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REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTRE – SOUTH EAST SOUTH AMERICA

Julián Báez Benítez President of Regional Association III of WMO (South America) Director of Direction of Meteorology and Hydrology of Paraguay

WMO RA-III http://www.asociacionregional3.org

•  It is composed by the 12 NMHS of countries of South America + France (French Guyana).

•  The last RA meeting decides to implement four working groups:

(a) Management Group; (b) Infrastructure and Technological Development

Group (c) Climate Group

REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTERS FOR SOUTH AMERICA

Regional Climate Centers for SA (RCCs)

•  The CRCs will be Centers of Excellence, designated by WMO technical commissions of CBS and CCl, to perform functions at regional level, including: •  “Operational Data Services” •  “Operational mid and long range forecast” •  “Operational Climate Monitoring” •  “Training with the use of operational services and products of the

RCC” •  Coordination between RCCs, GCPs and NMHS in the region •  Climate Applications •  Research and Development

•  The RCCs will be complementary of/and support of the

NMHs, which will delivery the products at national level.

RCCs OF WMO RA-III

• RCC-SSA • RCC-WSA • RCC-NSA

RCC-NSA

RCC-SSA

RCC-WSA CIIFEN

REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER FOR SOUTH EAST SOUTH AMERICA (RCC-SESA) HTTP://WWW.CRC-SAS.ORG

Centro Regional del Clima para el Sur de América del

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CRC-‐SAS

Centro Regional do Clima para o Sul da América do

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CRC-‐SAS


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Members of RCC-SSA

Chair by:

Ø Argentina y Brasil

Partners:

Ø Paraguay y Uruguay

Associated:

Ø Bolivia y Chile

Collaborators Institutions:

Ø Research Institutes, Universities and Official Institutions dealing with climate research in the Members countries.


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Organization of RCC-SSA Executive Committee:

Ø  Directors of National Meteorological Services. Working Groups:

Ø  WG1: Data Management and Development of Products.

Ø  WG2: IT Infrastructure, Design and Maintenance of Web site.

Ø  WG3: Training and Capacity Building.

Ø  WG4: Research Activities including mechanism of interface with end users.

http://www.crc-sas.org

Database organization of the RCC-SSA

Total : 313 Meteorological Stations Argentina 124 SMN

40 INTA Brasil 83 Paraguay 23 Uruguay 10 Bolivia 31* Chile 16*

For the moment ONLY Conventional Stations Climate Period 1961 to Present.

Operational Meteorological Stations

Data Transfer

PostgresSQL . Mirror Server in Argentina and Brazil for Web.

Servidor FTP de CRC-‐SAS

Base de datos CRC-‐SAS

Importación abase de datos CRC-‐SAS

Notificación a puntos de contacto si se fallan tests de integridad de

datos

Base de datos AR

Exportar datoscon formato

predeterminado

Transferir archivo a

servidor FTP en CRC-‐SAS

Base de datos BR


predeterminado



Base de datos PY


predeterminado



Base de datos UY


predeterminado



Base de datos BO


predeterminado



Base de datos CH


predeterminado



Quality Control of Data

•  The quality control scripts are developed in R (open source)

•  IDB Funds are used to training the personnel of NMHS, member of RCC-SSA

IAI – CRN 3035

•  The network is comprised of an interdisciplinary team of scientists working both in universities and in government agencies and social agents working in agricultural extension agencies and NGOs.

•  The research program propose the definition and improvement of products and processes related to climate services focused on users.

Members of IAI Project

Other initiatives •  Inter American Development Bank (IADB)

• Committee Intergovernmental Coordinator of La Plata Basin(CIC)

THANK YOU!

Centro Climático Regional para el Sur de América del

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