Projects associated with Climate Forecast Applications encompass a series of forecasting schemes for precipitation and flood warning for the monsoon Asia region. The schemes cover short (1-10 days), medium (15-30 days) and long term (1-6 months) time periods.

The initial project, Climate Forecast Applications in Bangladesh (CFAB) is comprised of forecasting the discharges from the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers into Bangladesh and the subsequent modelling of the rainfall associated with the monsoon season on a sub-seasonal time scale. The forecast ouput is then disseminated within the community involved in agricultural practices, disaster mitigation and water resource management .

Other similar projects extending into the South Asia region include:

• CFAM The 20-25 day forecast scheme and its application to real problems is applied over a wider geographical domain.

• CFASA One of the key tasks in operational meteorology in the tropics is to forecast the timing and strength of the summer monsoon. This question of monsoon prediction is being readdressed in light of recent research findings. There is now more emphasis on the intraseasonal nature of the monsoon system.