Criteria:
- Element: Mean, Max and Min temperatures, Total precipitation; other elements (esp. GCOS essential climate variables) to be determined by the region.
- Products: climate diagnostics bulletin (Monthly bulletin & Climate Watch) including tables, maps and related products.
- Update frequency: monthly.
Description:
- ICPAC releases climate diagnostics bulletin that provides assessment of state of climate (maximum and minimum temperatures as well as total rainfall and anomalies) and outlooks on monthly basis.
2. Establish an historical reference climatology for the region and/or sub-regions
Criteria:
- Product: database of climatological means for various reference periods (e.g. 1931-60; 1951-80; 1961-90; 1971-2000; etc).
- Spatial resolution: by station.
- Temporal resolution: monthly at a minimum.
- Elements: Mean, Max and Min temperatures, Total precipitation; other elements (esp. GCOS essential climate variables) to be determined by the region.
- Update frequency: at least 30 years, preferably 10 years.
Description:
- ICPAC has developed reference climatology for 1961-1990 and 1981-2010 for climate change and seasonal forecasting respectively.
Criteria:
- Products: climate advisories and information for RCC Users.
- Update frequency: whenever required, based on the forecast of significant regional climate anomalies.
- ICPAC regularly issues a climate watch whenever there is any extreme climate event.
Monthly Bulletins
- Monthly Bulletin: August 2016
Rainfall activities were mainly observed over much of western and central parts of the northern sector, as well as over the western parts of the equatorial sector during the month of July 2016. The socio-economic impacts associated with the observed rainfall over the GHA during the month of July 2016 resulted in improved crop, pasture ... read more...
- Monthly Bulletin: June 2016
Rainfall activities were mainly observed over south western, and central parts of the northern sector, as well as western, central and the coastal areas of the equatorial sector of the ... read more
- May 2016 Bulletin
Rainfall activities were mainly observed over central and south central parts of the northern sector, western and central parts of the equatorial, as well as northern and eastern parts of... read more
- April 2016 Bulletin
Rainfall activities were mainly observed over southern parts of the southern sector as well as western parts of the equatorial sector of the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) during the... read more
- Mar 2016 Bulletin
Rainfall activities were mainly observed over the southern sector as well as south western parts of the equatorial sector of the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) during the month of February 2016;... read more