Moving the Bangladesh Meteorological Department from climate data to climate informationBazlur Rashid, Ayshia Mossamat Khatun, (BMD)Hans Olav Hygen (MET Norway)

Norwegian Meteorological InstituteThe 4th Nordic Conference Climate Change Adaptation

Institutional support and capacity building for mitigation of weather and climate hazards in Bangladesh

1. Public Weather Services 2. Climate Services

1. Climate analyses 2. Empirical - statistical downscaling

3. Long term improvement4. Project management

Norwegian Meteorological InstituteThe 4th Nordic Conference Climate Change Adaptation

Norwegian Meteorological InstituteThe 4th Nordic Conference Climate Change Adaptation

Norwegian Meteorological InstituteThe 4th Nordic Conference Climate Change Adaptation

Norwegian Meteorological InstituteThe 4th Nordic Conference Climate Change Adaptation

Climate of Bangladesh

1. Seasons of Bangladesh2. Weather observations in Bangladesh3. Bangladesh climate normals 1981-20104. Frequency of common weather in Bangladesh5. Wind pattern for different seasons in Bangladesh6. Detected changes in Bangladesh climate7. ConclusionsAknowledgementsReferencesAppendix

Norwegian Meteorological InstituteThe 4th Nordic Conference Climate Change Adaptation

Norwegian Meteorological InstituteThe 4th Nordic Conference Climate Change Adaptation

Norwegian Meteorological InstituteThe 4th Nordic Conference Climate Change Adaptation

Frequency of common weather

Norwegian Meteorological InstituteThe 4th Nordic Conference Climate Change Adaptation

Norwegian Meteorological InstituteThe 4th Nordic Conference Climate Change Adaptation

The way foreward

• Downscaling of seasonal forecasts• Downscaling of climate projections

• Climatic trends• Homogenisation• Extend number of elements• Gridding of climate data• Verification of weather forecasts• Visualisation• …

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