World Climate Services Programme Climate Applications and Services

Links for the WMO/WCRP/IPY Workshop on

CLIPS in Polar Regions

8-11 September 2008, St Petersburg, Russian Federation

REFERENCE DOCUMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS

Research:

• WCRP Workshop on Seasonal Prediction (Barcelona Spain June 4-7, 2007):
• The WCRP Seasonal Prediction Position Paper from the Barcelona Workshop
• IPY Press pack (including IPY Scope of Science)
• Arctic research: A global responsibility. An overview of the Second International Conference on Arctic Research Planning

Operations:

• WMO brochures on CLIPS and Regional Climate Outlook Forums (RCOFs)
• International Research Institute for Climate and Society Climate Predictability Tool (CPT)

User interface:

• Putting the human face on climate change: perspectives from Inuit in Canada (2006)
• Furgal, C., Fletcher, C. and Dickson, C. (2006): Ways of Knowing and Understanding: Towards the Convergence of Traditional and Scientific Knowledge of Climate Change in the Canadian North; Environment Canada
• Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (2005): Arctic Climate Impact; Cambridge University Press, New York, New York, 1024 p.
• WMO Conference on Living With Climate Variability and Change: Understanding the uncertainties and managing the risks (LWCVC) (17-21 July 2006, Espoo, Finland)
• Towards secure and sustainable living: the contribution of meteorological and hydrological services (Madrid, Spain, 19–22 March 2007)
• Towards secure and sustainable living: outcomes of the WMO international conference
• Madrid Conference Statement and Action Plan

POLAR STAKEHOLDERS

• Aleut International Association 
• Alfred Wegener Institute on Polar and Marine Research
• Arctic Council 
• Arctic Council Member States and observers
• Arctic Council -Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP)
• Arctic Council - Indigenous Peoples Secretariat (IPS)
• Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI)
• Arctic Athabascan Council
• ArcticInfo
• ArcticNet
• Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS)
• Antarctic Treaty Secretariat
• British Antarctic Survey (BAS)
• BAS reference to Antarctic Treaty
• Canadian Polar Commission
• Circumpolar Coping Processes Project
• Gwich’in Council International 
• International Arctic Research Center (IARC)
• International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
• International Arctic Social Science Association (IASSA)
• International Ice Patrol (IIP)
• International Permafrost Association (IPA)
• International Polar Foundation
• International Programme Office for the International Polar Year
• International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI)
• International Study of Arctic Change (ISAC)
• International Union of Circumpolar Health (IUCH)
• International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)
• Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC)
• Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK)
• National Ice Centre
• National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programmes (OPP)
• NOAA Arctic Research Program
• North Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO)
• Norwegian Polar Institute
• Polar Institute France (l'Institut polaire français)
• Polar Science Center (PSC)
• Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON)
• Saami Council
• Sami Instituhtta / Nordiskt Samiskt Institut
• Samiraddi
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
• Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI)
• Special Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
• Sustained Arctic Observation Networks (SAON)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• World Climate Applications and Services Programme (WCASP)
• World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
• WCRP-IASC-SCAR Climate and Cryosphere Project (CliC)
• WCRP Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR)
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

• Bioforsk – Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research: http://www.bioforsk.no
• CICERO – Center for International Climate and Environmental Research: http://cicero.uio.no
• Confederation of Danish Industry: http://www.di.dk
• Confederation of Finnish Construction Industries RT: http://www.rakennusteollisuus.fi
• Confederation of Finnish Industries, EK: http://www.ek.fi
• Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise: http://www.nho.no
• Confederation of Swedish Enterprise: http://www.svensktnaringsliv.se
• Danish Agricultural Advisory Service – National Centre: http://www.landscentret.dk
• Danish Insurance Association (DIA): http://www.forsikringogpension.dk
• Federation of Finnish Financial Services FK: http://www.fkl.fi
• Finnish Energy Industries ry: http://www.energia.fi
• Finnish Environment Institute – SYKE: http://www.ymparisto.fi/syke
• Finnish Forest Industries Federation ry: http://www.forestindustries.fi
• Finnish Institute of Occupational Health: http://www.ttl.fi
• Finnish Tourism and Restaurant Industries Federation, MaRa ry: http://www.mara.fi
• FinPro ry: http://www.finpro.fi
• Fortum PLC: http://www.fortum.com
• Glitnir Bank: http://www.glitnirbank.com
• Government Institute for Economic Research – VATT: http://www.vatt.fi
• Motiva Oy: http://www.motiva.fi
• MTT Agrifood Research Finland: http://www.mtt.fi
• National Public Health Institute in Finland – KTL: http://www.ktl.fi
• Nord Pool ASA: http://www.nordpool.com
• Nordic Association of Agricultural Scientists: http://www.njf.nu
• Norwegian Financial Services Association (FNH): http://www.fnh.no
• Pohjolan Voima Oy: http://www.pvo.fi
• Poyry PLC, Finland: http://www.poyry.com
• SA – Confederation of Icelandic Employers: http://www.sa.is
• SINTEF Group: http://www.sintef.no
• Stockholm Environment Institute: http://www.sei.se
• Swedish Energy Agency – Swedish National Energy Administration: http://www.energimyndigheten.se
• Swedish Insurance Federation: http://forsakringsforbundet.com
• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences: http://www.slu.se
• The Farmers Association of Iceland: http://www.bond.is
• The Federation of Finnish Technology Industries ry: http://www.teknologiateollisuus.fi
• Thule Institute – University of Oulu: http://www.thule.oulu.fi
• The Swedish Construction Federation: http://www.bygg.org
• The Swedish Hotel and Restaurant Association: http://www.shr.se
• The Swedish Steel Producers’ Association: http://www.jernkontoret.se
• Vattenfall AB: http://www.vattenfall.com
• VINNOVA – Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems: http://www.vinnova.se
• VTT – Technical Research Centre of Finland: http://www.vtt.fi

IPY Links

• International Polar Year
• Canadian IPY Programme-Contacts and Links
• USA National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Polar Programs - IPY

SPACE AND SATELLITE AGENCIES

• Canadian Space Agency (CSA - ASC - Agence Spatiale Canadienne)
• European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
• European Space Agency (ESA)
• German Aerospace Center (DLR)
• The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• NASA links to other space agencies

ACCESS TO LONG-RANGE FORECAST PRODUCTS OF GPCs

• Australian Bureau of Meteorology (WMC Melbourne) Climate Ahead
• Australian Bureau of Meteorology (WMC Melbourne) BMRC Maproom
• Australian Bureau of Meteorology (WMC Melbourne) BMRC JAFOOS POAMA
• Canadian Centre for Climate Monitoring and Analysis
• Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) Seasonal forecast information
• China Meteorological Administration (CMA) Beijing Climate Centre (BCC)
• Météo-France
• Météo-France Model Anomalies
• Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) Tokyo Climate Centre(TCC)
• Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA)
• Met Office (United Kingdom)
• Climate Prediction Center (CPC) (NOAA, USA)
• European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Forecasts
• European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Documentation
• European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Demeter dataset
• LEAD CENTRE FOR THE LONG RANGE FORECAST VERIFICATION SYSTEM (Australia)

OTHER CENTRES PRODUCING LONG-RANGE FORECASTS

• World Meteorological Centre Moscow (WMC) (Access Password provided on request)
• Center for Weather Forecasts and Climate Studies/National Institute for Space Research (CPTEC/INPE) Access to numerical model output can be provided, by sending an email to gclima@cptec.inpe.br, and a password will be provided.
• International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI)
• South African Weather Services (SAWS)
• Hydrometeorological Centre of Russia

REGIONAL CLIMATE OUTLOOK PRODUCTS

World Climate Applications and Services Programme (WCASP) RCOFs

REGIONAL CLIMATE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

• African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development (ACMAD), Niamey, Niger
• IGAD (Inter-Governmental Authority on Development) Climate Prediction and Application Centre (ICPAC), Nairobi, Kenya
• South African Development community (SADC) Drought Monitoring Centre (SADC-DMC), Gaborone, Botswana
• Beijing Climate Center (BCC)
• Tokyo Climate Centre (TCC)
• Centro Internacional para la Investigación del Fenómeno de El Niño (CIIFEN, International Research Centre on El Niño), Guayaquil, Ecuador
• National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), New Zealand
• Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM)

   

OTHER RELEVANT CLIMATE LINKS

• Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre (BMRC), Melbourne, Australia
• Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis (CCCma), Victoria, BC, Canada
• Canadian Ice Service, Ottawa, ON, Canada
• Canadian Institute for Climate Studies, U. Victoria, BC, Canada
• Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling (CGAM), Reading, UK
• Climatic Research Unit (CRU), University of East Anglia (UEA), UK
• CSIRO Atmospheric Research, Melbourne, Australia
• Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum (DKRZ) (German Climate Research Centre), Hamburg, Germany
• Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), Princeton, NJ, USA
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• NASA Goddard Insitute for Space Studies (GISS) Research, New York, NY, USA
• NERC Centres for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), U. Leeds, UK
• Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique du CNRS (LMD), Paris, France
• Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI), Hamburg, Germany
• MIT Climate Modeling Initiative (CMI), Cambridge, MA, USA
• National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Climate and Global Dynamics Division, Boulder, CO, USA
• National Ice Centre, Suitland, MD, USA
• NOAA/NCEP Climate Prediction Center (CPC), Washington, DC, USA
• UK Climate Impacts Programme, Oxford, UK
• UK universities Global Atmospheric Modelling Programme (UGAMP)
• UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

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