The Working Group on Climate and Hydrology (WG/CH) has been established by the XV Session of RA-VI (Brussels, September 2009) through its Resolution 4 (XV-RA VI).

The major focus of WG/CH is on the WMO Strategic Plan Expected Results:

ER 2

Enhanced capabilities of Members to provide better climate predictions and assessments

ER 3

Enhanced capabilities of Members to provide better hydrological forecasts and assessments

ER 7

Enhanced capabilities of Members to provide and use weather, climate, water and environmental applications and services

WG-CH Work Programme and related documents WG-CH Meetings

WG/CH - Composition
Name	Position
Anahit Hovsepyan (Armenia)	Co-chair for Climate
Markku Puupponen (Finland)	Co-chair for Hydrology
Stefan Rosner (Germany)	Core member
Jose Antonio Guijarro (Spain)	Core member
Ali Umran Komuscu (Turkey)	Core member
Dmitry Kiktev (Russian Federation)	Core member
Josef Eitzinger (Austria)	Core member
Dominique Berod (Switzerland)	Core member
Ilmar Karro (Sweden)	Core member
Giuseppina Monacelli (Italy)	Core member
Bogdan Ozga-Zielinski (Poland)	Core member
Caroline Wittwer (France)	Core member
Task Teams	Task Team Leaders
Task Team on Regional Climate Centres (TT/RCC)	Stefan Rosner
Task Team on Drought Management (TT/DM)*	Ali Umran Komuscu
Task Team on Data Rescue (TT/DARE)	Jose Antonio Guijarro
Task Team on Agrometeorology (TT/AGM)	Josef Eitzinger
Task Team on Hydrometry (TT/HMETRY)	Dominique Berod
Task Team on Flood Forecasting and Warnings (TT/FFW)	Ilmar Karro
Task Team on Potential Extreme Floods (TT/PEF)	Bogdan Ozga-Zielinski
Task Team on Water Scarcity and Drought (TT/WSD)*	Giuseppina Monacelli
Task Team on Hydro-Meteorological Early Warning System (TT/HMEWS)	Caroline Wittwer
Task Team on Regional Climate Outlook Forum (TT/RCOF)	Dmitry Kiktev
* The two task teams will work in close collaboration and produce a common deliverable