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Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss

Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss. Welcome ! Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss ACRE Workshop 23 – 25 June 2008 Dr. Gabriela Seiz. Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss. National weather service

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Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss

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  1. Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss Welcome!Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwissACRE Workshop 23 – 25 June 2008Dr. Gabriela Seiz

  2. Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss • National weather service • Basis: Federal Act on Meteorology and Climatology data acquisition and exchange, weather forecasts, warnings, climatological information, research and development • Observations: station networks, ground-based remote sensing (weather radar, lidar, etc), atmospheric soundings, satellite data • NWP used: COSMO consortium developed model (Lokal Modell),COSMO-7 (7 km) operational, COSMO-2 (2.2 km) • Switzerland's representative in ECMWF, Eumetsat, Eumetnet, WMO • National focal point for GCOS (Swiss GCOS Office)

  3. Swiss GCOS Office KD Climate Services

  4. Swiss GCOS Office • Global Climate Observing System GCOS, established in 1992 Co-sponsored by WMO, IOC (UNESCO), UNEP, ICSU GCOS Secretariat at WMO in Geneva = International Coordination • Swiss GCOS Office at MeteoSwiss = National Coordination  National GCOS Round Table (every 8-10 months)  First complete inventory of:- long-term climatological data series- international data centres in Switzerland- measurements outside Switzerland  Progress reports to the UNFCCC about the implementation of GCOS (eg. 15 Sep 2008)  Pilot projects with satellite data for climate studies  www.gcos.ch

  5. meeting point for dinner on 24th:7:30 pm at Bellevue station dinner location for Tuesday ACRE Workshop: Dinner Tue 24th June For further questions: Paul Della-Marta Stéphanie Frochaux Gabriela Seiz Nando Foppa

  6. Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss … and a successful meeting!Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwissACRE Workshop 23 – 25 June 2008

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