2017 APEC Climate Center Training Program

• • Topic : User-oriented Statistical Downscaling of Climate Information in Agriculture and Water Resources

• • Period : 21 - 26 August 2017
• • Venue : APEC Climate Center
• • Participants : 20 participants from 16 economies
• • Training Contents : Understanding Climate Information, Introduction to Climate Information Produced by APCC,
• Downscaling of Climate Change Scenarios and Seasonal Prediction, Practical Sessions on
• Statistical Downscaling, and Downscaling of Seasonal Forecast

Program Schedule

Lecture Materials

• • Downscaling and Seamless Climate Service for Adaptation against Climate Change (Dr. Jaepil Cho / Team Leader, Climate Application Team, APEC Climate Center)

• • National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy in Korea (Dr. Ji-Young Shin / Research Fellow, Korea Adaptation Center for Climate Change, Korea Environment Institute)

• • Korea’s Climate Change ODA: Focusing on KOICA Activities (Mr. Dohyun Park / Manager, Climate Change Office, Korea International Cooperation Agency)

• • Introduction to Climate Data (Dr. Jihyun Oh / Research Fellow, Climate Research Team, APEC Climate Center)

• • Introduction to Statistical Downscaling Method Intercomparison Project (SDMIP) Platform (Dr. Jaepil Cho / Team Leader, Climate Application Team, APEC Climate Center)

• • Use of Future Climate Information (Dr. Syewoon Hwang / Professor, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Gyeongsang National University )

• • Introduction to Statistical Downscaling Methods (Dr. Hyung Il Eum / Alberta Environment and Parks)

• • Understanding on Utilization of Weather and Climate Data with Agricultural Model (Dr. Uran Chung / Research Fellow, Climate Application Team, APEC Climate Center)

• • Climate Change Impact Assessment on Water Resources in Korea under RCP Scenarios (Dr. Jaepil Cho / Team Leader, Climate Application Team, APEC Climate Center)

• • [Practical Session] Climate Change SDS Practice (Dr. Hyung Il Eum / Alberta Environment and Parks)

• • [Practical Session] Introduction to Downscaling of Seasonal Forecast using rSForecast (Dr. Jaepil Cho / Team Leader, Climate Application Team, APEC Climate Center)

• • [Practical Session] Weather Generator and its Application to Downscaling (Dr. Moosup Kim / Research Fellow, Climate Research Team, APEC Climate Center)

• • Climate-Smart Agriculture (Dr. Kwanghyung Kim / Team Leader, Strategic Planning Team, APEC Climate Center)

• • Use of Downscaled Seasonal Forecast Information for Water Resource Management (Dr. Jaepil Cho / Team Leader, Climate Application Team, APEC Climate Center)

• • [Practical Session] Downscaling of Seasonal Forecast Data Using rSForecast I: Hindcast  (Dr. Jaepil Cho / Team Leader, Climate Application Team, APEC Climate Center)

• • [Practical Session] Downscaling of Seasonal Forecast Data Using rSForecast I: Real-Time Forecast  (Dr. Jaepil Cho / Team Leader, Climate Application Team, APEC Climate Center)

• • [Practical Session] Drought Monitoring and Forecasting using rDrought  (Dr. Jaepil Cho / Team Leader, Climate Application Team, APEC Climate Center)

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