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Expert Team on Operational Predictions from Sub-seasonal to Longer-time Scales (ET-OPSLS)

Barcelona, Spain, 2 and 4 to 6 June 2018

12-jun-18

INFORMATION NOTE

Information on WMO Workshop on Operational Climate Prediction (OCP-2)

OPC-2 ET-OPSLS Group

Participants

ET-OPSLS Group

ET-OPSLS group

DOCUMENTATION PLAN

Agenda Item	AGENDA ITEMS Subject	Doc. N°	Submitted by	Expected/Received
1	OPENING OF THE MEETING
1.1	Opening/Welcoming Remark From IPET-OPSLS Chair From local organizers From WMO Secretariat From CCl Representative	1.1(1) 1.1(2) 1.1(3) 1.1(4)	Arun Paco Abdoulaye Kumar
1.2	Introduction - Round table		All
2	ORGANIZATION OF THE MEETING
2.1	Provisional Agenda	2.1(1)	Secretariat	22.V.2018
	Tentative work Plan	2.1(2) Revised	Secretariat	22.V.2018
2.2	Working arrangements
	Provisional list of participants	INF. 2	Secretariat	14.V.2018
	Template for the cover page of Working Documents	INF. 3	Secretariat	14.V.2018
3	INTRODUCTION
3.1	IPET-OPSLS – structure within CBS & CCl; scope; TTs (for the benefit of new members)	PPT	Arun	22.V.2018
3.2	WMO infrastructure for operational prediction on sub-seasonal to long-time scales	PPT	Caio	22.V.2018
3.3	Relevant decisions from CBS-TECO and CBS MG	PPT	Abdoulaye	22.V.2018
3.4	Relevant decisions from CCL-TECO and CCl MG	PPT	Kumar	22.V.2018
3.5	New GDPFS Manual and Seamless GDPFS	PPT	Abdoulaye	14.V.2018
3.6	IPET-OPSLS relevant items and recommendations from the RCOFs review	PPT	Kumar	22.V.2018
3.7	Relevant items for EC-70	PPT	Abdoulaye & Kumar	22.V.2018
3.8	Outcomes of OCP-2 and follow-up actions for IPET-OPSLS	PPT	Arun & Caio	22.V.2018
4	STATUS REPORT
4.1	GPC Washington Annex GPC Seoul Annex GPC Tokyo Annex GPC Exeter Annex GPC Pretoria Annex GPC-CPTEC Brazil Annex GPC Melbourne Annex GPC Moscow Annex GPC ECMWF Annex GPC Beijing Annex GPC Toulouse Annex GPC Montreal Annex GPC Offenbach Annex All GPCs	4.1(1) 4.1(2) 4.1(3) 4.1(4) 4.1(5) 4.1(6) 4.1(7) 4.1(8) 4.1(9) 4.1(10) 4.1(11) 4.1(12) 4.1(13)		25.V.2018 Informational documents
4.2	IPET-OPSLS achievements since April 2015 meeting in Beijing; Action items from the last meeting Annex		Arun	22.V.2018
4.3	Status of LC-LRFMME		Kuhhee	22.V.2018
4.4	Status of LC-SVSLRF		David	22.V.2018
4.5	Status of GPC-LDCP & LC-ADCP		Jeff	22.V.2018
4.6	Status of GSCU		Kumar	22.V.2018
4.7	Guidance documents for the implementation of CSIS (verification; CSIS technical reference manual; …)		Kumar	22.V.2018
5	REPORTS FROM RELEVANT TASK TEAMS
5.1	ST1 - Workshops on Operational Climate Prediction (Chair – Caio Coelho); DONE (OCP-2 took place before the IPET-OPSLS)		Caio
5.2	ST2 - Develop revised strategies for verification exchange, including for LC-LRFMME multi-model products, real-time verification and support to GSCU (Chair – Arun Kumar)		Kuhhee & David	25.V.2018
5.3	ST3 - On scoping/implementation of sub-seasonal forecasts (Chair – Suhee Park)		Kuhhee & Yuhei	25.V.2018
5.4	ST4 - Scoping/implementation of longer than seasonal forecasts (Chair – Richard Graham)		Jeff & Richard	Done; report not needed
5.5	ST5 - New approaches for distribution of GPC hindcast and forecast data (Chair – David Jones)		David	25.V.2018
5.6	ST6 - Guidelines on Procedures for generating regional seasonal (Chair – Arun Kumar)		Arun	To be discussed further during the meeting; no further discussion necessary
5.7	ST7 - Amendments to the GPC-relevant sections of the Manual on the GDPFS (Chair – Richard Graham)		Abdoulaye	Done, report not needed
6	IPET-OPSLS POTENTIAL FUTURE ACTIVITIES (these discussions could lead to new TTs); Discussion leads are identified next to the items
6.1	Future support for GSCU	Kumar
6.2	Revisiting the exchange of variables to meet requirements of : Support for ArcRCC Support for RCOFs	6.2(1) 6.2(2)	Bertrand Kumar
6.3	Data access and exchange policy		Arun
6.4	Chaging the release of forecast time		Arun
6.5	Hindcast data to support research (along the lines of CHFP)		Bill & David
6.6	Annual summary of seasonal forecasts		Arun
6.7	Designation of new class of RSMCs for additional global products (GPCs) Annex		Arun
6.8	Future status of SVSLRF		David & Bertrand
6.9	Guidance document for operational forecasting		Arun
6.10	Landscape of LRF (C3S;…)		Laura
6.11	The production of standards, verification methods and guidance for near-term climate predictions (NTCP)		Arun & Paco
6.12	Development of compliance document under the GDPFS		Abdoulaye
7	OTHER RELEVANT ITEMS
7.1	Discussion on membership with increasing designation of GPCs		Abdoulaye & Kumar
7.2	Observational needs		Yuhee
7.3	O2R document and collaboration with WGSIP including contribution to Boulder Conference		Arun & Bill
7.4	Position Paper on Operational Prediction		Caio & Paco
7.5	Long-range forecasting and the Global Framework for Climate Services		Richard
8	REVIEW OF THE ET-OPSLS TERMS OF REFERENCE INCLUDING SUB-TASK TEAMS		Arun
9	ANY OTHER BUSINESS
10	CLOSING		Arun, Abdoulaye & Kumar

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