African Regional Climate Centre

Demonstration phase products

African Centre for Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD)

Climate and Environment Department (CED)

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Niamey-Niger

Email:dgacmad@acmad.org

http://www.acmad.net/rcc/index.php

Presenter: Andre KAMGA FOAMOUHOUE

Chief , CED/ACMAD

OUTLINE Background

Climate Monitoring

Long Range forecasting

Data services

Training

Coordination

Research and development

CONCLUSIONS

BACKGROUND

The WMO RAI held its 15th session in Nov 2010 –Marrakech ( Morrocco ) and: -expressed the need for one RCC in each REC called ( IGAD-RCC, ECOWAS-RCC, SADC-RCC, NA-RCC and CEMAC-RCC)

- considered the pan-African nature of ACMAD

- approved the establishment of an African RCC at ACMAD

- assigned a coordinating role among all RCCs in RA-1 to the African RCC

-assigned the role of LRF node for the ECOWAS RCC –Network to ACMAD

GFCS implementation activities at ACMAD include:

-Formulation of projects for regional implementation of GFCS in Africa with Environment Canada and other development partners

- Demonstration of capabilities to become a WMO RCC

- Participation to National Consultations for establishment of national frameworks for climate services ( Niger, Senegal, Malawi)

African RCC homepage

Climate Monitoring Products

Ranked surface temperatures difference (°C) from 1961-1990 average since 1950 for all Africa. (Source: NOAA/NCEP/CPC/GHCN_CAMS)

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Precipitation (%of average, left) and temperature anomalies (right) over Africa in 2013

Drought in Namibia and southern Angola in 2013

Long Range Forecasting products

9 STEPS PROCEDURE FOR SEASONAL FORECASTING

Long range Forecasts

RCOFs: Consensus Outlooks

SWIOCOF Products

South West Indian Ocean Climate Outlook Forum SWIOCOF

From RCC products to Services with GFCS Examples of Data and indices for drought monitoring (Bulletin of the American Met

Society, June 2014 ). Some of these indices are related to agriculture and water sectors of the GFCS but are not mandatory RCC products .

From RCC products to Services with GFCS

Sample Agriculture Calendar for Mali

With climate variability and change, this calendar should be adjusted every year depending on expected seasonal climate

A GFCS climate centre or Climate Service Centre should provide climate information and advices to adjust agriculture calendars on time for farmers

RCCs products need further interpretation to become advices to policy/decision makers and practitioners.

MESA programme (EU/EDF funded) has started translation of RCC products into action options for stakeholders

From RCC products to Services with GFCS

African RCC’s Data Service products Webpage

Data services products: climate change indices (ACMAD/KNMI Collaboration)

climate assessment Products

Data services: Climate datasets available upon request

Data Services Datasets available

Training function products webpage (training materials including procedures, manual, guides and best

practices)

Training function products (training materials including procedures and guides for data

rescue&management, data services to applications like Climate predictability Tool)

Training function products (reports and other materials on data rescue& management, climate monitoring, long range forecasting, climate scenarios and impacts)

Research & Development

Coordination of RCCs in Africa ( coordination meetings for training, climate monitoring and data services )

Concluding Remarks

Expansion of RCC products based on user requirements leading to climate Services with the GFCS.

More Climate change indices and assessments products will require stronger collaboration with NMHSs for access to data and use of products generated by the African RCC for resilience and adaptation planning and practices in countries.

Partnerships with RCCs in Europe, Asia and America should be strengthened to share data, products, software and hardware, best practices, procedures and standards (eg; through MEDCOFs)

Sustainability of the RCC will required a minimum of about 10 experts for optimal operation of RCC and Regional GFCS framework with US$ 500 000 as cost estimate per annum.

Scientific and technical partners(UK Met office, Meteo France, DWD, AEMet-Spain, ECMWF, IRI at Columbia University, NOAA/NCEP/CPC and WMO) for climate service development will continue to be mobilized

Support from the African development Bank, the World Bank, EU through EDF, other bilateral and multilateral cooperation programmes will be required to complement countries contribution for effective and efficient operations of the RCC.

Support from WMO will continue to be useful to organize Regional and more national forums or consultations for generation of climate products and establishment of GFCS in Africa