1. Tasks for Follow-up workshop A.K.M. Saiful Islam Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM) Bangladesh University of Engineer and Technology (BUET) Training workshop on Regional Climate Modeling using PRECIS February 14-18, 2010, Dhaka, Bangladesh Meeting-1: March 20, 2010

2. Outline  Discussion on problems during PRECIS installation.  Distribution of LBC data of ER40 from December 1979 to 1990  Distribution of Regions (Domains) files  Assigning the tasks to the participants for follow-up workshop.  PRECIS Bangladesh Group Information can be found in CCSC web site at- http://teacher.buet.ac.bd/diriwfm/climate /precis/ http://teacher.buet.ac.bd/diriwfm/climate

3. Regions proposed for Bangladesh by Met office 1.Bangladesh -1 (50km, 25km Resolution) - Built in domain for India 2.Bangladesh -2 (50km, 25km Resolution) - Large Domain (127x112 for 50km) 3.Bangladesh -3 (50km Resolution)- Medium Domain (85x97 for 50km) 4.Bangladesh -4 (50km Resolution)- Small Domain (75x75 for 50km)

4. Domain files

5. Domain-1 Default India Region File in your PRECIS installation folder /home/precis/region

6. Domain-2 (50km)

7. Domain-3 (50km)

8. Domain-4 (50km)

9. Winter – western disturbances Winter: western disturbances/NE Monsoon Summer: Monsoon depressions PM: Tropical storms PrM: Thunder Considerations for selecting Bangladesh Domain for PRECIS - by Met office