Workshop on climate data management, data sharing and exchange.
DGM-WMO, 4-5 et 9 November 2021
DGM-WMO, 4-5 et 9 November 2021
Background
To address the capacity building needs, in National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) of Central and West Africa countries, and under the “West Africa Region: Seamless Operational Forecast Systems and Technical Assistance for Capacity Building (CREWS-West Africa)" Project, funded by the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) initiative, the Moroccan "Direction Générale de la Météorologie ", in collaboration with the World Meteorological Organisation, organize a series of three workshops on :
Climate data management, data sharing and exchange.
on 4-5 and 8 November, 2021.
These workshops will take place online via the Zoom platform (See GUIDE) and the link will be sent to the registered participants in due time.
The main purposes of the workshops are to:
- Enhance climate data products generation and sharing;
- Provide trainings (online) for observing networks’ managers and climatologists;
- Provide guidance and training on the principles and tools for generation of climate datasets, WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS) and Weather Information System (WIS).
The main topics to be addressed are:
- Introduction to methods and tools for the generation of climate datasets,
- Concept of and calculation of WMO standard climatological products : computing World Weather Records, climatological standard normals for 1991-2020 and National Climate Monitoring Products,
- Quality control and Homogenization of climate data time-series,
- Use of WIS to share climate data and products,
- The WIGOS Data Quality Monitoring System (WDQMS) functions and webtool, Metadata,
- Management of WIGOS metadata with OSCAR/Surface and implementation of WIGOS Station Identifiers.
Participants and workshops schedule
Workshops target countries are West and Central Africa countries including the 24 Members of PRESASS, PRESAGG and PRESAC. The content of these workshops is the same. The working language for the first two workshops will be French and for the third workshop will be English.
Hereafter is the schedule of the workshops and the list of the participing countries for each workshop:| Workshop date | Participing countries | Working language |
| 4 Novembre 2021 | Bénin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroun, Côte d'Ivoire, Centrafrique, Congo and Congo-Kinshasa. | French |
| 5 Novembre 2021 | Gabon, Guinée, Guinée équatoriale, Mali, Mauritanie, Niger, Sénégal, Tchad and Togo. | French |
| 8 November 2021 | Cap-Vert, Gambie, Ghana, Guinée-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Saõ Tomé et Principe. | English |
Registration
NMHSs nominated focals points can register by filling the following online registration form. The deadline for registration is November 3, 2021.
If you have any problems registering, please contact the workshop coordinators : Mr Rachid SEBBARI or Mr Karam ESSAOUINI.
Workshop Agenda (Time in GMT)
Workshop Opening | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time in GMT | FZ. BENSAID, Rachid SEBBARI DGM | Chairs |
| 09:05-09:15 | Rachid SEBBARI DGM | Welcome and Opening addresses and background of the workshop; |
Climate Data Management and Products | ||
| 09:15-9:30 | Omar BADDOUR WMO | Data sharing and exchange and expected benefits for WMO Member States. [ English ] |
| 9:30-9:50 | Dris BARI DGM | Overview on assessing data quality and homogeneity [ French ] [ English ] |
| 9:50-10:10 | Dris BARI DGM | Concept of and calculation of climatological standard normals for 1991-2020 [ French ] [ English ] |
| 10:10-10:30 | Rachid SEBBARI DGM | Concept of and generation of World Weather Records (WWR) [ French ] [ English ] |
| 10:30-10:50 | Discussion: Q/A, Countries’ needs | |
| Break (10:50 - 11:00) | ||
WIS, WIGOS and Data Sharing and Exchange | ||
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Khalid EL RHAZ DGM | Concept of and introduction to computing National Climate Monitoring Products [ French ] [ English ] |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | Merrouchi RABIA DGM | Use of WIS to exchange data and products [ French ] [ English ] |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | Mounir AZIZ DGM | OSCAR Platform in the Context of the Integrated Global Observing System: Basic Concepts and Opportunities [ French ] [ English ] |
| 12:00-12:30 | Discussion: Q/A, Countries’ needs | |
Closing | ||
Recordings
| Workshop Date and language | Recording | Recording |
| 4 November 2021; French | Session 1 |
Session 2 |
| 5 November 2021; French | Session 1 |
Session 2 |
| 9 November 2021; English | Session 1 |
Session 2 |
Speakers
Sebbari Rachid (DGM)
Omar Baddour (WMO)
Rabia Merrouchi (DGM)
Mounir Aziz (DGM)
Driss Bari (DGM)
Khalid El Rhaz (DGM)
Organizers
For further inquiries, please contact the coordinators from DGM :
Rachid SEBBARI : sebbari@gmail.com
Karam ESSAOUINI : Essaouini@gmail.com