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Related web site

WMO
WMO Lead Centre for the SVS-LRF
http://www.bom.gov.au/wmo/lrfvs/index.html?tm_id=1&cdepth=2&upnum=8&ca_id=33
Definitions of Meteorological Forecasting Ranges
  http://www.wmo.ch/pages/prog/www/DPS/GDPS-Supplement5-AppI-4.html
Ensemble Prediction System Products
http://www.wmo.ch/pages/prog/www/DPS/EPS-HOME/eps-home.htm
Other Ensemble Products Available on Internet Web Sites of Major GDPS Centres
http://www.wmo.ch/pages/prog/www/DPS/GDPS-related-links.html
Standardised Verification System for LRF
http://www.wmo.ch/pages/prog/www/DPS/LRF/ATTACHII-8SVSfrom%20WMO_485_Vol_I.pdf
A Guide to the Code Form FM 92-IX Ext. GRIB - Edition 1

http://www.wmo.ch/pages/prog/www/WDM/Guides/Guide-binary-2.html
FM92 GRIB - Edition 2
http://www.wmo.ch/web/www/DPS/grib-2.html





GPCs
Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne
http://poama.bom.gov.au/
Canada
http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/saisons/index_e.html
ECMWF
http://www.ecmwf.int/products/additional/gts_headers_seasonal.html
Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo
http://ds.data.jma.go.jp/tcc/tcc/products/model/index.html
Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), Seoul
http://wmolc.org/~GPC_Seoul/
Met Office, Exeter
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/seasonal/index.html
METEO-FRANCE
http://www.meteofrance.com/FR/index.jsp
National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), Washington
http://cfs.ncep.noaa.gov/
National Climate Center of CMA (NCC/CMA), Beijing
http://bcc.cma.gov.cn/Website/index.php?ChannelID=63&show-product=1



RCCs
USA
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/rcc.html
Tokyo Climate Center
http://ds.data.jma.go.jp/gmd/tcc/tcc/index.html
Island Climate Update
http://niwascience.co.nz/ncc/icu



NMHSs
Argentina
http://www.smn.gov.ar/
Australia
http://www.bom.gov.au/
Austria
http://www.zamg.ac.at
Belgium
http://www.meteo.oma.be
Brazil
http://www.inmet.gov.br
Brunei
http://www.brunet.bn/gov/dca/bms/main.htm
Bulgaria
http://www.meteo.bg/
Canada
http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/
Chile
http://www.meteochile.cl/
China
http://www.cma.gov.cn/
Colombia
http://www.ideam.gov.co/
Cuba
http://www.met.inf.cu/
Czech Republic
http://www.chmi.cz/
Denmark
http://www.dmi.dk/
Egypt
http://nwp.gov.eg/
Fiji
http://www.met.gov.fj/
Finland
http://www.fmi.fi/
France
http://www.meteofrance.com
Germany
http://www.dwd.de/
Hong Kong,China
http://www.weather.gov.hk/contente.htm
Hungary
http://www.met.hu/
Iceland
http://www.vedur.is/
India
http://www.imd.ernet.in/
Indonesia
http://www.bmg.go.id/
Iran
http://www.irimet.net/
Israel
http://www.ims.gov.il/
Japan
http://www.jma.go.jp/
Kenya
http://www.meteo.go.ke/
Korea
http://www.kma.go.kr/
Latvia
http://www.meteo.lv/
Lithuania
http://www.meteo.lt/
Macao
http://www.smg.gov.mo/
Macedonia
http://www.meteo.gov.mk/
Malaysia
http://www.kjc.gov.my/
Mexico
http://smn.cna.gob.mx/SMN.html
Nepal
http://www.dhm.gov.np/
Netherlands
http://www.knmi.nl/
Norway
http://www.dnmi.no/
Panama
http://www.hidromet.com.pa/
Peru
http://www.senamhi.gob.pe/
Philippines
http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/
Poland
http://www.imgw.pl/
Portugal
http://www.meteo.pt/
Romania
http://www.inmh.ro/
Russia
http://www.meteorf.ru/
Saudi Arabia
http://www.mepa.org.sa/
Slovakia
http://www.shmu.sk/
Slovenia
http://www.rzs-hm.si/
South Africa
http://www.weathersa.co.za/
Spain
http://www.inm.es/
Sweden
http://www.smhi.se/
Thailand
http://www.thaimet.tmd.go.th/
Turkey
http://www.meteor.gov.tr/
U.S.A.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
United Kingdom
http://www.metoffice.com/
Yugoslavia
http://www.meteo.yu/

Call for Applications

Call for Applications
APEC Climate Center Visiting Scientist Program

The APEC Climate Center, based in Busan, South Korea is inviting applications to the APCC Visiting Scientist Program starting from 2010.


About APEC Climate Center

The APEC Climate Center (APCC) was established in 2005 as a response to the 4th APEC Science Ministers' call to enhance capacities in science, technology, and innovation in order to deliver sustainable growth across the Asia-Pacific region. APCC's mission is to strengthen scientific and technological cooperation across the region in order to help economies deal with challenges that are climate-related. APCC holds office in Busan, South Korea in the centrally-located Haeundae district.

APCC works towards facilitating sharing of high-cost climate data and information amongst national hydrometeorological services (NHMSs) and leading climate centers in APEC member economies, connecting climate research and innovation, and building capacities in climate prediction and climate information applications in social and economic domains. The work of APCC is increasingly being recognized as APEC member economies grapple with solutions to climate variability and change in the context of advancing the Bogor Goals of free and open trade investment across the APEC region.

APCC operates the world's most extensive operational multi-model ensemble (MME) dynamical prediction system with 15 participating NHMSs and climate centers providing dynamical seasonal forecasts on a monthly basis. It has been providing seasonal forecasts with 3-month lead time to member economies since 2005. A number of experimental products have been launched, including global hydrological extremes (drought and flood) prediction and monitoring bulletin and long-lead forecast with up to 7 months lead time. APCC issues a diagnostic model performance bulletin in order to critically review its work and to facilitate feedback from the users of its forecast products. It also organizes the annual APEC Climate Symposium, which provides a platform for discussing opportunities to collaborate in solving common challenges in climate research, data access, forecasting, and applications.



Objectives

The objectives of the VSP are two-fold: First, it aims to provide research opportunities for both recent PhDs and established scholars in the field to bring their scientific expertise to bear on the development of climate information-based products and tools that will help Asia-Pacific economies to meet climate-related challenges on various application areas including risk management in agriculture and coastal zones, water management, environmental management, trade, emergency/disaster risk management, and energy. The second objective is to provide opportunities for interactions between APCC and other institutions by allowing scientists from other institutions to participate in APCC research and development activities.

Priority R&D activities at APCC in the short to medium term include enhancement of 6-12 month coupled forecast products, seasonal prediction of tropical cyclones in the eastern and western Pacific, prediction and monitoring of extreme hydrological events, and downscaling of climate change projections.



Tenure and activities

Appointments are nominally for 1 to 2 years, with the second year contingent upon satisfactory progress during the first year, as judged by the APCC Visiting Scientist Program Committee.

Visiting scientists who choose to participate in APCC research and development activities are expected to spend 100% of their term at APCC headquarters. Interested applicants may contact APCC for more details about ongoing R&D activities at APCC.

Visiting scientists who choose to carry out research activities not currently undertaken by APCC may spend most of their term at their home institutions but are expected to spend a minimum of 3 months at APCC headquarters. They will be required to deliver seminars at APCC to brief APCC colleagues and interested APEC stakeholders about their activities. In this case, the primary financial support is borne at his/her home institution, and APCC will cover only the period spent at APCC headquarters.

The allowance to be covered by APCC could range from 3,000,000~4,000,000 Korean won every month depending on qualifications and experience. The salary is negotiable in consideration of the three year average of annual salary at the scientist's home institute.


Approval of visiting scientist activities

All activities have to be approved by the APCC Visiting Scientist Program Committee.
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Eligibility

Both recent PhDs and established scholars in the field are eligible to apply. Applications from all countries will be accepted but all qualifications being equal; preference will be given to nationals from APEC member economies. Applications from developing APEC member economies and women scientists are particularly encouraged.
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Remuneration and benefits

Visiting scientists will receive a grant that takes into account accommodation cost for foreign residents in Busan. Duties and benefits will be administered according to APCC staff management rules and regulations. Airfare to/from the place of recruitment will be provided.

The home institutions will provide primary financial support to visiting scientists who carry out research activities not currently undertaken by APCC and who opted to spend most of their term at their home institutions. But APCC will cover the financial support during the time spent at APCC headquarters.

Visiting scientists will have access to APCC data and computing facilities. Visiting scientists are encouraged to bring in their regional climate data to share with APCC scientists and to facilitate their research during their visit.



Application and selection

Applications will be accepted all year round. Application materials should include:


• Completed application form (Clik here), which includes brief description of academic career and professional experience, research plan, and expected societal benefits from proposed research activity
• Curriculum vitae with list of publications/scientific outreach work
• 2-3 reference letters



Application materials should be submitted in electronic form via email attachments to Mr. Jong-Wook Kang (jjomhe@apcc21.net).

Short-listed candidates will be asked to write a short proposal to complete the application process, and will be requested to submit additional documents including degree certificates, official transcripts, and medical certificate, if necessary. Successful candidates will be notified within 30 days after review of APCC Visiting Scientist Program Committee, but well ahead of spring or fall semester.



Questions

General information and research activities at APCC can be found at www.apcc21.net. For general questions, please contact with Mr. Jong-Wook Kang (jjomhe@apcc21.net). For technical questions, please contact with Dr. Bong-Geon Song(songbg@apcc21.net).

history

Training Course on Regional Downscaling for Asia-Pacific Region using APEC Climate Center Global Seasonal Climate Prediction (APN)

Expert Program for Climate Prediction (KOICA)

2008 APEC Climate Symposium held in Lima, Peru

THE AOGS WAS HELD FROM 16-20 JUNE, AND A GROUP OF SCIENTISTS VISITED US APCC facilitated a session "Variability and Predictability of the Multi-scale Asia-Pacific Climate System"

The proposal “APEC Climate Center for Climate Information Services to Society” was presented at 34th APEC ISTWG Meeting held at Hong Kong, China



Brain Pool Program for Visiting scientist of APCC

2007 APEC Climate Center Symposium (Busan, Korea)

MOU between KISTI (Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information) and APCC

MOU between COLA (Center for Ocean Land Atmosphere Studies) and APCC

Expert Program for Climate Prediction in Asia-Pacific (KOICA)

MOU between NASA (Nation Aeronautics and Space Administration) and APCC

The 2nd APEC BMC meeting held in Singapore decided to provide APEC Operation Account of USD 79000 to the project entitled “APEC Climate Center for Climate Information Services to Society”

MOU between IRI (The International Research Institute for Climate and Society) and APCC

32nd APEC ISTWG Meeting is held (Vladivostok, Russia) : “APEC Climate Center for Climate Information Services to Society”

MOU between the 73rd weather group (the 73rd WX) in ROKAF (Republic of Korea Air Force) and APCC

MOU between IPRC(International Pacific Research Center) and APCC



Workshop on Socio-economic Application of Climate Information (Busan, Korea)

The 2nd APEC BMC meeting held in Singapore decided to provide APEC Operation Account of USD 59000 to the project entitled “Operation of APEC Climate Center for Climate Information Services”

APEC Climate Center Symposium (Busan, Korea)

Report entitled is related the Development of APCC at a Council with Minister for Science and Technology

Expert Program for Climate Prediction in Asia-Pacific (KOICA)

International Program for APCC Short Term Visiting Scientists

30th APEC ISTWG Meeting is held (Manila, Philippines) : Operation of APEC Climate Center (APCC) for Climate Information Services

MOU between Busan National University and APCC

MOU between Bukyong National University and APCC



MOU between Busan metropolitan city and APCC

APEC Climate Center Opening Ceremony at Busan Metropolitan City Hall

29th APEC ISTWG Meeting is held (Singapore) : APEC Climate Center (APCC) for Climate Information Services

The 2nd APEC BMC meeting held in Singapore decided to provide APEC Operation Account of USD 39000 to the project entitled “Implementation of APEC Climate Center for Climate Information Services”

MOU between KMA and APCC

MOU between KMA and Busan metropolitan city on establishment of APEC Climate Center

The establishment of APCC is endorsed by the First APEC Officials "Meeting (SOMⅠ) (Seoul. Korea)"

The Functions and Operations of APCC is endorsed by the 28th APEC ISTWG Meeting (Gwangju. Korea)



4th APCN Working Group meeting and 3rd APCN Steering Committee Meeting is held in Busan, Korea

27th APEC ISTWG Meeting is held (Singapore) : "Functions and Operations of APCC"

The 2nd APEC BMC meeting held in Singapore decided to provide APEC Operational Account of USD39000 to the project entitled "Implementation of APEC Climate Network for Climate information Services".

4th APEC Ministers Conference is held (Christchurch, New Zealand) : Establishment of APCC

Launching the APCN Visiting Scientist Program (VSP).



The APCN Symposium on the Multi-Model Ensemble for Climate Prediction is held in Jeju Island, Korea, jointly with the 3rd APCN Working Group Meeting and the 2nd APCN Steering Committee Meeting.



Approved APEC Central Fund to support an international symposium on the APCN project at the APEC ministerial meeting (Singapore)

2nd APCN Working Group Meeting is held at the headquarters of KMA (Seoul, Korea) 1st APCN Steering Committee Meeting is held at the headquarters of KMA, jointly with 2nd APCN Working Group Meeting



The first APCN Working Group Meeting is held (Seoul).Participants: twenty-four representatives from sixteen institutes in ten APEC member economies and a representative from the WMO.

The proposal for APCN is supported by the representatives of the APEC member economies at a workshop on meteorological and hydrological cooperation within the APEC hosted by U.S. NWS (Albuquerque).



The proposal for APCN is approved at the 17th APEC ISTWG meeting (Seattle). Co-sponsoring economies: Australia, Canada, China, Indonesia, and Viet Nam

KMA submits a proposal for the establishment of the APEC Climate Network(APCN) to the 16th APEC ISTWG meeting (Hong Kong).



KMA proposes the establishment of a climate network at the 3rd APEC Ministers Conference on Regional Science and Technology Cooperation (Mexico City).

No Member Economy Organization Nominee E-Mail

No Member Economy Organization Nominee E-Mail
1 Australia POAMA Dr.Brad Murphy b.murphy@bom.gov.au
2 Brunei BMS
3 Canada MSC Dr.Hai Lin Hai.Lin@ec.gc.ca
4 Chile DMC Mrs. Paola Uribe Raibaudi puribe@meteochile.cl
5 China NCC Dr. Zhang Peiqun zhangpq@cma.gov.cn
6 China IAP Prof. Lin Zhaohui lzh@mail.iap.ac.cn
7 Chinese Taipei CWB Dr. Jyh Wen Hwu jwhwu@rdc.cwb.gov.tw
8 Hong Kong HKO Dr. T C Lee tclee@hko.gov.hk
9 Indonesia BMG Mr. Antoyo Setyadipratikto asp_309@yahoo.com
10 Japan JMA Mr. Kiyotoshi Takahashi kiyotoshi.takahashi-a@met.kishou.go.jp
11 Korea KMA/NIMR Dr.Hyun-Suk Kang hyunsuk@kma.go.kr
12 Korea KMA Mr. Jeong-Seog Lee jslee@kma.go.kr
13 Malaysia MMD Mr. Kwan Kok Foo kkf@met.gov.my
14 Mexico SMN Ms. Adelina Albanil Encarnacion adelina.albanil@conagua.gob.mx
15 New Zealnad NIWA Dr. James Renwick j.renwick@niwa.co.nz
16 Papua New Guinea NWS Mr. Samuel Maiha smaiha@pngmet.gov.pg
17 Peru SENAMHI Ms. Amelia Diaz adiaz@senamhi.gob.pe
18 Philipppines PAGASA Ms.Flaviana Hilario fhilarioph@yahoo.com
19 Russia HMC Dr. Dmitry Kiktev kiktev@mecom.ru
20 Russia MGO Dr. Vadim Matyugin matyugin@main.mgo.rssi.ru
21 Singapore NEA Mr. Chien Wan Tham cwtham@singnet.com.sg, THAM_Chien_Wan@nea.gov.sg
22 Thailand TMD Mr. Boonlert Archevarahuprok boonlert.arc@tmd.go.th
23 USA COLA Dr. Dan Paolino paolino@cola.iges.org
24 USA IRI Dr. David G. DeWitt daved@iri.columbia.edu
25 USA NCEP/NOAA Dr. Jae-Kyung E. Schemm Jae.Schemm@noaa.gov
26 USA NASA Dr. Myong-In Lee milee@gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov
27 Vietnam Vietnam HMS Mr. Nguyen Dang Quang quangnd@nchmf.gov.vn

overview



Recently, many parts of the world have experienced serious natural disasters associated with unusual climate. It is anticipated that the occurrence of extreme weather and climate events may become more frequent due to global warming and more erratic behavior of the ocean, such as the El Nino phenomenon.

The global economic loss due to extreme climate exceeded US$400 billion for the last ten years, which is a jump from the US$100 billion in 1980s. The GNPs were substantially reduced during the last major El Nino years, particularly over the Southeast Asian region, which had a significant impact on the global economy.

There has been a growing recognition that the international exchange of climate information is essential for minimizing natural disasters and their negative economic impacts. Among scientists and policy makers a consensus was reached that actions need to be taken to develop climate early warning systems and climate information networks at the regional scale to improve the monitoring and prediction of climate variations.

Production of skillful real-time climate predictions;


The APCC will be designed to set up an institutionalized 1communication channel for more effective exchanges of regional climate information among APEC member economies. Therefore, the APCC aims at realizing the APEC vision of regional prosperity through the enhancement of economic opportunities, the reduction of economic loss and the protection of life and property through:

Production of skillful real-time climate predictions;

Facilitating the share of high-cost climate data and information;

Enhancing the capacity building in prediction and sustainable social and

economic applications of climate information;

Minimizing climate related damages;

Capitalizing on non-preventable damages; and

Accelerating and extending socio-economic innovation.


The work of APCC will build on the capacities of member NMHSs and will in turn benefit public meteorological and hydrological institutions. Those institutions without the capacity to produce climate predictions will be able to access optimized, high-cost global climate predictions to be produced by APCC.

The mission of APCC is to enhance the socio-economic well-being

of member economies by utilizing up to date scientific knowledge

and applying innovative climate prediction techniques through:




Developing a value-added reliable real-time climate prediction system,
through a state-of-the-art multi-model climate prediction system utilizing model predictions
from member economies;

Acting as a center for climate data and related information with open access to member economies;

Helping build the capacity of member economies in producing and using reliable climate predictions;

Developing improved methods of utilizing socio-economic innovation to mitigate and adapt to
climate fluctuations and change and guide member economies towards optimum utilization of
APCC climate prediction information; and

Coordinating research toward the development of an APEC integrated climate-environment-socio-economic system model (ultimate and longer-term scope).

The APCC will be organized and equipped to perform the necessary functions.





The APCC will be organized and equipped to perform the necessary functions. The APCC will report its activities to relevant APEC fora and expand links to and avoid duplication with other non-APEC organizations.
APCN activities have been built upon the recommendations of the APCN Working Group and APCN Steering Committee. On the same line, the APCC will have the Executive Council, the Science Advisory Committee and the Member Working Group. The full-time staffs shall be composed of the Director and the staffs of three Divisions: Administration, Science, and System.

Executive Council
The Council consists of the delegates of the meteorological agencies of five APEC member economies. It reviews major policies and procedures of APCC, assesses its activities, nominates and provides guidance to the Director, and develops strategies for acquiring the necessary funding for the operation of APCC. The term of the Council Members is three years (extendable). The Council meets once a year.

Science Advisory Committee
The Committee consists of leading scientists appointed by the Director in the fields of climate modeling and prediction, and other relevant areas of interest. The Committee serves as a main science advisory body for the Director on various issues relevant to the successful implementation of APCC. It provides guidelines on research and development activities related to APCC's mission. The term of the Committee is three years (extendable).

Member Working Group
The Group consists of representatives from the NMHSs of all APEC member economies and participating institutions. As the main liaison with home institutions, the Member Working Group will facilitate the exchange of regional climate information, particularly climate prediction, among APEC member economies. They will facilitate the individual efforts in operational centers and research institutions within the framework of APEC. The Group will also work closely with the Science team of APCC for the improvement of MMES and development of new application areas. The Group meets once a year.

The Board of Directors
The Board of Directors consists of Directors including the Chairman, Director and Executive Director. It reviews and decides on the important matters such as budget, amendment to the Articles of Association, dissolution of the Foundation, appointment and dismissal of Officers and the Foundation's business. Regular Board of Directors Meetings are held twice a year and special Board of Directors Meetings are held frequently if necessary.

Director
The Director represents the APCC and is responsible for scientific, technical and administrative work of the APCC. The Director will perform those duties in consultation with the Science Advisory Committee and the Member Working Group.
The Director is nominated by the Executive Council through international competitive process, and is approved by the relevant APEC fora such as ISTWG. The Director should be a world renowned scientist with a strong background in relevant field with proven record of administrative experience. The term of the Director is four years (renewable).

Staff
Director is responsible for hiring staffs. Staffs are employed on a contract basis according to an internationally accepted norms and practices. The Director may hire additional staff members on a temporary basis when required. Staffs shall be recruited from all over the world.


Administration Division
It performs administrative work, administers education and training program, and develops new projects.

Science Division
It consists of three teams: Climate Prediction; Climate Information and Application; Research and Development.
Climate Prediction Team collects forecast data from participating members and produces multi-model ensemble (MME) climate prediction and verification.
Climate Information and Application Team carries out the climate monitoring and socio-economic application of climate prediction information.
Research and Development Team will consist of core teams at the APCC and a distributed network of research and prediction centers in the APEC economies.

The function of GPC Seoul in detail follows as;

Mission of GPC Seoul


The mission of GPC Seoul is to provide forecast outputs for Long Range Forecast (LRF)
periodically to theGPCs and NMHs. The provided data will be used in the various sectors such as
agriculture, water resources managements, disaster managements, the weather sensitive
industries and socio-economic activities etc.

The function of GPC Seoul in detail follows as;

1) To provide a limited set of forecast products (Images and GRIB2) for Long Range Forecast (LRF)
as determined by the Apendix II-6 of the Manual on the Global Data Processing and Forecasting
Systems (GDPFS).

2) To Provide hindcast data and other supporting information to WMO member countries.

3) To verify the forecast outputs by WMO Standard Verification System for Long Range Forecast
(SVSLRF) and to submit the results of verification to Lead centre for SVSLRF at the Bureau of
Meteorology, Melbourne.




History of GPC Seoul


GPC Seoul (KMA) was officially designated for the Global Producing Center at the


extraordinary session of the Commission for Basic Systems 2006 (CBS-Ext.06) held in Seoul
November 2006 (Refer to WMO-No. 1017).

c.f) The other GPCs : Melbourne (Australia), Montreal (Canada), Beijing (China), Toulouse
(France), Tokyo (Japan), Washington (USA), Exeter (UK) and ECMWF (Refer to WMO-No. 1017)

Basic Propetries

Basic Propetries


Issue frequency
Monthly
Spatial coverage
Global

Resolution
Temporal resolution : Monthly mean
Spatial resolution: 2.5° x 2.5°

Ensemble size
20 members

Lead time
3 weeks

Output type
Images and GRIB-2

Variables
Surface (2m) Temperature anomaly (K)
200 and 500 hPa height anomaly (gpm)
Mean sea level Pressure anomaly (hPa)
850 hPa Temperature anomaly (K)
Total Precipitation anomaly (mm/day)
Sea Surface Temperature anomaly (K)






Hindcast information (SMIP2/HFP)


SMIP2/HFP Experiment
Experiment design
28-year integration (1979-2007)
4-month integration for each case

Ensemble member
20 ensemble members

Initial member
20 members: 3rd~7th day of each month (00, 06,12,18UTC)

Integration time
160 days

Initial condition
Atmosphere
NCEP/NCAR reanalysis (U,V,T,q,Ps)

Land surface
Climatology

Boundary condition
SST and sea ice
Predicted SST using dynamical and statistical prediction model

Etc.
Same as SMIP2






Verification Information

All data are verified using the Standard Verification System (SVS) for Long Rang Forecasts (LRF) defined in the WMO Manual on the Global Data-Processing System (attachment II.8).
Verification Results can be seen in WMO Lead Centre for the Long Range Forecast Verification System website (http://www.bom.gov.au/wmo/lrfvs)

Verifying Datasets



Variables
Climatology
Resolution
Period

500hPa, MSLP
850hPa Temperature
2m Temperature
NCEP-DOE2
2.5°×2.5°
1979~2007

Precipitation
CAMS-OPI
2.5°×2.5°
1979~2007

SST
ERSST
OISST
2.5°×2.5°
ERSST (1979-1981)
OISST (1982-2007)





Verification Level : Level 1 and Level 2



Level1

Variables
Domain
Diagnostic Forecast
Seasons

500hPa
Global
N.H (20°N~90°N)
Tropics (20°N~20°S)
S.H (20°S×90°S)
Bulk MSSS
12 rolling 3-month

MSLP

850hPa Temperature

2m Temperature

Precipitation anomaly

SST
60°N×60°S







Level2
Variables
Domain
Diagnostic Forecast
Seasons

500hPa
2.5°×2.5°
(Global)
MSSS
Anomaly Correlation
Amplitude error
Bias error
12 rolling 3-month

MSLP

850hPa Temperature

2m Temperature

Precipitation anomaly

SST

KMA forecast system

http://www.wmolc.org/~GPC_Seoul/

Model Name
(Operational model)
Global Data Assimilation and Prediction System (GDAPS)

Dynamics Three-dimensional global spectral model with hydrostatic
primitive equations
Hybrid sigma-pressure coordinate
Semi-implicit method
Resolution T106L21
Spatial resolution: 2.5° x 2.5°

Ensemble size 20 members

Lead time 3 weeks

Sea Surface Temperature Predicted SST anomaly

Land Surface Initial
Condition Observed Climatology

Model Climatology SMIP2/HFP simulation (1979 to 2007)

Forecast range
1-month forecast
3-month forecast
6-month forecast

Major
Physics
Cloud
Convection
Kuo (1974)

Land Surface
& PBL
SiB
Yamada-Meller (1982)

Radiation
Lacis & Hansen (1974) for SW,
Roger & Walshaw (1966), Glodman & Kyle (1968), Houghton (1977) for LW

Large scale
condensation
Kanamitsu et al. (1883)

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ACE-Asia, Aerosol Characterizaiton Experiment saga.pmel.noaa.gov/Field/aceasia/
ACE-1 saga.pmel.noaa.gov/Field/ace1/
TARFOX geo.arc.nasa.gov/sgg/tarfox/
IGBP www.igbp.kva.se/
NASA/GEWEX Global Aerosol Climatology Project gacp.giss.nasa.gov/
NRL, Navy Research Laboratory www.nrlmry.navy.mil/aerosol/
NOAA/CMDL AERO www.cmdl.noaa.gov/aero/index.html
SeaWiFS Project(NASA/GSFC) seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html


Site URL
World Radiation Data Centret wrdc-mgo.nrel.gov/
NCDC www.ncdc.noaa.gov/
WMO Ozone Mapping Centre lap.physics.auth.gr/ozonemaps/


Site URL
KISTEP www.kistep.re.kr/
Ministry of Science & Technology (MOST) www.most.go.kr/
Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) www.kma.go.kr/intro.html
ACE-Asia saga.pmel.noaa.gov/Field/aceasia/
Argonne National Laboratory www.anl.gov/
EKO Instruments Trading Co. www.eko.co.jp/
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) www.epa.gov/
GreenNet www.gn.apc.org/
Greenpeace International www.greenpeace.org/
Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction Research www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/hadleycentre/
International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) http://www.igac.noaa.gov/
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) www.ipcc.ch/
NOAA/CMDL www.cmdl.noaa.gov/
Pollution Online www.pollutiononline.com/
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) sio.ucsd.edu/
United Nations Development Programme www.undp.org/
WMO/GAW www.wmo.int/pages/prog/arep/gaw/
gaw_home_en.html
Meteorological Research Institute www.metri.re.kr/
NASA-Goddard (Climate and Radiation Branch) climate.gsfc.nasa.gov
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, Colorado,USA www.ncar.ucar.edu/
NCEP(CPC) www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/index.html
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, USA www.nist.gov/
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany www.mpimet.mpg.de/english/index.html
CSIRO(DAR) www.cmar.csiro.au/
JMA www.jma.go.jp/jma/indexe.html
MRI www.mri-jma.go.jp/Welcome-sjis.html
NIER eng.nier.go.kr/
National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan www.nies.go.jp/index.html
UCAR - University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (USA) www.ucar.edu/
University of Washington(Department of Atmospheric Sciences) www.atmos.washington.edu/
University of California, Los Angeles (USA) - Department of Atmospheric Sciences www.atmos.ucla.edu/
University of Iowa, Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research(CGRER) www.cgrer.uiowa.edu/
Colorado State University (Department of Atmospheric Science) www.atmos.colostate.edu/
University of Rhode Island (Center for Atmospheric Chemistry Studies) euros.gso.uri.edu/
Univeristy of California, San Diego (Center for Clouds, Chemistry, and Climate) www-c4.ucsd.edu/
University of Colorado, Boulder (CIRES) cires.colorado.edu/
Cologne University (Germany) - Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/geomet/index-e.html
American Meteorological Society www.ametsoc.org/AMS/index.html
AGU(American Geophysical Union) www.agu.org/
Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) www.ciesin.org/
AAAR(American Association for Aerosol Research) www.aaar.org/
Project for Future & Peace www.mongolia.simin.org/
Korea-China Centre for Atmospheric Research www.kccar.re.kr/


Site URL
China Meteorological Administration (CMA), Beijing, China www.nmc.gov.cn/
Naver Research Laboratory, Monterey, USA www.nrlmry.navy.mil/
University of Arizona, Tucson, USA http://www.arizona.edu/
University of Colorado, Boulder, USA http://www.colorado.edu/
National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan http://www.nies.go.jp/
Barcelona Supercomputer Center, Barcelona, Spain www.bsc.es/projects/earthscience/DREAM/
Egyptian Meteorological Authority, Cairo, Egypt nwp.gov.eg/xampp/
Tel-Aviv University, Israel wind.tau.ac.il/dust/dust.html
University of Athens, Athens. Greece forecast.uoa.gr/dustindx.html
Republic Hydrometeorological Institute, Podgorica, Montenegro www.meteo.cg.yu/
Institute of Marine Sciences, Erdemli, Turkey www.ims.metu.edu.tr/


Site URL
AMS Journal ams.allenpress.com/
Journal of Geophysical Research www.agu.org/journals/jd
Bounary-Layer Meteorology www.wkap.nl/kaphtml.htm/JRNLHOME
Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry www.wkap.nl/journals/jatmoschem
Tenki tenki.or.jp/
AWMA(Air & Waste Management Association) www.awma.org/
Environmental Science & Technology acsinfo.acs.org/journals/esthag/esthag.html
Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment www.kosae.or.kr/english/about.html


Site URL
ARM Program www.arm.gov/
University of Tokyo(CCSR) http://www.ccsr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
NOAA/CMDL STAR(Solar and Thermal Atmospheric Radiation) www.cmdl.noaa.gov/star/
SURPRAD Network www.srrb.noaa.gov/surfrad/index.html
PREDE's Skyradiometer network(SKYNET) atmos.cr.chiba-u.ac.jp/
BSRN(Baseline Surface Radiation Network) bsrn.ethz.ch/
USDA Shadowband Network(UV B) uvb.nrel.colostate.edu/UVB/home_page.html
University of Arozona www.atmo.arizona.edu/


Site URL
ACACIA www.cgd.ucar.edu/cas/ACACIA/
US National Assessment www.nacc.usgcrp.gov/


Site URL
MM5 Homepage box.mmm.ucar.edu/mm5/mm5-home.html
HYSPLIT www.arl.noaa.gov/ready/hysplit4.html
US EPA www.epa.gov/epahome/models.htm
MMM(Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology) Division www.mmm.ucar.edu/


Site URL
Vis5D www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/vis5d.html
NCAR Graphics http://ngwww.ucar.edu/