Strengthening climate applications in developing countries PowerPoint guidelines. Our refreshed PowerPoint style matches our refreshed corporate values. These guidelines ensure we achieve consistent, professional-looking presentations. Font: Arial only Bullets: Arial round Front page slide Headline text point size 53 Subtitle text point size 20 Presenter, location and date point size 12 Divider slides Should be used to break up subjects or when changing content Headline text point size 40 Content slides Headline text size: minimum 40 First Level Bullet Points 24 Subsequent Level; Bullet Points 20 Body text size: minimum 16 Printing Please select greyscale when printing, this will remove the backgrounds and save on ink. Colour Web safe green #CFF33 (R204, G255, B51), can be used to highlight important words or phrases. Web safe red #ED2939 (R237, G41, B57), can be used to highlight severe weather warnings Campaign presentations If your presentation is part of a campaign or event then please ask the studio for assistance Strengthening climate applications in developing countries ACRE Data and Visualisation Meeting, Exeter 15 September 2009 Steve Palmer, Technical Cooperation Programme Manager © Crown copyright Met Office

Contents Introduction Services Forecasting Climate change This presentation covers the following areas Introduction Services Forecasting Climate change Questions and answers © Crown copyright Met Office

Some basic ideas about data © Crown copyright Met Office

How the information fits together Forecast Timescale Observations Today Days Weeks Months Years Climate Recent Short-range Medium-range Seasonal Future Climate RI SK ANALYS I S ADAPTATION RESPONSE CLIMATOLOGY PREPAREDNESS © Crown copyright Met Office

Observations as a “Global Public Good” Observations have significant cost to obtain Once an observation has been recorded, it has no significant value in itself! The value is in the use made of it. In economic terms, observations are: Non-excludable (WMO Resolution 40 applies) Non-rival Everyone needs observations from developing countries, but the benefits of those observations to those developing countries are probably of less value than to the developed countries. © Crown copyright Met Office

Databases, techniques and tools © Crown copyright Met Office

CLIMSOFT Climate Data Management System Developed in Africa by a team including people from Zimbabwe, Kenya, Guinea Uses Microsoft Access, VB and MySQL on a PC platform Scaleable from a few stations upwards Multiple language support - currently English, French, Portuguese (contributed by Cap Verde) Now running in over 20 developing countries. Includes the ability to ingest in real time and produce SYNOP and CREX bulletins Likely to be the first application to meet the WIS and INSPIRE standards for XML data exchange © Crown copyright Met Office

Localisation Put PCs into district centres and observing stations to collect data from the immediate area 2nd user PCs supplied by Computer Aid International – 2 or 3 per station! Use a stripped-down version of Climsoft, so only requires MS-Access, no other license fees! Local Climsoft includes some simple data products for local distribution. This helps the NMS to improve services to their local area. Automatic ingestion from AWSs links to e.g. World Bank Food Security Insurance project. Enables service delivery to the local area, hence improved information and feedback. Projects in Kenya, Uganda, now Zambia. © Crown copyright Met Office

Statistics In Applied Climatology SIAC training enables people to understand and use climatology data with other information, including spells analysis and statistical modelling. Ideal for crop modelling. Uses INSTAT statistical package – free download from Reading University Statistical Services Centre http://www.rdg.ac.uk/SSC/software/software.html Also GENSTAT package – Discovery Edition is free for users in developing countries http://www.vsni.co.uk/software/genstat-discovery/ Currently an e-learning course, plus face-to-face follow up courses. http://www.met-elearning.org/moodle/ Facilitated e-learning works best with groups of 30 – 45. Possible future self-teach course – Introduction to climatology information © Crown copyright Met Office

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