Introduction to Climpact: Generating Climate Indices to Support Climate Services

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  Course Description		How to Take This Course

  Welcome to the course, Introduction to Climpact: Generating Climate Indices to Support Climate Services.

  This course explores how to generate sector-specific climate information relevant for climate-sensitive sectors through the use of an open-source software package called Climpact. Approximate time to complete: 3 to 3.5 hours.
  

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  Module 1: Introduction (~13 min)

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  • 	Summary of Climpact Climate Indices

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  Module 2: Key Concepts for Analysis of Climate Extremes (~16 min)

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  Module 3: Select Complete & Continuous Data (~15 min)

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  Module 4: Load Data and Run Quality Control (~25 min)

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  Module 5: Calculate Climate Indices (~20 min)

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  Module 6: Analyze Trends (~25 min)

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  Module 7: Calculate Correlations with Sectoral Data (~47 min)

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  Module 8: Communicate Indices & Trends (~33 min)

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  Course Resources and References

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  Acknowledgements

  • This course was developed as part of the Training Package “Strengthening the Delivery of Climate Services”, sponsored by the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA). We thank KMA sponsorship, WMO project management, and all consultants and reviewers who contributed to the development of this course. The main contributors involved during various stages of development are listed at the bottom of this page . 

    The content acknowledged below is Proprietary and permission to use it as part of this course was granted:

    
    

    Main contributors to the development of this course:

    WMO Climate Services Branch, Services Department

    • Project Lead: Ilaria Gallo, Scientific Officer

    • Project Manager: Amir Delju, Senior Scientific Coordinator

    
    

    WMO Education and Training Office, Member Services and Development Department

    • Project Manager: Mustafa Adiguzel, Scientific Officer

    • Technical Support Officer: Luciane Veek, Education and Training Support Officer

    • Program Manager: Yinka Adebayo, Director, Education and Training Office and Deputy Director, Member Services and Development Department

    
    

    Consultants

    • Subject Matter Expert: Jorge Vazquez Aguirre, WMO ET-CID

    • Instructional Media Designer: Lon Goldstein, www.elearning-designer.com  

    
    

    Expert Review and Input

    • Nicholas Herold, Climate Scientist, Director at Applied Climate Science Pty Ltd.

    • Lisa Alexander, Climate Change Research Centre and ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, University of New South Wales

    • Fatima Driouech, Vice-Chair, Working Group I, IPCC, WMO Commission on Services, Co-chair of the WMO Standing Committee on Climate Services

    • Gregg Garfin, Associate Professor and Associate Extension Specialist, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Deputy Director for Science Translation and Outreach, Arizona Institute for Resilience (AIR), University Director, Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center (SW CASC), University of Arizona

    
    

    We would like to express special appreciation for the following national institutions who have contributed data and insights for this course:

    Department of Meteorology. Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology, Cambodia (https://cambodiameteo.com)

    Dirección de Meteorología e Hidrología, Gobierno Nacional de Paraguay (https://www.meteorologia.gov.py/)

    European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (https://www.ecmwf.int)

    India Meteorological Department. Ministry of Earth Sciences. Government of India (https://mausam.imd.gov.in/)

    National Center for Environmental Information (NCEI). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA  (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov)

    Saint Lucia Meteorological Services (https://met.gov.lc/)

    Servicio Meteorológico Nacional de la Comisión Nacional del Agua, Mexico (https://smn.conagua.gob.mx)

    Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological  Institute (https://www.smhi.se/en)