According to CAS 8.2.6 -SDS related issues

Three major things needed in the near future

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1) To approve the recommendation to formally designate the SDS-WAS regional node in Beijing, China, as another RSMC-ADSF for the

region consisting of Asia and the Central Pacific.

New web portal of

Future Asian

RSMC-ADSF

http://eng.weather

.gov.cn/dust/prod

uct/8001.html#

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2) to produce and deliver atmospheric sand and dust storm forecasts after the evaluation of dust prediction models to address concerns expressed at CBS-15 and report on it to the CAS Management Group (MG) leading by a Joint CBS-CAS Task Team on Atmospheric Sand and Dust Storm Forecasts

18 UTC, 7 May 2002 30-hr forecast

Forecast Models

GALIONSurface-based LIDAR

System Components:

NASA A-Train MODIS CALIPSO

Global AOD Network Long-term Sites4+ years in operation, >50% coverage, as of March 2004

Total count = 90

AERONET-LTOther

GAW/AERONET/SKYNET

Surface-based AOD

WMO Supported Data to the evaluation of dust prediction models

European PM10Asian Vis & PM10

China FY SDS index & AOD

WMO SDS WAS AISA REGIONAL NODE Meeting,

Seoul, Korea125

FY-2C satellite SDS retrieval

Grid TS Scoring

Validation(near-real time)

SDS TS Scoring SystemSDS TS Scoring System

Near real time model validation againstNear real time model validation againstground-based and satellite data in Asian ground-based and satellite data in Asian CentreCentre

6

Near real time model validation againstAERONET data in Europan Centre

Tamanrasset, Algeria

Verificación frente a AERONETVerificación frente a AERONET

中国气象科学研究院Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences

中国气象科学研究院Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences

中国气象科学研究院Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences

Encourage in possible future to establish the Pan American and West Asia Centers

Encourage to carry out capacity building activities of dust forecasting systems and on development of dust products from remote sensing observations specially focused to developing countries in Africa and Asia severely affected by dust storms.

encourages the efforts to increase the observational capacity, and to support regular training events aimed to encourage and facilitate the use of the products supplied by the SDS-WAS.