Day 1 Workshop Programme - S2S-SEA/workshop1 GitHub Wiki
Mon, 27 Feb
Introduction and setup
Objectives
- Get to know each other
- Objectives of S2S-SEA
- Introduction to subseasonal predictions and predictability
- Introduction to S2S project and database
- Setup of participants' laptop
- NetCDF & Panoply basics
Programme
AM
- 0830 Registration (Studio 2, Lobby Level)
- 0900 Opening address
- Welcome address by Senior Principal Research Scientist (CCRS), [Dr. Bertrand Timbal] (http://ccrs.weather.gov.sg/our-people/bertrand-timbal/)
- Opening Remarks from S2S Prediction Project Co-Chairs:
- Dr. Andrew Robertson, International Research Institute for Climate & Society (IRI)
- Dr. Frederic Vitart, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
- 0930 S2S-SEA Capability Building Programme: Foundation, Activities, and Objectives (Raizan Rahmat)
- 0945 Photo-taking
- 1000 Country introductions (Brunei, Cambodia (supplementary), Indonesia, Lao PDR, and Malaysia)
Recommended 3-4 slides maximum (10 mins) per country covering these questions: What are the seasonal/subseasonal prediction services provided at the national level for your respective countries? Who are the key users/what are the sectors requiring seasonal/subseasonal predictions? What are the current methodology/models in providing such seasonal/subseasonal services?
- 1100 TEA BREAK
- 1130 Country introductions - continued (Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam)
- 1230 PRACTICAL A0.2 & A0.1: Setting up Linux Virtual Machine on participants’ laptops (Raizan Rahmat)
- 1300 LUNCH
PM
- 1400 LECTURE A1.1: Introduction to Subseasonal Predictions and Predictability (Andrew Robertson)
- 1500 LECTURE A1.2: The Sub-seasonal to Seasonal (S2S) Prediction Project - “Bridging the gap between weather and climate” (Frederic Vitart)
- 1600 TEA BREAK (check with participants status of VM setup)
- 1630 PRACTICAL A1.3: Basics of NetCDF and Panoply plotting (Raizan Rahmat)
- 1730 END/QUICK DEBRIEF
- 1830 Welcome Dinner
- Assemble at hotel lobby for bus pick-up