First Session of the MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE OUTLOOK FORUM (MedCOF-1)
(18-19) November, 2013
- World Meteorological Organization
- Met Office, United Kingdom
- International Research Institute for Climate and Society, United States of America
- European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecast
- Agencia Estatal de Meteorología, Spain
- National Center for Environmental Prediction, United States of America
- Deutscher Wetterdienst, Federal Republic of Germany
- National Centre of Meteorology and Aeronautical Climatology, Italy
- Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Italy
- Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate of the Italian National Research Council, Italy
- Institute of Biometeorology, Italy
- Institute of Geosciences, Energy, Water and Environment, Albania
- South East European Virtual Climate Change Center hosted by Republic
- Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia, Republic of Serbia
- National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Republic of Bulgaria
- Meteorological and Hydrological Service, Republic of Croatia
- Meteorological Service, Republic of Cyprus
- National Environmental Agency of Georgia, Georgia
- Jordan Meteorological Department, Jordan
- Republic Hydrometeorological Institute, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- Ministry of Transport, National Office of Meteorology, Mauritania
- Hydrometeorological Institute of Montenegro, Montenegro
- National Centre for Meteorological Research, Directorate of National Meteorology, Morocco
- National Meteorological Administration, Romania
- Federal Hydrometeorological Service of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
- Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Republic Hydrometeorological Service of the Republic of Srpska, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia, Republic of Serbia
- Turkish State Meteorological Service, Republic of Turkey
- National Institute of Meteorology, Tunisia
First Session of the MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE OUTLOOK FORUM (MedCOF-1)
Belgrade, Serbia, November 18-19, 2013
Climate experts from WMO RA VI RCC Network Nodes on long-range forecasting (Meteo France, France), WMO RA VI RCC Network Node on climate monitoring (Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany), WMO Nord Africa RCC Network Nodes on long-range forecasting (Directorate of National Meteorology, Morocco), WMO Nord Africa RCC Network Node on climate monitoring (National Institute of Meteorology, Tunisia), Global Producing Centre ECMWF, Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate of the Italian National Research Council (Italy), Institute of Biometeorology (Italy), South East Europe Virtual Climate Change Centre (SEEVCCC, Serbia) and National Hydrometeorological Services of MedCOF region provided their valuable contribution to the successful implementation of MedCOF-1 by developing the relevant documents and providing scientific guidance and recommendations.
The MedCOF-1 comprised of the following Steps:
- Step 1:
Assessment of the current state of the climate including large-scale climate patterns worldwide and assessments of its likely evolution in the course of the next months.
- Step 2:
Building the consensus forecast for 2013/2014 winter season.
REGIONAL TRAINING ON LONG-RANGE FORECASTS, CLIMATE WATCH RELATED ASPECTS AND CLIMATE SCENARIOS
13-16 November 2013, Belgrade
A regional training in the use and interpretation of long-range forecasts, climate watch related aspects, and climate scenarios in application to various user sectors was organized before the MedCOF sessions.
