Antarctic Regional Climate Centre-Network Implementation Planning Meeting

Documents

• Concept note
• Agenda
• AntRCC-Network Concept Paper
• Draft implementation plan outline
• Information pack for participants
• Final report

Presentations

Setting the scene

• Overview of WMO RCCs implementation and designation criteria, role of ET-CSISO (SERCOM) and ET-OCPS (INFCOM), Rupa Kumar Kolli (ET-CSISO)
• The role of EC-PHORS and Antarctic Advisory Group, Sue Barrell (EC-PHORS)
• Appraisal of existing WMO RCC implementation, with a focus on RCC-Networks: technical and organizational arrangements, Simon McGree (PRCC-Network)
• Lessons learnt from the ArcRCC-Network implementation, including its flagship activity Arctic Climate Forums, Helge Tangen (ArcRCC-Network)
• Overview of the current status of the AntRCC-Network implementation, including the outcomes of the WMO survey 2019 and of the Scoping Workshop, Wilfran Moufouma Okia (WMO)
• Overview of the Concept Paper on the AntRCC-Network Implementation, Scott Carpentier (BoM)
• Initial concept of the three nodes of the AntRCC-Network
  • Climate Data Node, Steve Colwell (BAS)
  • Climate Monitoring Node, Vito Vitale (CNR-ISP)
  • Climate Prediction Node, Scott Carpentier (BoM)

AntRCC-Network: technical arrangements

• AntRCC-Network: technical arrangements, Wilfran Moufouma Okia

AntRCC-Network: partnership arrangements

• An overview of the Year of Polar Prediction in the Southern hemisphere (YOPP-SH): Implications for the AntRCC-Network, David H. Bromwich (YOPP-SH)
• Multiparametric atmospherical stations in Antarctica, Ricardo Faundez (INACH)
• Centro de Investigación Gaia Antártica, Jorge Carrasco (Universidad de Magallanes)
• Monitoring change in the atmospheric composition, Raúl R. Cordero (Universidad de Santiago de Chile)
• Global Cryosphere Watch (GCW): links to the AntRCC-Network, Petra Heil (GCW)

Engagement of user groups and consultations on their requirements

• Engagement of user groups and consultations on their requirements, Scott Carpentier (BoM)

AntRCC-Network implementation plan: way forward

• Final elements of the AntRCC-Network Implementation Plan and way forward, Robert Argent (BoM)

Useful links and documents

• Scoping Workshop: Toward Implementing an Antarctic RCC-Network, Bologna, Italy, 7-9 October 2019
• Arctic Regional Climate Centre-Network (ArcRCC-Network)
• Arctic Regional Climate Centre-Network Implementation Plan
• Technical documentation - Guidance for data centres contributing to GCW