects focused
on high-impact weather (HIW) and
information.
WG Structure
WWRP Expert Liaison
Research & Application
Interest Groups
(THORPEX-TIGGE)
Core Membership
WWRP Expert Liaison
(Verification)
• social scientists
• users
• engagers
WWRP Expert Liaison
(Mesoscale Weather,
THORPEX-RCs,etc.)
Projects,
Demonstrations &
Testbeds
ICSU/ISSC/ISDR
Integrated Research on
Disaster Risk (IRDR)
WMO Programme Management
Other Connections (IFRC, IAEM, Earth
(THORPEX-EC, WMO Forum/PWS, CClOPAGs3/4…)
System Science Partnership, GEO, WHO,
WTO, World Bank, NMHAs, industry
organizations, IIASA, etc.)
SERA WG Meeting #1 – October 2009, Trieste, Italy
Linda Anderson-Berry (Bureau of Meteorology, Australia)
Kwabena Asomanin Anaman (Ghana Institute of Management
and Public Administration)
Jacqueline Frick (Swiss Federal Research Institute)
Paul Kovacs (Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, Canada)
Nanette Lomarda (WG SERA Secretariat)
Brian Mills (Environment Canada)
Michael Staudinger (Zentralanstallt f. Meteorologie und
Geodynamik, Austria)
Angelika Wirtz (Munich Reinsurance, Germany)
Guests
Aïda Diongue-Niang (Senegal Meteorological Agency)
David Parsons (WWRP Secretariat)
Eugene Poolman (South African Weather Service)
ICTP, Trieste
SERA Tasks (WWRP Strategic Plan)
1.
Finalize the initial WGSERA membership and establish a three-year WG meeting
schedule with the WWRP Secretariat.
2.
Clearly define mutual and complementary roles with the ICSU Planning Group on
Natural and Human induced Hazards and Disasters (ICSU IRDR).
3.
Establish a basic inventory of related projects, capacity, contacts, and interest in
SERA through consultation with WG members, NMHSs, WWRP WGs, THORPEX
Regional Committees, other WMO programmes, professional societies, and
academic institutions.
4.
Develop the architecture and content for an international SERAwx web resource
for social scientists and users (either on the WMO-WWRP site or an external
server).
5.
Convene a joint meeting/session with the JWGVR to define and scope a series of
regional and sector based case applications that cut across nowcasting, meso-,
and sub-seasonal scales of prediction/decision-making.
6.
Develop, test and evaluate a SERA-friendly TIGGE dataset from multiple userperspectives in conjunction with the THORPEX-TIGGE WG.
7.
Prepare an outline scoping out a multi-year project to assess the global societal
and economic benefits (and costs) of weather information.
Meeting #1 Decisions/Actions
Decision/Action: WG SERA will develop a Warning Information System “PreDemonstration Project” which will include a GlFS-TIGGE/TIGGE-LAM evaluation
component and applications derived from existing activities (e.g., MeteoAlarm,
MAP D-Phase, GIN, SWFDPs other EPS applications). J. Frick, B. Mills, L.
Anderson-Berry, M. Staudinger, E. Poolman to define specific research questions,
opportunities to leverage existing or planned projects, and ultimately a
plan/proposal (J. Frick to inform WG SERA on GIN activity before March 2010;
report on progress at next WG SERA meeting, June-July 2010).
Discussion: SERA & GIFS-TIGGE
Incorporating GIFS-TIGGE interests into the SERA Pre-demonstration project:
• Northwestern Pacific Tropical Cyclone Track Ensemble Forecast Research Project
• Thorpex Regional Committee activities
• SDS-WAS
• ICSU/ISSC/UNISDR Integrated Research for Disaster Risk – disaster response
applications
User engagement: Who are the current and expected “users” and “beneficiaries”
of TIGGE and TIGGE-LAM?
• Research community, operational forecasters, specialized end-users…public
• Decision-making profiles
• Methods and applications to examine, qualify and quantify use, expected and
realized value