Thirtieth MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE OUTLOOK FORUM (ON-LINE)

Oct 15 - Nov 26, 2019

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MedCOF-13 comprises 3 steps. The first one has been devoted to verification of the MedCOF-12 summer forecast; the second one to the assessment of current state of climate and, finally, the third one to the building of consensus statements. There will also be a preCOF on-line session mostly to communicate current status of projects and initiatives relevant for the MedCOF community on day 21. 

In every step, all communications have gone through the forum tool:   http://medcoforum.aemet.es.

Pre-COF programme:

Date: 21st November 2019

• Ernesto Rodríguez-Camino (AEMET, Spain):
  • mp4: “Current status of MEDSCOPE climate services prototypes”
  • pdf: “Current status of MEDSCOPE climate services prototypes”
• Stefano Materia (CMCC, Italy):
  • mp4: “Preliminary results from sensitivity experiments exploring the sources of predictability for the Mediterranean region at seasonal time scales”
  • pdf: “Preliminary results from sensitivity experiments exploring the sources of predictability for the Mediterranean region at seasonal time scales”
• Louis-Philippe Caron (BSC, Spain):
  • mp4: "Current status of MEDSCOPE CS-Tools"
  • pdf: "Current status of MEDSCOPE CS-Tools"
• Flore Tocquer (Météo-France, France):
  • mp4: "Usage of the C3S Climate Data Storage"
• Jean-Pierre Ceron (WMO, Switzerland):
  • mp4: "Guidance on Operational Practices for Objective Seasonal Forecasting. WMO Technical Report"
  • pdf: "Guidance on Operational Practices for Objective Seasonal Forecasting. WMO Technical Report"

STEP-1: Verification of summer 19 seasonal forecast

Editors: P. Bissolli and R. Selmi (also moderators)

Deadlines:

• Fri 25th October National verification reports posted on the forum
• Mon 4th November First draft compilation posted on the forum
• Mon 4th – Mon 11th November Discussion
• Tue 12th November Second draft compilation ready for adoption

Click here to download the Final Assessment of MedCOF12 Climate Outlook for summer season 2019.

STEP-2: Assessment of the current state of climate

Editors: C. Viel, P. Bissolli and R. Selmi (also moderators)

Deadlines:

• Mon 11th November: Monitoring contributions from participants (all, on voluntary basis)
• Tue 12th November: First draft for the current state of climate
• Tue 12th – Fri 15th November: Discussion
• Fri 15th November: Second draft
• Fri 15th – Tue 19th November: Discussion
• Wed 20th November: Final document ready for adoption

Click here to download the summary document for step 2 based on the working reports produced by RAI NA RCC-CM, RAVI RCC-CM and RAVI RCC-LRF.

STEP-3: Building of the consensus statement

Editors: C. Viel, W. Badi, E. Rodríguez

Deadlines:

• Tue 19th November: Reports from RCCs (C. Viel, W. Badi, GPC contributors)
• Wed 20th November: First draft consensus
• Thu 21st – Fri 22nd November: Discussion
• Fri 22nd November: Second draft consensus
• Fri 22nd – Mon 25th (at noon) November: Discussion
• Mon 25th November: Final document ready for adoption
• Tue 26th November: Webex and adoption of STEP1, 2 and 3 documents

Click here to download the Consensus Statement MedCOF-13 for winter season 2019/20.