Fifth MedCOF

Fifth Session of the MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE OUTLOOK FORUM (MedCOF-5)

Marrakech, Morocco, November 23-24, 2015

22 November 2015 (Sunday)
18:30-19:00	Registration
19:00-19:30	Opening
19:30-21:30	Cocktail offered by DMN at the Kenzi Farah Hotel
23 November 2015 (Monday)
09:00-09:15	Practical arrangements
09:15-10:30	Session I – Verification and Climate monitoring Peter Bissolli (DWD, Germany) and Soumaya Ben Rached (INM, Tunisia): Presentation of MedCOF-4 verification draft. Discussion and approval of step 1 document
10:30-11:00	COFFEE BREAK & GROUP PHOTO
11:00-12:30	Session I - Verification and Climate monitoring (cont.) Peter Bissolli (DWD, Germany) and Soumaya Ben Rached (INM, Tunisia): Presentation of MedCOF-5 climate monitoring draft. Discussion and approval of step 2 document
12:30-13:30	LUNCH BREAK
13:30-15:30	Session II - Production of large scale climate outlook for winter (DJF) 2015-2016 Roxana Bojariou (National Meteorological Administration, Romania): Climate predictive drivers for the Mediterranean region Anca Brookshaw (ECMWF/MetOffice, UK): Seasonal forecast from GloSea5 Damien Decremer (ECMWF, UK): Seasonal forecast from SF System4 Irina Kulikova (Roshydromet, Russia): Seasonal forecast from Roshydromet Silvio Gualdi (CMCC, Italy): Seasonal forecast from CMCC
15:30-16:00	COFFEE BREAK
16:00-18:30	Session II - Production of large scale climate outlook for winter (DJF) 2015-2016 (cont.) Damien Decremer (ECMWF, UK): Seasonal forecast from SPECS statistical system Filippo Maimone (ITalian Air Force, Italy): Seasonal Forecast (December-January-February 2015-2016) Christian Viel (Meteo-France, France): Summary from RA VI RCC-LRF Mbaiguedem Miambaye (ACMAD, Niger): Summary from RA I RCC-LRF Fatima Driouech (DMN, Morocco): Summary from North African RCC-LRF
24 November 2015 (Tuesday)
09:00-11:00	Session III - Production of large scale climate outlook for winter (DJF) 2015-2016 (Chair: A. Brookshaw) Discussion
11:00-11:30	COFFEE BREAK
11:30-13:00	Session III - Production of large scale climate outlook for winter (DJF) 2015-2016 (cont.) (Chair: A. Brookshaw) Editing and approval of MedCOF-5 climate outlook statement (step 3 document)
13:00-14:00	LUNCH BREAK
14:00-16:00	Session IV - Projects on seasonal forecasting relevant to MedCOF Anca Brookshaw (ECMWF, UK): Copernicus programme Damien Decremer (ECMWF, UK): SPECS project Carlo Buontempo (MetOffice, UK): EUPORIAS project Mohammed Sadeck Boulahya (Plan Bleu): Plan Bleu’s contribution’s to the Fifth Mediterranean Climate Outlook Forum.
16:00-16:30	COFFEE BREAK
16:30-17:45	Session V - Discussion on MedCOF matters
17:45-18:00	Session VI - Conclusions and Recommendations
	Closure

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Agenda

Session I – Verification and Climate monitoring

Session I - Verification and Climate monitoring (cont.)

Session II - Production of large scale climate outlook for winter (DJF) 2015-2016

Session II - Production of large scale climate outlook for winter (DJF) 2015-2016 (cont.)

Session III - Production of large scale climate outlook for winter (DJF) 2015-2016 (Chair: A. Brookshaw)

Session III - Production of large scale climate outlook for winter (DJF) 2015-2016 (cont.) (Chair: A. Brookshaw)

Session IV - Projects on seasonal forecasting relevant to MedCOF

Session V - Discussion on MedCOF matters

Session VI - Conclusions and Recommendations

Closure