The European (RA VI)
Regional Climate Centre
Network
Peter Bissolli
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany
WMO RA VI Regional Climate Centre (RCC)
The WMO Region VI (Europe)
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What is a Regional Climate Centre (RCC) ?RCCs are Centres of ExcellenceCentres of Excellence that assist WMO Members assist WMO Members in a given region to deliver better climate servicesbetter climate services and productsand products including regional long-range forecasts, and to strengthen their capacity to meet national climate information national climate information needsneeds .
� WMO activity (with mandate of WMO)
� Regional component of the Global Framework for Clim ate Services (GFCS) in the GFCS - pillar “Climate Service Information System (C SIS)”
� Users: other RCCs and the NMHSs (end users are custo mers of the NHMSs)
RCC in the RAVI:� Poll in 2008 led to product portfolio (fixed in the implementation plan)
� Start as pilot network in 2009; 3 nodes; each node formed by a consortium
� CBS XV (09/2012): approval of nomination of the pil ot RCC network to become the WMO RAVI RCC network
� Final decision by EC in May 2013 (RCC to be assigned as an RSMC of WMO)
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WMO RAVI Pilot RCC-Network
� RCCs provide regional-scale tailored climate services on
�Climate Data
�Climate Monitoring
�Climate Outlook and projections
Picture from WMO
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RA VI RCC Pilot Network RCC on Climate Data (red):France, Hungary, Norway, Serbia, Sweden, Turkey; lead: The Netherlands
RCC on Climate Monitoring(yellow): Armenia, France, The Netherlands, Serbia, Turkey; lead: Germany
RCC on Long-range Forecasting (green):Norway, Serbia, Turkey; lead: France, Russian Federation
WMO Pilot RCC-Network in Europe ( http://www.rccra6.org ):
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RAVI RCC Product summary
� RCC on Climate Data:
� various data sets for Europe, both station data and gridded data (ECA/D, MILLENNIUM, ENSEMBLES, BALTEX, SHARK) and various sub-regional data sets
� Services: Archiving functions, data management tools
� RCC on Climate Monitoring
� Maps, reference climatologies, anomalies, indices, trends, statistics
� reports, significant weather event data base, climate watch (advisories on possible future events),
� RCC on Long-Range Forecasting (seasonal forecasts)
� Seasonal forecast bulletins, maps and graphs on model performance, seasonal outlooks, consensus statements, model verification
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RCC-CM products in general:
� Maps, including from satellites
� Gridded data sets for download
� Documentation of significant events
� Monthly and annual reports
� Climate watches
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RCC-CM – products from members of the consortiums:
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http://ecad.knmi.nl/ http://www.meteo.fr/special/CLIM/clim_model.html
RCC-CM – products from members of the consortiums:
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RCC-CM products: The Climate Knowledge Database
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Access to RCC network information and products
� Website http://www.rccra6.orghttp://www.rccra6.org
� General description
� Links to
� Documents
� Meeting information
� Contact details
� Links to all RCC nodes, including product catalogues
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Access to RCC network products - overview
� Internet� Recommended by implementation plan
� Should include product catalogue for each node as PDF including examples for products
� Access without restriction
� Most products of RCC-CD and RCC-CM
� Access with restriction
� For RCC-LRF products and gridded data from RCC-CM
� Through the respective NMHS
� User and password authorised by host of RCC node
� Via one of the WMO Global Information System Centre s (GISCs)� Additional access option
� Also offers search for RCC products (if smart keywords used)
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RCC on Climate Monitoring ( http://www.dwd.de/rcc-cm ):
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How to go on?
� Upcoming challenges and opportunities
� Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS)
� GMES Climate Core Service
� Interaction with other RCCs
� New inter-regional RCCs, e.g. for the Polar Region, Mediterranean
� Add new products, new regional partners, enhance consortium
� Improve user friendliness
� Better integration of RCC webpages; WMO design
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More general information on RCCs
More general information on RCCs: http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/dra/eur/documents/RCC%20Network/RCC_flyer_April2010_EN.pdf
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