CCl/CLIVAR/JCOMM
Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices

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).

Upcoming Workshops

Greater Horn of Africa workshop on extremes indices to be held on 19-23 April 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya. This workshop is sponsored by the World Bank and is part of a series of three with additional ones on regional modelling and impact assessment. Together these activities form the WMO/World Bank project: Climate Observations and Regional Modelling in Support of Climate Risk Management and Sustainable Development.

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
Dec 2009	Indonesia (workshop report)	Indonesia, as part of DiDaH Project	Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management	-
Oct 2009	Service Météorologique Mauricien, Vacoas, Ile Maurice (group photo)	Pays de la Commision de l’Océan Indien	ACClimate, Commision de l’Océan Indien	Vincent et al., in prep.
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	Caesar et al., in prep.	-
Apr 2007	Brazzaville, Congo (group photo)	Central Africa	Met Office, WCP-WCDMP	Aguilar et al., (2009)
Jan 2006	GCISC, Islamabad, Pakistan	South Asia	APN	-	-
Feb 2005	IITM, Pune, India	Central & South Asia	US DOS, GCOS	Klein Tank et al. (2006)
Nov 2004	CRRH, Costa Rica and INSIVUMEH, Guatemala	Central America	US DOS, GCOS	Aguilar et al. (2005)
Oct 2004	Turkish State Meteorological Service, Alanya, Turkey	Middle East	US DOS, GCOS	Zhang et al. (2005)
Aug 2004	Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceio, Brazil	South America	US DOS, GCOS, IAI	Haylock et al., (2006), Vincent et al. (2005)
June 2004	University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa	Southern and Eastern Africa	START, WCRP	New et al. (2006)
Mar 2004	BMRC, Melbourne, Australia	S.E. Asia and S. Pacific	APN	Griffiths et al. (2005), Nicholls et al. (2005)
Dec 2002	BMRC, Melbourne, Australia	S.E. Asia and S. Pacific	APN	Page et al. (2004)
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	Peterson et al. (2002)
Dec 1999	BMRC, Melbourne, Australia	S.E. Asia and S. Pacific	APN	Manton et al. (2001)
Dec 1998	BMRC, Melbourne, Australia	S.E. Asia and S. Pacific	APN	-	-

last updated Thu, Jun 10, 2010 by Anna Pirani