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29 NOV 2017

ASEANCOF

Recap of the Ninth Session of the ASEAN Climate Outlook Forum (Hanoi, Vietnam)

The Ninth ASEAN Climate Outlook Forum (ASEANCOF-9) was held in Hanoi, Vietnam from 15-17 November 2017. The Forum was organised by the National Hydro-Meteorological Service of Viet Nam (NHMS) in cooperation with the ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC). The Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) provided financial support for the Forum through its funded project: “Building Resilience to High-Impact Hydrometeorological Events through Strengthening Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Southeast Asia (SEA)”. The event was co-funded by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and NHMS Viet Nam.

Apart from the regular forum proceedings to generate consensus rainfall and temperature outlooks for the December-January 2017-18 boreal winter monsoon season, a two-day workshop themed “Applications to the agricultural community – impacts, user requirements and forecast communications” was held to discuss how seasonal predictions can be useful to the agricultural sector. Participants were also brought for a tour of the new forecasting facility of the NHMS Viet Nam and for an educational visit to an agro-meteorological observation station in the outskirts of Hanoi where they learnt some of the unique observation functions at the station.

An agro-meteorological observation station in the outskirts of Hanoi.