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WMO RCCs are centres of excellence that develop and coordinate regional products and services including climate data, monitoring and prediction that support regional and national climate activities, and thereby strengthen the capacity of WMO Members in each region to deliver better climate services to national and local-level users and partners.
A group of centres performing climate-related activities that collectively fulfil all the required mandatory functions of an RCC may be designated as a WMO Regional Climate Centre Network. Each centre in the WMO RCC Network will be referred to as a Node.
The Northern Node: (Climate Monitoring Function)
Lead: National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, China (NCC/CMA)
Consortia members: Bhutan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan
The Southern Node: (Operational Data Services Function)
Lead: India Meteorological Department (IMD), India
Consortia members: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal
The Western Node: (Long-range Forecast Function)
Lead: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), Pakistan
Consortia members: Afghanistan, China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
The following global and regional partners are technical contributors to the Network:
The Global Cryosphere Watch (GCW) program
Third Pole Environment (TPE) program
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
The Global Energy and Water Exchanges (GEWEX) project
Mountain Research Initiative (MRI)
The implementation of Training function is shared among all nodes.
China provides an overall coordination, including the establishment and maintenance of the TPRCC-Network web portal.
China Meteorological Administration:
Dr Lijuan Ma, malj@cma.gov.cn
OVERVIEW
The domain of the TPRCC-Network covers a rectangular area bounded by 25°N-50°N Latitude, 65°E-105°E Longitude, with a 2000 m contour line within this area highlighting the concept of high mountain, which is the mean altitude that the main rivers in the third pole region flow out of mountain passes. The services delivered by the TPRCC-Network will benefit countries whose territories overlap the identified domain.
The TPRCC-Network coordinates the Third Pole Climate Forum (TPCF) which is to be organized twice a year – in May and November – starting in June 2024. Demonstration phase of TPRCC-Network at technical level was initiated in May 2022 and was launched formally in June 2024 with the inaugural Third Pole Climate Forum (TPCF) in Lijiang, China.
TPRCC-Network maintains a close collaboration with the RCCs and RCC Networks that geographically intersect with TPRCC domain, such as RCC-Beijing, RCC-Pune, as well as those with similar interests, such as the Arctic Regional Climate Center-Network.