# Presentation: 234222

## APEC CLIMATE NETWORK (APCN)

- Proposed by
- The Republic of Korea
- Workshop on Meteorological and Hydrological Cooperation within APEC
- Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
- January 12, 2001

## MOTIVATION

**MOTIVATION**

- Many parts of the world have experienced serious natural disasters associated with unusual weather and climate.

- Urgent actions are called for the development of climate early warning system and sharing of the advanced meteorological techniques and climate information to improve monitoring of the climate system in order to lessen natural disasters.

## PURPOSE

**PURPOSE**

- To establish a climate network for the exchange of real-time climate information among the APEC member economies.

- To reduce natural disasters related to unusual climate in the Asian-Pacific Region by enhancing emergency preparedness and capacity building in climate system monitoring.

## BRIEF HISTORY

**BRIEF HISTORY**

- Proposed at the Third APEC Ministers Conference on Regional Science and Technology Cooperation
- (21-23 October 1998, Mexico City)

- Submitted the proposal to the 16th APEC ISTWG
- (March 1999, Hong Kong)

- Approved at the 17th APEC ISTWG meeting
- (August 1999, Seattle)
-  - Cosponsor economies : Australia, Canada, China,
-                                           Indonesia, Viet Nam

## STRUCTURE

**STRUCTURE**

## IMPLEMENTATION  PLAN

**IMPLEMENTATION  PLAN**

- Step 1
- Experimental Multi-Model Ensemble Project

- Step 2
- Establish Visiting Scientist Program

- Step 3
- Organize Steering Committee

## APEC Member Economies

**APEC Member Economies**

## MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE PROJECT

**MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE PROJECT**

**Model**

**APEC**

**Dynamic**

**Holder**

**Member**

**Economies**

- Information

- Dissemination

- KMA
- Visiting Scientist Program

- Australia

- Chinese
- Taipei

- Canada

- Japan

- China

- Russia

- Korea

- US

## APEC Participants

**APEC Participants**

- Dynamic Model

| APEC Member Economies | Contact Persons | Organization |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia  | Dr. Mary E. Voice <M.Voice@bom.gov.au> | Bureau of Meteorology  |
| Brunei Darussalam  | Ms. Rosita Abdullah <modapec@brunet.bn> | Brunei Meteorological Services |
| Canada  | Dr. Bruce Angle <Bruce.Angle@ec.gc.ca> | Meteorological Service of Canada  |
| Chile  | Dr. Jorge Carrasco Cerda <clima@meteochile.cl> | Direccion Meteorologica de Chile |
| China/NCC  | Prof. Ding Yihui <yhding@public.bta.net.cn>
Dr. Li Weijing <liwj@rays.cma.gov. cn> | China Meteorological Administration  |
| China/IAP  | Prof. Huang, Ronghui <hrh@Lasgasgi4.iap.ac.cn>
Dr. Zhao-Hui, Lin <lzh@lasg.iap.ac.cn> | Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Hong Kong, China  | Ms. Ching-yee Wong <cywong_j@itc.gov.hk> | Hong Kong Observatory |
| Indonesia  | Dr. Paulus Agus Winarso <paulwin@bmg.go.id> | Meteorological and Geophysical Agency  |
| Japan  | Dr. Koichi Kurihara <ko_kurihara@met.kishou.go.jp> | Japan Meteorological Agency  |
| Korea  | Dr. Chung-Kyu Park <ckpark@kma.go.kr> | Korea Meteorological Administration |
| Malaysia | Ms. Zam Bt Ab Karim <zam@mastic.gov.my> | Malaysian Meteorological Service |
| Mexico | Dr. Efrain Aceves-Pi <aceves@mailer.main.conacyt.mx> | Servicio Meteorologico Nacional |
| New Zealand  | Ms. Angela Clark <Angela@morst.govt.nz> | Meteorological Service of New Zealand |
| Papua New Guinea  | Mr. Kialou Anggat <nisit@datec.com.pg> | National Weather Service |
| Peru | Mr. Javier Ramirez Gaston <dni@mitinci.gob.pe> | Servicio Nacional de Meteorologia e Hidrologia (SENAMHI) |
| Philippines  | Dr. Aida M. Jose <cab@philonline.com.ph> | Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) |
| Russian Federation  | Dr. Alexei A. Maximov <umc@mskw.mecom.ru>
Alexander V. Frolov <afrolov@mskw.mecom.ru> | Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorological And Environmental Monitoring  |
| Singapore  | Mr. Lim Tian Kuay <lim_tian.kuay@mss.gov.sg> | Meteorological Service Singapore  |
| Chinese Taipei |  Dr. Ming-Dean Cheng <mdc@cwb.gov.tw> | Central Weather Bureau  |
| Thailand  | Ms. Muntana Brikshavana <Brikshavana@tmdnet.motc.go.th> | Meteorological Department  |
| US/NCEP  | Dr. J. E. Schemm <Jae.Schemm@noaa.gov> | Climate Prediction Center, NCEP/NWS/NOAA  |
| US/IRI  | Dr. Chester F. Ropelewski <Chet@iri.ldeo.columbia.edu> | International Research Institute for Climate Prediction |
| US/NASA  | Dr. Max Suarez <max@gsfc.nasa.gov>
Dr. Siegfried Schubert <schubert@dao.gsfc.nasa.gov> | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Viet Nam  | Mr. Quoc Khanh Bui <apecvn@moste.gov.vn> | Hydrometeorological Service of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam |
| WMO  | Michael J. Coughlan <Coughlan-m@gateway.wmo.ch> | Climate Activities Programmes  |

## Slide 10

## Slide 11

## Asian-Pacific Advanced Network

**Asian-Pacific Advanced Network**

## EXPECTED EFFECTS

**EXPECTED EFFECTS**

- Providing counter-measurements against natural disaster related to unusual climate over the Asian-Pacific region through real-time exchange of climate information.

- Enhancing the capacity building in monitoring and prediction of unusual weather and climate in the APEC member economies.

- Sharing high-cost climate data and information produced in major climate centers.

## FUTURE PLAN

**FUTURE PLAN**

- APCN working group meeting
- (15-18 May 2001, Seoul)

- International scientific symposium

- Beginning to exchange the real-time climate prediction information among the APEC member economies
- (from 2002)

- APCN steering committee meeting