Event TabsSummaryDates: Monday, September 19, 2016 to Friday, September 23, 2016Location: Victoria Seychelles SC Type: MeetingThe Fifth Session of the South-West Indian Ocean Climate Outlook Forum (SWIOCOF-5) was held in Victoria, Seychelles from 19-23 September 2016 to present a consensus outlook for the 2016/2017 rainfall season over the South-West Indian Ocean region. Climate scientists from the region's National Meteorological Hydrological Services (NMHSs), Meteo-France, ACMAD and the SADC Climate Services Centre (CSC) formulated this outlook. Additional inputs were acquired from other global climate prediction centres namely, European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF), Canadian Centre For Meteorological and Environmental Prediction (CCMEP), Beijing Climate Center (BCC), Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), Météo-France and Bureau of Meteorology, Australia (BoM), International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and UK Met Office. This outlook covers the major rainfall season from October 2016 to January 2017. The outlooks are presented in overlapping three-monthly periods as follows: October-November-December (OND); November-December-January (NDJ). Related Project: Programme for Implementing the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) at Regional and National Scales Event Documents Concept Note Agenda Consensus Outlook PresentationsPre-COF Presentations ACMAD Forecast Products Technical Note on Seasonal Climate Forecast (SON-OND 2016) SWIOCOF Verification Products Drought monitoring and Prediction: usefulness and importance of Standardized Precipitation Index State of the art of seasonal forecast in Madagascar National Meteorological Service Mauritius Meteorological Services Summer Season Outlook Data sets for SWIOCOF-5 Regional Outlook considering MF and ECMWF ensemble prediction systems Reunion Island Presentation Mozambique Presentation Southern African Regional Seasonal Climate Outlook Process South African Weather Service: Seasonal Forecast, Water Resources and Expected Outcomes Seasonal Prediction, based on Canadian Seasonal to Interannual Prediction system (CanSIPS) African Drought Monitor and Continental Seasonal Climate Forecast Service: Methods, Tools, Products Input from IMD: Precipitation Forecast Season OND 2016 & ENSO Forecast Training Session on Seasonal Forecasts SWIOCOF Presentations Drivers of Climate Variability over the South West Indian Ocean Region Cartography of Risks and Vulnerability in Union of Comoros The Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS): Background and recent progress From climate information and services to Disaster Risk Reduction: Case of Madagascar Main drivers for SWIO region climate variability Downscaling Methodology During the Pre-Forum Seasonal Forecast Context in Comoros Output models and forecasts for Madagascar Precipitation seasonal forecast issued from downscaling methods for Mauritius Mozambique Outputs for OND Reunion Island Precipitation Seasonal Forecast Outputs: Seychelles South African Weather Service: Seasonal Forecast, Water Resources and Expected Outcomes Provision of climate services in support of decision-making in the agriculture sector Development of User Interfaces through National Climate Outlook Forums (NCOF) Climate Services for the Seychelles’ Agricultural Sector: Bases for Decision Water Resources in Mauritius Seasonal Forecasting Moving from climate to impact forecasts: Delivering Climate Services for Decision Making
