Twenty-Third MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE OUTLOOK FORUM (ON-LINE)
November 4 - November 29, 2024
MedCOF-23 comprises 3 steps. The first one is devoted to verification of the MedCOF-22 summer forecast; the second one to the assessment of current state of climate and, finally, the third one to the building of consensus statements.
In every step, all communications go through the forum tool: http://medcoforum.aemet.es.
STEP-1: Verification of summer 2024 seasonal forecast
Editors: P. Bissolli and R. Selmi (also moderators)
Deadlines:
• Mon 4th November: National contributions (from countries not belonging a sub-regional COF)
• Mon 11th November: First draft posted on the forum
• Mon 11th – Mon 18th November: Discussion
• Mon 18th November: Second draft ready for adoption
STEP-2: Assessment of the current state of climate
Editors: F. Gayrard, P. Bissolli and R. Selmi (also moderators)
Deadlines:
• Fri 15th November: Monitoring contributions from participants (all, on voluntary basis)
• Tue 19th November: First draft for the current state of climate
• Tue 19th – Thu 21st November: Discussion
• Thu 21st November: Final document ready for adoption
STEP-3: Building of the consensus statement
Editors: F. Gayrard, W. Badi, E. Rodríguez
Deadlines:
• Wed 20th November: Reports from RCCs (F. Gayrard, W. Badi, GPC contributors)
• Thu 21st November: First draft consensus
• Thu 21st – Mon 25th November: Discussion
• Mon 25th November: Second draft consensus
• Mon 25th – Wed 27th November: Discussion
• Thu 28th November: Final document ready for adoption
• Fri 29th November (afternoon): Webex and adoption of STEP 1, 2 and 3 documents