WMO workshop on Climate Monitoring including the implementation of Climate Watch Systems in RAI with focus on Eastern and Southern Africa

15 – 18 April 2013

Swanlake Hotel, Pretoria, South Africa

Presentations

Pre-Session on the Global Framework for Climate Services
The Global Framework for Climate Services	Karolin Eichler (WMO)
Status of climate prediction and climate services provision in Southern Africa and the Role of SADC-CSC in monitoring and predicting climate and providing climate services	Brad Garanganga (SADC-CSC)
Status of climate prediction and climate services provision in Eastern Africa and the role of ICPAC in monitoring and predicting climate and providing climate services	Joseph Mutemi (ICPAC)
Improving climate services – lessons learned from the Pacific region	Blair Trewin (BoM)
Session I: Key lectures on rising awareness
Introduction on Climate Monitoring	Blair Trewin (BoM)
Climate Variability and observed climate change in East Africa	Joseph Mutemi (ICPAC)
Climate Variability and observed change in South Africa	Andries Kruger (SAWS)
Climate extremes, current status of knowledge and operational needs and challenges	Blair Trewin (BoM)
WMO Climate Watch System, purpose and requirements	Karolin Eichler (WMO)
Climate Watch at global level	Michelle L'Heureux (NOAA)
The International Surface Temperatures Initiative	Blair Trewin (BoM)
Session II: International and regional projects and activities relevant to climate watch systems
Available Climate Monitoring and Forecasting Products at the GPC-Pretoria	Asmerom Beraki (SAWS)
A Show Case on CWS - Experience of the European Regional Climate Centre	Peter Bissolli (DWD)
Session III: Countries presentations on the status and priority needs of monitoring and predicting climate anomalies and extremes
Botswana	John Grieffy Stegling
Burundi	Aaron Ntiranyibagira
Ethiopia	Melesse Lemma
Kenya	Bernard Agesa Chanzu
Lesotho	Mokoena France
Malawi	Adams Shentone Chavula
Mozambique	Jonas Zucule
Namibia	Isabella Kapolo
South Africa	Dawn Mahlobo
South Sudan	Emmanuel Qurino Nijak
Sudan	Noureldin Abdalla
Swaziland	Lucky Sigudla
Tanzania	Wilbert Timiza Muruke
Uganda	Khalid Muwembe
Zimbabwe	Joyce Banda
Session IV: Hands on practical session on submission of annual and decadal global climate summaries
Lessons learned from conducting the WMO annual statements on the status of the global climate	Blair Trewin (BoM)
The Decadal Global Climate Summary	Karolin Eichler (WMO)