Workshops on Extremes Indices
Regional workshops, that are modelled after the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) Indices and Indicators Workshops, are important activities of the ETCCDI and its predecessors. The general goals of the workshops include:
- Derive indices from daily data, especially measures of changes in extremes
- Fill in blank data areas in "global" analysis of climate indices
- Increase confidence in local analyses by placing these analyses in a larger, regional context that includes results from neighbouring stations and countries.
- Increase regional research synergies by sharing insights and improve analyses between neighbouring countries
- Foster greater appreciation for data and data archeology
Specific goals for each workshop include producing a peer-reviewed journal article on analysis of climate change for the giving region, and making available the data and indices in the analysis. In addition to the indepth peer-reviewed regional papers (see Table below), the indices analyzed at the workshops have contributed to a global paper (Alexander, L. V., et al., 2006: Global observed changes in daily climate extremes of temperature and precipitation, JGR, 111, doi:10.1029/2005JD006290) and contributed significantly to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (AR4 IPCC).
Past Workshops
Table: List of regional workshops held over the last decade to promote the monitoring and analysis of extreme climate events, their sponsors and the peer-reviewed publications that resulted from the workshops (taken from Peterson and Manton, 2008).
|
Date |
Host |
Region |
Sponsors |
Journal Publications |
Participants |
|
May 2012 |
Univeristy of West Indices, Jamaica |
Caribbean |
|
|
|
|
Feb 2011 |
ICPAC, Kenya |
Greater Horn of Africa |
World Bank, WMO, WCRP |
- |
- |
|
Feb 2011 |
ICPAC, Kenya |
Greater Horn of Africa |
World Bank, WMO, WCRP |
- |
- |
|
Dec 2009 |
Indonesia (workshop report, South East Asian Assessment & Dataset website) |
Indonesia, as part of DiDaH Project |
Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management |
Klein Tank et al., in preparation |
 |
|
Oct 2009 |
Service Météorologique Mauricien, Vacoas, Ile Maurice (group photo) |
Pays de la Commission de l’Océan Indien |
|
||
|
Mar 2009 |
Mexico (workshop website) |
Central America |
Strategic Fund Programme of the British Embassy in Mexico |
- |
|
|
Feb 2008 |
Republic of Korea |
Eastern Asia |
APN |
- | |
|
Dec 2007 |
Hanoi, Vietnam (workshop report) |
Southeast Asia |
Met Office, WCP-WCDMP |
target="_blank"href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.2118/abstract">Caesar et al., (2010) |
- |
|
Apr 2007 |
Brazzaville, Congo |
Central Africa |
Met Office, WCP-WCDMP |
|
|
|
Jan 2006 |
GCISC, Islamabad, Pakistan |
South Asia |
APN |
- |
- |
|
Feb 2005 |
IITM, Pune, India |
Central & South Asia |
US DOS, GCOS |
|
|
|
Nov 2004 |
CRRH, Costa Rica and INSIVUMEH, Guatemala |
Central America |
US DOS, GCOS |
|
|
|
Oct 2004 |
Turkish State Meteorological Service, Alanya, Turkey |
Middle East |
US DOS, GCOS |
|
|
|
Aug 2004 |
Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceio, Brazil |
South America |
US DOS, GCOS, IAI |
|
|
|
June 2004 |
University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa |
Southern and Eastern Africa |
START, WCRP |
|
|
|
Mar 2004 |
BMRC, Melbourne, Australia |
S.E. Asia and S. Pacific |
APN |
Griffiths et al. (2005), target="_blank"href="http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2005/2005GL022621.shtml">Nicholls et al. (2005) |
|
|
Dec 2002 |
BMRC, Melbourne, Australia |
S.E. Asia and S. Pacific |
APN |
|
|
|
Apr 2001 |
BMRC, Melbourne, Australia |
S.E. Asia and S. Pacific |
APN, START |
- |
- |
|
Feb 2001 |
Moroccan Meteorological Service, Casablanca, Morocco |
North Africa |
WCRP |
- |
- |
|
Jan 2001 |
University of West Indies, Jamaica |
Caribbean |
WMO, NOAA, NASA |
|
|
|
Dec 1999 |
BMRC, Melbourne, Australia |
S.E. Asia and S. Pacific |
APN |
|
|
|
Dec 1998 |
BMRC, Melbourne, Australia |
S.E. Asia and S. Pacific |
APN |
- |
- |
