TCC Training Seminar on ENSO/IOD and Regional Impact
JMA's Tokyo Climate Center (TCC) has been assisting National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) in improving their climate services since 2008. The Center's two major activities in this regard involve providing basic climate data, products and tools to NMHSs through its website and assisting with capacity development at NMHSs in the Asia-Pacific region. TCC holds annual training seminars as part of capacity development activities in its role as an RCC in the WMO RA II area. In addition to running annual training seminars, TCC arranges expert visits to NMHSs to promote the effective transfer of technology and discuss possible support for climate services.
In this context, the Center held the training seminar on ENSO/IOD and regional impact on 15-16 (online) and 21-24 (face to face at JMA headquarters) January 2025. The seminar was attended by 12 trainees from NMHSs in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Hong Kong (China), Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam. The seminar focused on improving knowledge about climate system, and on enhancing skills in analyzing impacts of oceanic variability such as ENSO/IOD on regional atmospheric conditions, by using the Interactive Tool for Analysis of the Climate System (iTacs). At the end of the seminar, all participants gave presentations regarding ENSO/IOD's impacts on climate of their countries and had fruitful discussions with TCC staffs.
The content of the lecture is available on the TCC website at https://www.data.jma.go.jp/tcc/tcc/library/library2024.html.
