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Reference CBS OPAG ON DPFS
Global Data-Processing and Forecasting System

SWFDP:

RA II-Bay of Bengal (South Asia)

First Meeting of the Regional Subproject Management Team (RSMT) of SWFDP-Bay of Bengal (South Asia), Colombo, Sri Lanka, 28 November - 1 December 2018
SWFDP:
RAV-SWFDDP-RSMT
Meeting of the Regional Subproject Mangement Team(RSMT) of the SWFDDP - South Pacific, Noumea, New-Caledonia, 27-28 July 2018
ET-OPSLS Joint CBS-CCl Inter-Programme Expert Team on Operational Predictions from Sub-seasonal to Longer-Time Scales (ET-OPSLS), Barcelona, Spain, 2 June and 4 to 6 June 2018
ET-OWFPS

Expert Team on Operational Weather Forecasting Process and Support (ET-OWFPS), Beijing, China,12-16 March 2018

SWFDP:
RA III-SWFDP South America

Technical Planning Workshop for the Development of the Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project (SWFDP) in Regional Association (RA) III (South America), Asunción, Paraguay, 2-3 October 2017
SWFDP: RA I-West Africa

Réunion de planification technique relative à la mise en œuvre du Projet de démonstration concernant la prévision des conditions météorologiques extrêmes en Afrique de l'Ouest, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 4-8 septembre 2017

Technical Planning meeting on the Implementation of Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project (SWFDP) in Western Africa, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 4-8 September 2017

SG-SGDPFS Meeting of the Steering Group on the Seamless GGlobal Data-processing and Forecasting System, Geneva, Switzerland, 1-4 November 2016
SWFDDP:
RA V-SWFDDP South Pacific Islands
Meeting of the Regional Subproject Management Team (RSMT) of the SWFDDP - South Pacific Islands, Honiara, Solomon Islands, 25-27 August 2016
ICT-DPFS CBS Implementation Coordination Team of the OPAG on Data-Processing and Forcasting Systems (ICT-DPFS), Exeter, UK, 23-27 May 2016
TT-LAM Meeting of the Task Team on the Development of Guidelines on High-resolution NWP, Tokyo, Japan, 6-8 April 2016
ET-OPSLS Meeting of the Joint CBS-CCl Expert Team on Operational Predictions from Sub-seasonal to Longer-time Scales (ET-OPSLS), Beijing, China, 11-15 April 2016
TT-DGNT Task Team on the Development of Guidelines for Nowcasting Techniques, Beijing, China, 15-17 March 2016

SWFDP:
6th Steering Group

Sixth meeting of the Steering Group of the Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project, Geneva, Switzerland, 14-18 March 2016
Future Seamless GDPFS Meeting on the Future Seamless Global Data-processing and Forecasting, Geneva, Switzerland, 10-12 February 2016

SWFDP:
RA I-SWFDP Western and Central Africa

Atelier sur les services d’alertes et de prévision des conditions météorologiques extrêmes en Afrique de l’Ouest et centrale, Dakkar, Sénégal,2-6 novembre 2015
SWFDP:                                  
RA II-SWFDP Southeast Asia
Regional Subproject Management Team (RSMT) of the Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project (SWFDP) in Southeast Asia, Ha Noi, Viet Nam, 11-14 August 2015
ET-Humanitarian Meeting of the CBS (DPFS-PWS) Task Team on the Provisional of Operational Meteorological Assistance to Humanitarian Agencies, Geneva, Switzerland, 28 - 30 (AM) July 2014
ET-OPSLS
(formerly ET-ELRF)
Meeting of the Joint CBS-CCl Expert Team on Operational Predictions from Sub-seasonal to Longer-time Scales (ET-OPSLS), Exeter, UK, 10 - 14 March 2014 (final draft)
TT-Manual

Meeting of the CBS Task Team on the Revision of the Manual on the Global Data-processing and Forecasting System (GDPFS), Geneva, Switzerland, 17 - 19 December 2013

Revised Manual on the GDPFS (CORRECTED, working document)

SG-SWFDP Extraordinary meeting of the Steering Group for the Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project (SWFDP), Geneva, Switzerland, 3 - 5 December 2013
GPCs/RCCs Workshop Workshop on Operational Long-range Forecasting: GPCs and RCCs, in support of NMHSs and RCOFs, Brasilia, Brazil, 25 - 27 November 2013

SWFDP:
RA I-SWFDP Southern Africa

Meeting of the Regional Technical Implementation Team (RTIT) of SWFDP - Southern Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, 23 - 26 September 2013

Regional Subproject Implementation Plan (RSIP)

SWFDDP:
RA V-SWFDDP South Pacific Islands

Meeting of the Regional Subproject Management Team (RSMT) of the SWFDDP - South Pacific Islands, Nadi, Fiji, 26 - 29 August 2013

Regional Subproject Implementation Plan (RSIP) for the full phase of the SWFDDP - South Pacific Islands (pdf)

RSIP - Annex H (doc) 

RSIP - Annex I (doc) 

RSIP - Annex J (xls) 

TT-Humanitarian Meeting of the CBS (DPFS-PWS) Task Team on the Provisional of Operational Meteorological Assistance to Humanitarian Agencies, Geneva, Switzerland, 15 - 17 July 2013
RSMC-Workshop Workshop to Assist in: Sustaining National Meteorological Services - Strengthening WMO Regional and Global Centres, Washington DC, USA, 18 - 20 June 2013
SWFDP:
RA I-SWFDP Eastern Africa

Meeting of the Regional Subproject Management Team (RSMT) of the SWFDP - Eastern Africa, Arusha, Tanzania, 27 - 31 May 2013

Regional Subproject Implementation Plan of the full demonstration of the SWFDP - Eastern Africa

ICT-DPFS Extraordinary session of the CBS Implementation Coordination Team of the OPAG on Data-Processing and Forecasting System (ICT-DPFS), Geneva, Switzerland, 21 - 25 January 2013
ICT-DPFS CBS Implementation Coordination Team of the OPAG on Data-Processing and Forecasting System (ICT-DPFS), Paris, France, 21 - 25 May 2012
CG-FV Meeting of the Coordination Group on Forecast Verification, ECMWF, Reading, 15 - 17 May 2012

ET-ELRF

Meeting of the Expert Team on Extended and Long-Range Forecasting, Geneva, Switzerland, 26 - 30 March 2012

SWFDP:
RA I-SWFDP Eastern Africa

2nd RA I - SWFDP - Eastern Africa NWP/Web Developers Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya, 14 - 16 March 2012

SWFDP:
Steering Group

CBS Steering Group for the Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project, WMO Headquarter, Geneva, Switzerland, 28 February - 2 March 2012

SWFDP:
RA II - SWFDP Bay of Bengal

Technical-Planning Workshop on Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project (SWFDP) development for the Bay of Bengal region (Final Draft)
New Delhi, India, 23 - 27 January 2012
ET-EPS CBS Expert Team on Ensemble Prediction Systems (ET-EPS), Geneva, Switzerland, 14-18 November 2011
Revision of the Manual on the GDPFS Expert Meeting on the Revision of the Manual on GDPFS, WMO Headquarter, Geneva, Switzerland, 19-21 October 2011
SWFDP:                                  
RA II-SWFDP Southeast Asia

Regional Subproject Management Team (RSMT) of the Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project (SWFDP) in Southeast Asia, Ha Noi, Viet Nam, 10-13 October 2011

(Draft) SWFDP-Southeast Asia Regional Subproject Implementation Plan(RSIP)

SWFDP:
RA I-SWFDP Southern Africa

Meeting of the Regional Technical Implementation Team (RTIT) of the SWFDP for Southern Africa, Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius, 19-22 July 2011

Draft Regional Suproject Implementation Plan (RSIP) for the fourth phase of the SWFDP - Southern Africa

SWFDP:
RA I-SWFDP Eastern Africa

Meeting of the Regional Subproject Management Team (RSMT) of the SWFDP for Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, 21-24 June 2011

Regional Suproject Implementation Plan (RSIP) for the first demonstration phase of the SWFDP - Eastern Africa

SWFDP:
RA I-SWFDP Eastern Africa

RA I - SWFDP - Eastern Africa NWP/Web Developers' Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya, 9-11 May 2011
EM-VSRF Expert Meeting on Very-Short Range Forecasting (EM-VSRF), Geneva, Switzerland, 21-23 March 2011
CG-FV Coordination Group on Forecast Verification (CG-FV), Montréal, Canada, 24-27 January 2011
SWFDDP:
RA V-SWFDDP South Pacific Islands

Meeting of the Regional Subproject Management Team (RSMT) of the SWFDDP - South Pacific Islands, Wellington, New-Zealand, 1-4 November 2010

Regional Subproject Implementation Plan (RSIP) for the full phase of the SWFDDP - South Pacific Islands (pdf)

RSIP - Annex H (doc) 

PR1: Progress Report N° 1: 1 October 2010 - 28 February 2011 

PR2: Progress Report N° 2: 1 March 2011 - 30 June 2011     Template for submitting a Case Study 

PR3: Progress Report N° 3: 1 July 2011 - 31 October 2011 

PR4: Progress Report N° 4: 1 November 2011 - 29 February 2012

PR5: Progress Report N° 5: 1 March 2012 - 30 June 2012

PR6: Progress Report N° 6: 1 July 2012 - 31 October 2012

PR7: progress Report N° 7: 1 November 2012 - 28 February 2013

SWFDP:                                  
RA I-SWFDP Eastern Africa
Technical-Planning Workshop on SWFDP Development for Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, 4 - 8 October 2010

SWFDP:                                  
RA II-SWFDP Southeast Asia

Meeting to Develop a Strategy for Preparing an Implementation Plan for an SWFDP in Southeast Asia, Tokyo, Japan, 17 - 18 September 2010
ICT on DPFS CBS Implementation Coordination Team of the OPAG on Data-Processing and Forecasting System (ICT-DPFS), Tokyo, Japan, 13 - 17 September 2010
Extended and Long-Range Forecasting Expert Team on Extended and Long-Range Forecasting, Exeter, UK, 28 June - 2 July 2010
Review of GDPFS Manual

Expert Meeting on Comprehensive Review of the Manual on GDPFS, WMO Headquarter, Geneva, Switzerland, 28-30 April 2010

SWFDP:
Steering Group

CBS Steering Group for the Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project, WMO Headquarter, Geneva, Switzerland, 22-26 February 2010

SWFDP:
RAII-SWFDP

Workshop on Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project Development for Southeast Asia, Hanoi, Vietnam, 1-4 February 2010
Picture 1 - Picture 2
NWP Verification CBS Coordination Group on Forecast Verificaton (CG-FV), ECMWF, Reading, UK, 24 - 26 November 2009
EPS CBS Expert Team on Ensemble Prediction Systems (ET-EPS), Exeter, UK, 5-9 October 2009

SWFDP:
RAV-SWFDDP

Severe Weather Forecasting and Disaster Risk Reduction Demonstration Project (SWFDDP), a regional subproject of SWFDP in RA V, Regional Subproject Management Team, Wellington, New Zealand, 21 – 24 April, 2009

Regional subproject Implementation Plan - (pdf)  

PR1: Progress Report N° 1: 1 November 2009 - 28 February 2010

PR2: Progress Report N° 2: 1 March 2010 - 30 June 2010

PR3: Progress Report N° 3: 1 July 2010 - 30 September 2010

SWFDP:
RAI-SWFDP-RTIT

 

Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project (SWFDP) Southern Africa - Meeting of the Regional Technical Implementation Team (RTIT), Pretoria, South Africa, 24-27 February 2009

SWFDP Southern Africa - Regional Subproject Implementation Plan : 2008-2011 Southern Africa (pdf)

Q1: Progress Report: November 2008 - March 2009

Q2: Progress Report: April - June 2009

ICT on DPFS

CBS Implementation Coordination Team of the OPAG on Data-Processing and Forecasting Systems (DPFS) - (pdf)
Montreal, Canada, 29 September - 3 October 2008
Group photo:  Meeting at Québec Regional Offices, at Canadian Meteorological Centre

Extended and Long-Range Forecasting Expert Team on Extended and Long-Range Forecasting,   Beijing Climate Centre (BCC)  7-10 April 2008   (in pdf). 
SWFDP:
Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project 
CBS Steering Group Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project, Geneva, 17 - 20 March 2008 (pdf) 
Updated 2008: SWFDP Overall Project Plan, and SWFDP Guidebook on Planning Regional Subprojects

Very Short-Range Forecasting
 

Expert Meeting on Very Short-Range Forecasting, Toulouse, France, 27 - 30 November 2007
Group Photograph
Workshop on Lead Centre for Long-range Forecast Multi-Model Ensembles

WMO/KMA GPCs Workshop on Lead Centre for Long-Range Forecast Multi-Model Ensembles (LC-LRFMME) Busan, Republic of Korea, 18-20 September 2007

 Photos: GroupChairman, With APCC Reception, At work 1, At work 2, At work 3

SWFDP:
RA I - Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project - Southeast Africa


 

Evaluation of the SWFDP Regional Subproject in RA I (background, principles, procedures)

Project Quarterly Reports
:                                                                               

Q1:  November 2006 - February 2007Botswana   Madagascar  Mozambique  Tanzania  Zimbabwe 
Project Q1 Status Report

Q2:  March - May 2007Botswana  Madagascar  Mozambique  Tanzania  Zimbabwe  RSMC Pretoria (South Africa)
Project Q2 Status Report

Q3:  June - August 2007 - Botswana  Madagascar  Mozambique  Tanzania  Zimbabwe  RSMC Pretoria
Project Q3 Status Report

Q4:  September - November 2007 - Botswana  Madagascar  Mozambique  Tanzania  Zimbabwe  RSMC Pretoria
Project Q4 Status Report

Other Project Reports
:
Met Office UK  NCEP (U.S.A.) 

"A study of rainfall events during the 2006/2007 Southern Africa summer (NCEP Africa Desk, 2008)


FINAL PROJECT REPORT (v27.II.2008, without annexes)

Other reference:
NWP Strategy for Improving Severe Weather Forecasting in Developing Countries (slides in PDF, May 2007)

SWFDP:
RA I - Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project
Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project - RA I South-eastern Africa, Regional Subproject Management Team,  Maputo, Mozambique, 27 February - 2 March, 2007 
Quarterly Report Template 
Group Photo 
Regional Training Seminar RA II / RA VI  RA II / RA VI Regional Training Seminar on GDPFS and PWS in Support of Natural Disaster Reduction, Langen, Germany.  GDPFS section, 18-22 September 2006.  
Group Photo 
SWFDP:
RA I - Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project
Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project - Regional Subproject RA I (SWFDP - RA I), Pretoria, 31 July - 3 August 2006 
Group photo
ICT DPFS  Implementation Coordination Team on DPFS, Toulouse, 29 May - 2 June 2006 
Group photo 
LRF Joint Expert Teams on Long-Range Forecasting (Infrastructure and Verification), ECMWF,  Reading, UK, 3 - 7 April 2006 (pdf)  Group photo 1 (1978kb), photo 2 (1670kb), photo 3 (509kb)
EPS Expert Team on Ensemble Prediction Systems (EPS), Exeter, 6-10 February 2006 
Group photo of participants 
SWFDP:
Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project
Project Steering Group for CBS Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project, Geneva, 14-16 December 2005 (pdf) 
Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project (SWFDP)
Overall Project Plan, Guidebook on Planning Regional Subprojects 
Group photo of participants 
GDPFS Training Workshop on Use Of GDPFS products for French speaking RA I countries, Dakar, 21-25 November 2005
Early Warning Centres WMO Workshop on Multi-Hazard, Early Warning Centres' Concept of Operations for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System, Singapore, 21-23 November, 2005 (pdf) 
photos: participants-1, participants-2, local secretariat 
LRF Workshop of Global Producers of Long-Range Forecasts, Jeju Island, republic of Korea, 10-14 October 2005  - Photos: Opening,   Group 1,   Group 2,   Sub-groups discussion
NWP training

RA I Training Workshop for countries ready to implement operational NWP, Casablanca, 12-15 September 2005
Group photo - Training photo

EPS  RA II/V Training Workshop on Ensemble Prediction Systems, Shanghai, 18-23 April 2005 (Word)
Group photograph 
EPS

RA III/IV Training Workshop on Ensemble Prediction System, Brasilia, 24-29 January 2005 (Word)
photos:  participants   panel members   classroom   EPS diagram    

ICT DPFS Implementation-Coordination Team on GDPFS, Geneva, 22-26 November 2004
LRFs

Joint meeting of the Expert Teams on Long-Range Forecast (Infrastructure and Verification), Geneva, 16-19 November 2004
   Appendix III - New Attachment II-8 to the Manual on the GDPFS, Vol.I
   Standardised Verification System for Long-range Forecast (SVS-LRF)

SWFDP:
Extreme events

Workshop on Severe and Extreme Events Forecasting, Toulouse, 26-29 October 2004  (pdf)

LRF Verif Sys

Meeting of the Lead Centres on Verification for Long-Range Forecast, Montreal, 1-5 December 2003  (pdf)  Group photo

EPS Expert Team on Ensemble Prediction Systems, Geneva, 27-31 October 2003  (pdf)   Group-photo
DQM Expert Meeting on GDPS Solutions for Data Quality Monitoring, ECMWF, Reading, United Kingdom, 24-28 June 2002 (Word97)
LRF Verif Sys Expert Team to Develop a Verification System for Long-range Forecasts, Montreal, Canada, 22-26 April 2002  (Word97)
ICT DPFS Implementation/Coordination Team on DPFS, Moscow, Russian Federation, 3-7 June 2002
LRF Infrastructure Expert Team on Infrastructure for Long-range Forecasting, Geneva, Switzerland, 12-16 November 2001 (pdf) 
EPS

Expert Team on Ensemble Prediction Systems, Tokyo, Japan, 15-19 October 2001 (pdf)

ICT DPFS ICT/DPFS - Workstation Applications , October 2000
EPS Workshop on Use of Ensemble Prediction Systems, Beijing, 16-20 October 2000
(WMO TD-No.1065)
DQM Expert Team to review and fine-tune methods used in land surface data quality monitoring by lead centres and the exchange of results, Tokyo, Japan, 19-23 June 2000   Group photo
Impact GOS Expert Team to Evaluate the Impact of Changes of the GOS on GDPS, Toulouse, France, 9-11 March 2000 
ICT DPFS Implementation/Coordination Team on DPFS, Pretoria, 8-12 November 1999
LRF Verif Sys

Expert Team Meeting to Develop a Verification System on Long-range Forecasts, Reading, 16-20 August 1999 

Climate prediction

Initial Planning Meeting on the Coordination of Infrastructure Needs for Seasonal to Interannual Climate Prediction, Geneva, 28-30 April 1999 

GDPS centres

Expert Meeting on Implementation of GDPS Centres, Washington, 1-5 June 1998

         

Web Editor Sary Vargas, January 2004 


 

 

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