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Capabilities for the provision of climate services at national level Prem Goolaup Deputy Director Mauritius Meteorological Services St Paul Road, Vacoas. Mauritius Tel. +(230)57 86 08 38 Email: [email protected] 14 March 2016
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Capabilities for the provision of climate services at national level
Prem Goolaup
Deputy Director
Mauritius
Meteorological
Services
St Paul Road, Vacoas. Mauritius
Tel. +(230)57 86 08 38
Email: [email protected]
14 March 2016
Outline
Introduction
Capacities for the Management of climatic data
Current capabilities for climate monitoring
Current capabilities for the provision of climate services to climate
sensitive sectors
Limitations of the Meteorological Services in the provision of
climate services
User interface Platforms
Good practices in the development and application of climate
services
Conclusion
Introduction
The Mauritius Meteorological Services is a
Government Institution under the aegis of the Prime
Minister’s Office for the purpose of carrying out those
meteorological and related functions which the
Government recognizes as a responsibility of the State
in support of the safety, security and general welfare
of the citizens and in fulfilment of its international
obligations under various UN Conventions, more
specifically, the World Meteorological Organization.
Introduction - Our Mandate
VisionTo be a proactive, highly efficient and effective institution in all matters regarding weather and climate
MissionTo provide accurate and timely weather information and meteorological products for the general welfare of the citizens of the Republic.
Quality ObjectiveOur objective is to attain excellence in the timely delivery of effective and quality service in an equitable manner so as to optimize customer satisfaction
A. Climate Database
Clicom software since the late eighties
As from the late nineties, the backup were exported in a spreadsheet
As at February 2016, less than 5% of climate data have not been digitized.
Data are quality controlled and homogenized
Accessibility of data and products. Intranet password protected
B. Climate Products
Descriptive statistics: sum, mean, median, SD, CoV Graphics, line and bar charts, trend lines, frequency tables, wind rose, isoline
maps Publication: Climate of Mauritius
Monthly Climatological Summaries
C. Reference Period: 1981-2010. For climate change studies: 1961-1990
Capacities for the Management of climatic data
Current capabilities for climate monitoring
A. Climate monitoring Monitoring ENSO: Status from NCEP, IRI and BoM Local variables: Rainfall, Temperature and SST Indian Ocean
Mauritius: 23 Rainfall stations, 5 Temperature stations (Including 2 synoptic stations, ECV)
Rodrigues: 3 Stations including 2 synoptic stations St Brandon: 1 synoptic station Agalega: 1 synoptic station
Current capabilities for climate monitoring
National Observation Network24 AWS in Mauritius 3 AWS in Rodrigues
B. Analysis of Climate data
Climate trends and detection of
climate change.
Computation of climate change
indices using Rclimdex
Analysis of extremes and return
period (rainfall for some stations only
and cyclone gusts)
Climate change scenarios was worked
in 2008 during the preparation of the
SNC.
Mauritius is outside the CORDEX (Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling
Experiment) domain. Statistical
downscaling.
Current capabilities for climate monitoring
Observation Network
Element No of Observation
sites
Length of records
(years)
Remarks
1 Rainfall 200 Over 100 years at
some stations
Excluding AWS
2 Temperature 26 Over 40 years Excluding AWS
3 Atmospheric
pressure
19 Over 40 years Including
Rodrigues and the
outer Islands
4 Wind 35 Over 40 years 9 Dynes, 22 AWS +
4 outer islands
5 Relative Humidity 20 Over 40 years Excluding AWS
6 Bright Sunshine 23 Over 40 years
7 Evaporation 21 Over 40 yeas
Current capabilities for the provision of climate services to climate sensitive sectors
Climate Services
Agriculture Water Health DRR
Fortnightly AgrometBulletin in pentads Pentad rainfall in 17 agroclimzonesSeasonal fcastAd hoc info
Fortnightly bulletinSeasonal FcastAd hoc info provided on request
On request only
Seasonal forecastData related to natural hazards on requestTechnical report on extreme weather events
Current capabilities for the provision of climate services to climate sensitive sectors
Climate Services
Construction Tourism
Rainfall,temperature , wind, relative humidity, etc on request
Rainfall, temperature,wind and sea state on request
No well established National Climate Forum exist in Mauritius but ad hoc line of communication exist when and as a need arises.
Limitations of the Meteorological Services in the provision of climate services
A. Limited Services to the health sector
No regular specific request from the health sector Lack of capacity both ways Inadequate line of communication between health authorities and the
weather service
B. Limitations to the provision of climate services operationally
• Limited Human Resources and capacity
• Lack of appropriate software,
• for eg. no climate database,
• no statistical software,
• no GIS software for drawing contour, iso-lines, layering etc
C. Private Sector
Helps in collecting climate data. But not really involved in providing climate
services
User interface Platforms
Good line of communication:Agriculture sectorWater sector and DRR
No MoU exists for the provision of climate
services to the above sector
A mix of agreement between the institutions on
an ad hoc and as and when there is a need.
Conclusion
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