Climate Outlook for September 2016 - February 2017
BUSAN, 25 August 2016 – Synthesis of the latest model forecasts for September 2016 to February 2017 (SONDJF) at the APEC Climate Center (APCC), located at Busan, Korea, indicates the ENSO state to be neutral to weak La-Nina. The forecasts for the whole period show positive temperature anomalies to prevail over the globe, with highly probable above normal rainfalls over the maritime continent. For the equatorial Pacific predicted are slight negative temperature and strong negative precipitation anomalies.
Climate Information Service
APCC produces high-cost climate data and information by operating a real-time and highly-validated climate prediction system based on a multi-climate model ensemble (MME) technique. APCC also carries out research in order to enhance capacity in the monitoring and predication of weather and climate in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.
2016 APEC Research and Technology (ART) Program
The subject of APEC ART 2016 was “Sustainable Development Goals, Climate Change Adaptation and Innovation Platform.”
ASEAN Science-Based Disaster Management Platform Project with a Kickoff Workshop
The kick-off workshop was mandated by ASEAN in the early stages of the project development process as the kickoff workshop will be useful in: