WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION COORDINATION GROUP ON SATELLITE DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR REGION III AND IV Recommendations from RA III/RA IV SDR -2 Training Task Team (SDR-TTT) KATHY-ANN CAESAR CARIBBEAN INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY BARBADOS COE AND VLAB CO-CHAIR DR. ESTELA COLLINI SERVICIO METEOROLÓGICO NACIONAL (SMN) DE ARGENTINA
ACTION: RA-3-4-SDR TRAINING TASK TEAM (SDR-TTT): FORMULATE A TRAINING AGENDA FOR THE REGION Considering training needs of the Regional stakeholders (at the level of forecasters, IT personnel, teachers and researchers) and Considering existing resources and events.
The SDR-TTT recommendations Implementation of a National Satellite Training Plan; Services to ensure that their forecasters and other relevant stakeholders complete the Foundation Online Training courses http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/training/visit/training_sessions/. Services nominate a focal point as a Trainer - who will be provided with the necessary satellite interpretation and manipulation training. The National Satellite Training Plan must be submitted to the SDR-TTT if assistance is required in developing and/or identifying further training courses. IT training needs to be identified based on the user needs and priorities
Satellite Foundation Course for GOES-16 (SatFC-G) John Doe
IT Support IT training needs to be identified based on the user needs and priorities! Hardware:- Vendors of the receiving hardware will provide training in use and maintenance of the equipment if part of the contract. Software: Management, Manipulation and Scripting: There are few experts among the Regional services; Each service should identify an IT expert for training Visualization software training: Available visualization software: 1. McIDAS V - Freeware 2. AWIPS used by the US NWS Service 3. SIFT a tool developed by University of Wisconsin 4. SIGMAcast a tool developed by INPE Brazil
Satellite Skills and Knowledge for Operational Meteorologists DESCRIBES THE UNDERPINNING SKILLS THAT SUPPORT THE WMO COMPETENCIES THAT RELATE TO THE USE OF SATELLITE DATA BY OPERATIONAL METEOROLOGISTS
CoEs Training Plans - Argentina and Brazil Training Plans Argentina CoE Objective: The forecasters must learn the latest capacities provided by the new generation of geostationary satellites in order to apply them at the SMN operational offices to improve the weather forecast and warnings. Monitoring and diagnostic of potential situations of severe weather (showers, hail, devastating winds, and tornadoes). Short term forecast of severe storms (convection initiation and mesoscale convective complexes (MCCs)). Real time monitoring of the satellite precipitation estimates. Lightning monitoring associated with severe weather phenomena. Fog areas advisory for the aviation safety. Identification of different types of turbulence like, among others, convectively induced, mountain wave, and jet stream turbulence on behalf of the aviation safety. Volcanic ash monitoring and warnings on support of the Buenos Aires VAAC Brazil CoE Objective- The training plan for the Next Generation of Environmental Satellites, developed by the VLab Center of Excellence of Brazil, hosted at INPE/CPTEC, is focused on NOAA s GOES-R(16) geostationary satellite. Two main directions: i) one to advertise and prepare general users for GOES-R new capabilities and data access (user readiness); and ii) to train Brazilian National and Regional Meteorological Services and Weather Alarming Agencies (e.g. civil defenses) to use GOES- R imagery and products in their weather forecasting and monitoring systems.
CoEs Training Plans - Barbados and Costa Rica Barbados CoE Distribution and use of the NOAA Satellite Foundation Course; Support of the VLab Regional Focus Group Satellite as a training forum Restart of the Caribbean Weather Discussion; Next Generation Satellite Module in the Aero- CPD course in September; Re-tailoring of the Satellite courses in the Bachelor's Degree and BIP-M programs Developing Training products and training materiel from products via GNC Costa Rica CoE - Costa Rica is generating training on the technical aspects related to satellite data dissemination and product generation as well as the necessary tools to share the training material. These trainings include operating system usage, programming languages, scripting languages, and low level product generation automation.
CGMS-WMO Virtual Laboratory
Training was offered in 5 of the WMO official languages plus Korean and Portuguese. Participants from all WMO Regional Associations were reached.
A good number of courses offered in 2016 included the preparation of users for the new generation of satellites Himawari-8/9 Satellite Analysis using SATAID by JMA GOES-R workshops by NOAA Next generation of satellites by KMA Event Week on MTG-I Satellite by EUMETSAT FY4 Satellite Products by CMA
Himawari-8 Natural Colors 2015-02-13 04:05UTC Himawari-8 Training Campaign Started in January 2015 Organized by CoE Australia A considerable amount of training resources has been produced and it is available at the CoE Website
National Himawari-8 Training Campaign - Phase 2 Short (10-15 minute duration) Case Studies: Rapid Scan RGB products Quiz and Assessment Questions (Moodle ISOBAR webpage) Ongoing Tutorial Sessions On a Fortnightly Basis On demand
Very useful website the EUMETRAIN RGB Colour Interpretation Guide http://www.eumetrain.org/rgbguide/rgbs.html
Expert workshop on RGB composites derived from multispectral imagery 2017 This workshop will be timely to discuss lessons learned from applying the WMO/EUMETSAT RGB standard to new-generation imagers and implications for operational forecasting and training
Regiona l and Global Events advertised in the Online Calendar
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