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Environmental Prediction into the Next Decade: Weather, Climate and the Air We Breathe (Day 2 Summary)

Weather/Climate services

Environmental Services (Atmosphere )

Climate forcing by gases and aerosols

Long-range pollutant transport

Air quality

Dust outbreaks

Solar energy

UV radiation

Flooding/high impact precip

…….

Environmental agencies

provide data & information on

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Environmental Prediction into the Next Decade: Weather, Climate and the Air We Breathe (Day

2 Summary) CLOSER INTEGRATION

–radiation–temperatures–precipitation–climate-forcing gases–aerosols

Observations (direct, proxies)

Models–global–trans-boundary–regional

Scenarios–global–trans-boundary–regional

Policy Action–governmental–enterprise level–individual

Operational Services

Integration of Weather/Climate/Env

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Environmental Prediction into the Next Decade: Weather, Climate and the Air We Breathe (Day 2 Summary)

Air Quality Weather Climate

But larger geographic extents

Common Challenges

NRT data flows

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• Regional Workshop (WS) on Air Quality Forecasting (AQF) , August 2000, Kuching, Malaysia• Expert Workshop on AQF , October 2002, Cuernavaca, Mexico• Expert WS on AQF for Latin American project, October 2003, Santiago de Chile• Training WS on AQF WRF Chem and Satellites, January 2006, Sao Paulo, Brazil• Training WS on (Basic) AQF for Latin American Countries, July 2006, Lima, Peru• Training Course on Air Quality Forecasting for India and South Asia, December 2008, Pune, India•Training Course on AQ Modelling for Latin American , Cities project, 10 – 14 August 2009, Mexico City• International Workshop on Air Quality Forecasting Research, December 2009 in Boulder (Joint Canada/USA)

EXPO 2010 Shanghai China WMO (GURME) Pilot Project MHWS

Better City, Better LifeBetter City, Better Life

WMO-GURME Air Quality Workshops & Pilot Projects

(Examples)

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AQ regional or city network #i

AQ regional or city network #...

AQ regional or city network #N

AQ site #1 AQ site #...

AQ site #N

National Environment Institute

or Ministery

NRT

NRT

Any Insitute worldwide having been granted access to the data

DCPC

NC/DCPC

NC NCNC/

DCPC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

GISC

GISCGISC

SatelliteTwo-Way Systems

Satellite Dissemin

ation

(IGDDS)

NC

NC

DCPC

GISC GISC

DCPC

NRT

NRT

Future NRT data flow (using the WIS)

WMO/GAW ET-NRTCDT (together with US, Asia,…). Europe : collaboration with EEA, EMEP, NILU,…

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Questions?

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“Carbon Weather”

January(net CO2emission)

July(net CO2 uptake)

Long-termObservations

CarbonTrackerTM

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Improved Weather and Seasonal Climate prediction

Why a Sand and Dust Storm Warning Advisory and Assessment System?

Human Health (Asthma, infections, Meningitis in Africa, Valley Fever in the America’s)

Agriculture (negative & positive impacts)

Industry (Semi-conductor, etc.)

Energy (Thermal solar energy)

Aviation (air disasters) Ground Transportation

Marine productivity (negative & positive impacts)

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9~800,000 excess deaths per year globally no region immune!

& Weather

A Major Challenge: Characterizing The

Interactions Between Air Pollution, Weather And Climate That Are Many

And Complex

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