Event

01 MAR 2019

Climate Projections, Workshops

Second Workshop on ASEAN Regional Climate Data, Analysis and Projections (ARCDAP-2)

Date: 25 MAR 2019 - 29 MAR 2019

Venue: Village Hotel Albert Court, Singapore

Aims and Objectives

The ARCDAP-2 Workshop aims to improve regional knowledge on climate variability and change, climate extremes, and the validation of climate simulations, in addition to encouraging regional collaboration and information sharing. It will also build upon some of the recommendations from the previous Best Practice Workshop on Climate Change Projections and their Applications in ASEAN Countries, held in March 2018.

Key Foci

Broadly, the four key foci of the upcoming workshop are as follows:

1. Training in ClimPACT2 software;
2. Extreme indices;
3. Strengths and weaknesses of gridded products available to the region;
4. Representation of large-scale processes such as MJO, ENSO, and monsoons in gridded products.

Nature of Workshop

The workshop will be a blend of hands-on activities, seminars, and discussions

1. Hands-on activities: under the guidance of experts, participants will be trained to use ClimPACT2 (previously RClimDex) to conduct quality control on station data and calculate a variety of climate indices.
2. Seminars: presentations will be given by a variety of experts, ranging from sector experts (food security, water security, and thermal comfort) to producers and users of gridded products such as ERA5 and CMORPH.
3. Discussions: focus group discussions scheduled for Day 5 of the workshop aim to consolidate participants’ thoughts on the fields covered and provide a summary upon which the scientific papers from this workshop can be built.

Participation

To conduct a successful workshop, a blend of participants is required.

1. Representatives from each of the 10 ASEAN National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) – 2 representatives per country, ideally comprising a climate scientist with expertise in using climate data and a climatologist with expertise in the characteristics of in-situ data.
2. Producers and experienced users of gridded observational datasets (e.g. NOAA and TMSI), reanalysis products (e.g. ACRE-SEA and ECMWF), and regional modelling (e.g. CORDEX-SEA).
3. International experts of extreme indices (e.g. HadEX team) and ClimPACT2 software.
4. Representatives and end-users from disaster risk management centres (e.g. AHA Centre) and other relevant sectors (e.g. agriculture – Hydro and Agro Informatics Institute, global heat health – National University of Singapore, and water security – Mekong River Commission).
5. Representative(s) from the WMO Commission for Climatology.

The workshop is anticipated to be split into two main parts, with a focus on in-situ data for the first two days followed by a shift towards gridded products for the rest of the week. The total number of participants will be confirmed at a later date, but is likely to range between 35 and 45.

View ARCDAP-2 Workshop Concept Note [PDF, 0.864 MB]    View final ARCDAP-2 Programme [PDF, 0.605 MB]