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GFCS Side Event V 20 May 2011, 1730-1830 Hrs. Facilitating the Flow of Climate Information. Topics for Discussion. Context: Principle 3: Framework activities will address three geographic domains; global, regional and national
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GFCS Side Event V20 May 2011, 1730-1830 Hrs Facilitating the Flow of Climate Information
Topics for Discussion • Context: • Principle 3: Framework activities will address three geographic domains; global, regional and national • Principle 4: Operational climate services will be the core element of the Framework • Organizing and moving operational climate information products required for the implementation of the GFCS. • Going beyond generating the products, and developing an operational strategy to make the products routinely available to users across sectors, spatial domains and decision contexts.
Key Questions • What is a Climate Services Information System, and what are its mechanisms for the generation and exchange of global-regional-national climate information? • How do WMO Technical Regulations (through GDPFS) facilitate quality management and operational commitments in this regard? • What climate information is the existing WMO system for global (GPCs, global climate data centres, global climate monitoring centres) and regional centres (RCCs) producing and disseminating? • What are the consensus approaches to facilitate common understanding of climate information? • What are Regional Climate Outlook Forums? • What is a Global Seasonal Climate Update? • How do the WMO Information System (WIS), the Global Telecommunication System (GTS), the Internet, and other technologies help in the flow of climate information?
Panel • Lead Speakers: • Dr Richard Graham • Met Office, UK • Ms Teruko Manabe • Tokyo Climate Centre, Japan Meteorological Agency • Mr Abdallah Mokssit • Director, Direction de la Météorologie Nationale (DMN), Morocco, Permanent Representative of Morocco with WMO, and Vice-Chair, IPCC Working Group 1 • Discussants: • Dr Won-Tae Yun • Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), Republic of Korea • Dr Fredrick R Branski • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), USA, and President, WMO Commission for Basic Systems (CBS)