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SERA & GIFS-TIGGE

The SERA & GIFS-TIGGE Working Group aims to develop and promote societal and economic-related demonstration projects focused on high-impact weather (HIW) and information. This includes evaluating the societal and economic benefits of weather information and developing a Warning Information System.

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SERA & GIFS-TIGGE

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  1. SERA & GIFS-TIGGE Brian Mills Adaptation and Impacts Research c/o Faculty of Environment University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 +1 519 888 4567 ext.35496 Brian.Mills@ec.gc.ca bmills@uwaterloo.ca 22 February 2010 Eighth Meeting of the TIGGE-GIFS Working Group WMO HQ, Geneva, Switzerland

  2. Scope and Research Priorities The primary purpose of the WG SERA is to advance the science of the social and economic application of weather-related information and services. This will be accomplished in part through the development, review and promotion of societal and economic-related demonstration projects focused on high-impact weather (HIW) and information.

  3. WG Structure Research & Application Interest Groups WWRP Expert Liaison (THORPEX-TIGGE) Core Membership Projects, Demonstrations & Testbeds • social scientists • users • engagers WWRP Expert Liaison (Verification) WWRP Expert Liaison (Mesoscale Weather, THORPEX-RCs,etc.) ICSU/ISSC/ISDR Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) WMO Programme Management (THORPEX-EC, WMO Forum/PWS, CCl-OPAGs3/4…) Other Connections(IFRC, IAEM, Earth System Science Partnership, GEO, WHO, WTO, World Bank, NMHAs, industry organizations, IIASA, etc.)

  4. SERA WG Meeting #1 – October 2009, Trieste, Italy Linda Anderson-Berry(Bureau of Meteorology, Australia) Kwabena Asomanin Anaman(Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration) Jacqueline Frick(Swiss Federal Research Institute) Paul Kovacs(Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, Canada) Nanette Lomarda(WG SERA Secretariat) Brian Mills(Environment Canada) Michael Staudinger(Zentralanstallt f. Meteorologie und Geodynamik, Austria) Angelika Wirtz(Munich Reinsurance, Germany) Guests Aïda Diongue-Niang(Senegal Meteorological Agency) David Parsons(WWRP Secretariat) Eugene Poolman(South African Weather Service) ICTP, Trieste

  5. SERA Tasks (WWRP Strategic Plan) • Finalize the initial WGSERA membership and establish a three-year WG meeting schedule with the WWRP Secretariat. • Clearly define mutual and complementary roles with the ICSU Planning Group on Natural and Human induced Hazards and Disasters (ICSU IRDR). • Establish a basic inventory of related projects, capacity, contacts, and interest in SERA through consultation with WG members, NMHSs, WWRP WGs, THORPEX Regional Committees, other WMO programmes, professional societies, and academic institutions. • Develop the architecture and content for an international SERAwx web resource for social scientists and users (either on the WMO-WWRP site or an external server). • Convene a joint meeting/session with the JWGVR to define and scope a series of regional and sector based case applications that cut across nowcasting, meso-, and sub-seasonal scales of prediction/decision-making. • Develop, test and evaluate a SERA-friendly TIGGE dataset from multiple user-perspectives in conjunction with the THORPEX-TIGGE WG. • Prepare an outline scoping out a multi-year project to assess the global societal and economic benefits (and costs) of weather information.

  6. Meeting #1 Decisions/Actions Decision/Action: WG SERA will develop a Warning Information System “Pre-Demonstration Project” which will include a GlFS-TIGGE/TIGGE-LAM evaluation component and applications derived from existing activities (e.g., MeteoAlarm, MAP D-Phase, GIN, SWFDPs other EPS applications). J. Frick, B. Mills, L. Anderson-Berry, M. Staudinger, E. Poolman to define specific research questions, opportunities to leverage existing or planned projects, and ultimately a plan/proposal (J. Frick to inform WG SERA on GIN activity before March 2010; report on progress at next WG SERA meeting, June-July 2010).

  7. Discussion: SERA & GIFS-TIGGE • Incorporating GIFS-TIGGE interests into the SERA Pre-demonstration project: • Northwestern Pacific Tropical Cyclone Track Ensemble Forecast Research Project • Thorpex Regional Committee activities • SDS-WAS • ICSU/ISSC/UNISDR Integrated Research for Disaster Risk – disaster response applications • User engagement: Who are the current and expected “users” and “beneficiaries” of TIGGE and TIGGE-LAM? • Research community, operational forecasters, specialized end-users…public • Decision-making profiles • Methods and applications to examine, qualify and quantify use, expected and realized value

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