African Regional Climate Centre
Demonstration phase products
African Centre for Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD)
Climate and Environment Department (CED)
P.OBOX: 13 184
Niamey-Niger
Email:[email protected]
http://www.acmad.net/rcc/index.php
Presenter: Andre KAMGA FOAMOUHOUE
Chief , CED/ACMAD
OUTLINE Background
Climate Monitoring
Long Range forecasting
Data services
Training
Coordination
Research and development
CONCLUSIONS
BACKGROUND
The WMO RAI held its 15th session in Nov 2010 –Marrakech ( Morrocco ) and: -expressed the need for one RCC in each REC called ( IGAD-RCC, ECOWAS-RCC, SADC-RCC, NA-RCC and CEMAC-RCC)
- considered the pan-African nature of ACMAD
- approved the establishment of an African RCC at ACMAD
- assigned a coordinating role among all RCCs in RA-1 to the African RCC
-assigned the role of LRF node for the ECOWAS RCC –Network to ACMAD
GFCS implementation activities at ACMAD include:
-Formulation of projects for regional implementation of GFCS in Africa with Environment Canada and other development partners
- Demonstration of capabilities to become a WMO RCC
- Participation to National Consultations for establishment of national frameworks for climate services ( Niger, Senegal, Malawi)
African RCC homepage
Climate Monitoring Products
Ranked surface temperatures difference (°C) from 1961-1990 average since 1950 for all Africa. (Source: NOAA/NCEP/CPC/GHCN_CAMS)
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Precipitation (%of average, left) and temperature anomalies (right) over Africa in 2013
Drought in Namibia and southern Angola in 2013
Long Range Forecasting products
9 STEPS PROCEDURE FOR SEASONAL FORECASTING
Long range Forecasts
RCOFs: Consensus Outlooks
SWIOCOF Products
South West Indian Ocean Climate Outlook Forum SWIOCOF
From RCC products to Services with GFCS Examples of Data and indices for drought monitoring (Bulletin of the American Met
Society, June 2014 ). Some of these indices are related to agriculture and water sectors of the GFCS but are not mandatory RCC products .
From RCC products to Services with GFCS
Sample Agriculture Calendar for Mali
With climate variability and change, this calendar should be adjusted every year depending on expected seasonal climate
A GFCS climate centre or Climate Service Centre should provide climate information and advices to adjust agriculture calendars on time for farmers
RCCs products need further interpretation to become advices to policy/decision makers and practitioners.
MESA programme (EU/EDF funded) has started translation of RCC products into action options for stakeholders
From RCC products to Services with GFCS
African RCC’s Data Service products Webpage
Data services products: climate change indices (ACMAD/KNMI Collaboration)
climate assessment Products
Data services: Climate datasets available upon request
Data Services Datasets available
Training function products webpage (training materials including procedures, manual, guides and best
practices)
Training function products (training materials including procedures and guides for data
rescue&management, data services to applications like Climate predictability Tool)
Training function products (reports and other materials on data rescue& management, climate monitoring, long range forecasting, climate scenarios and impacts)
Research & Development
Coordination of RCCs in Africa ( coordination meetings for training, climate monitoring and data services )
Concluding Remarks
Expansion of RCC products based on user requirements leading to climate Services with the GFCS.
More Climate change indices and assessments products will require stronger collaboration with NMHSs for access to data and use of products generated by the African RCC for resilience and adaptation planning and practices in countries.
Partnerships with RCCs in Europe, Asia and America should be strengthened to share data, products, software and hardware, best practices, procedures and standards (eg; through MEDCOFs)
Sustainability of the RCC will required a minimum of about 10 experts for optimal operation of RCC and Regional GFCS framework with US$ 500 000 as cost estimate per annum.
Scientific and technical partners(UK Met office, Meteo France, DWD, AEMet-Spain, ECMWF, IRI at Columbia University, NOAA/NCEP/CPC and WMO) for climate service development will continue to be mobilized
Support from the African development Bank, the World Bank, EU through EDF, other bilateral and multilateral cooperation programmes will be required to complement countries contribution for effective and efficient operations of the RCC.
Support from WMO will continue to be useful to organize Regional and more national forums or consultations for generation of climate products and establishment of GFCS in Africa