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AREPGAW
Section 3 – Introduction and Overview of Course
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Environmental Prediction into the Next Decade: Weather, Climate and the Air We Breathe (Day 2 Summary)
Weather/Climate services
Environmental Services (Atmosphere )
Climate forcing by gases and aerosols
Long-range pollutant transport
Air quality
Dust outbreaks
Solar energy
UV radiation
Flooding/high impact precip
…….
Environmental agencies
provide data & information on
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Environmental Prediction into the Next Decade: Weather, Climate and the Air We Breathe (Day
2 Summary) CLOSER INTEGRATION
–radiation–temperatures–precipitation–climate-forcing gases–aerosols
Observations (direct, proxies)
Models–global–trans-boundary–regional
Scenarios–global–trans-boundary–regional
Policy Action–governmental–enterprise level–individual
Operational Services
Integration of Weather/Climate/Env
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Environmental Prediction into the Next Decade: Weather, Climate and the Air We Breathe (Day 2 Summary)
Air Quality Weather Climate
But larger geographic extents
Common Challenges
NRT data flows
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• Regional Workshop (WS) on Air Quality Forecasting (AQF) , August 2000, Kuching, Malaysia• Expert Workshop on AQF , October 2002, Cuernavaca, Mexico• Expert WS on AQF for Latin American project, October 2003, Santiago de Chile• Training WS on AQF WRF Chem and Satellites, January 2006, Sao Paulo, Brazil• Training WS on (Basic) AQF for Latin American Countries, July 2006, Lima, Peru• Training Course on Air Quality Forecasting for India and South Asia, December 2008, Pune, India•Training Course on AQ Modelling for Latin American , Cities project, 10 – 14 August 2009, Mexico City• International Workshop on Air Quality Forecasting Research, December 2009 in Boulder (Joint Canada/USA)
EXPO 2010 Shanghai China WMO (GURME) Pilot Project MHWS
Better City, Better LifeBetter City, Better Life
WMO-GURME Air Quality Workshops & Pilot Projects
(Examples)
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AQ regional or city network #i
AQ regional or city network #...
AQ regional or city network #N
AQ site #1 AQ site #...
AQ site #N
National Environment Institute
or Ministery
NRT
NRT
Any Insitute worldwide having been granted access to the data
DCPC
NC/DCPC
NC NCNC/
DCPC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
GISC
GISCGISC
SatelliteTwo-Way Systems
Satellite Dissemin
ation
(IGDDS)
NC
NC
DCPC
GISC GISC
DCPC
NRT
NRT
Future NRT data flow (using the WIS)
WMO/GAW ET-NRTCDT (together with US, Asia,…). Europe : collaboration with EEA, EMEP, NILU,…
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Questions?
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“Carbon Weather”
January(net CO2emission)
July(net CO2 uptake)
Long-termObservations
CarbonTrackerTM
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Improved Weather and Seasonal Climate prediction
Why a Sand and Dust Storm Warning Advisory and Assessment System?
Human Health (Asthma, infections, Meningitis in Africa, Valley Fever in the America’s)
Agriculture (negative & positive impacts)
Industry (Semi-conductor, etc.)
Energy (Thermal solar energy)
Aviation (air disasters) Ground Transportation
Marine productivity (negative & positive impacts)
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9~800,000 excess deaths per year globally no region immune!
& Weather
A Major Challenge: Characterizing The
Interactions Between Air Pollution, Weather And Climate That Are Many
And Complex
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