The thirteenth session of North Eurasia Climate Outlook Forum (NEACOF-13)

Within the framework of the programme activities, the North Eurasian Climate Centre (NEACC) is planning to hold the 13-th session of Regional Climate Outlook Forum (NEACOF-13) in Moscow from 14 November through 16 November 2017.

The objective of the Forum – is a comprehensive discussion of the issues of predictability, monitoring and prediction of the short-term climate variations. The development of consensus meteorological forecast for the upcoming winter season 2017/2018 over North Eurasia territory will be the main outcome of the NEACOF-13. Leading specialists of CIS NMHS on the area of long-range forecasting, climatologists from research institutions and centres, specialists, postgraduates and students of the universities with the speciality in meteorology and climatology, representatives of the social-economic sectors interested in climate information usage will join on the platform of the Forum. NEACOF-13.

Programme will be focused on:

• improvement of the methods and technologies of the climate prediction;
• large-scale modes of atmospheric variability and its predictability;
• climate system assessment for the upcoming season in the North Eurasia regions;
• consensus forecast of climate conditions of winter 2017-2018.

The Training Course entitled “Basis of the Ensemble Seasonal Prediction” will precede the Forum and scheduled on November 14, 2017.

  The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia within the framework of the World Bank project "Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Program for Aral Sea Basin (CAMP4ASB)" supports the participation of representatives of the NEACC network from Central Asia.