Disater Risk Reduce(DRR) Course
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- Disater Risk Reduce(DRR) Course
Capacity Building for Maintenance of Meteorological Instruments and Early Warning System
- Duration : (Invitational training) October 27 (Sun) - November 16 (Sat), 2019 (including participants' arrival and departure dates)
- *Training Duration: October 29 (Tue) - November 15 (Fri)
- Objectives
- 1) To understand the status of KMA's duties and policies on prevention of natural disaster
- 2) To understand how to manage and maintain meteorological instruments in case of troubles and failures.
- 3) To strengthen future cooperation in the operational weather forecasting among the participating countries
- Number of Participants
- 20 persons
- (Morocco(2), Ecuador(2), Nicaragua(1), Dominican Republic(2), Haiti(2), Guatemala(1), Mozambique(2), Ghana(2), Indonesia(2), Bangladesh(2), Fiji(2)
- Language : English only
- LOCATION : Training-Korea Meteorological Administration (Seoul),Accommodation-Marriott Yeouido
- Qualification of Applicants:
- Be nominated by his/her government;
- Be in good health both physically and mentally, enough to take the course;
- Have a willingness to show a high level of participation and commitment throughout the course and contribute to the capacity building of his/her organization after the completion of the program;
- Have not participated in the same or similar KOICA Fellowship Program for the past three years, unless otherwise specified; (provided, however, that a key person for the course of the intensive performance management program, for example, may participate in the same or similar KOICA Fellowship Program, subject to pre-discussion with KOICA.)
- The organizations conduct National Meteorological Services;
- Working-level staff (entry-level) and mid-level managers working in meteorological equipment and system operation/management
- Public officials and engineers with more than 2 years of experience in the management and maintenance of meteorological instruments
- Sufficient proficiency in written and spoken English to actively participate in seminars and write an Action Plan
| Module |
Contents |
Study Visit |
Module 1
Fundamentals of Meteorological / Disaster Risk Reduce (DRR)
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- Introduction of Korean meteorological tasks
- National disaster management system
- General meteorology (Understanding of meteorological phenomena/case study)
- General meteorology (Atmospheric dynamics)
- Meteorological Information Portal Service System_Disaster Prevention
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- National Meteorological Center, KMA ICT Center, National Meteorological Satellite Center, and National Meteorological Supercomputer Center
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Module 2
Understanding Meteorological Observations and Meteorological Instruments Operations
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- Understanding of meteorological observation tasks and methods
- Fundamentals of electronics, electricity, and communication
- Meteorological observation instruments and network
- Operational principle and characteristics of meteorological observation instruments
- Operation and maintenance of meteorological observation instruments
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- Korea Meteorological Institute
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Module 3
Trouble Shooting
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- Processing and quality control of meteorological observation data
- Principles and analysis technology of meteorological instruments
- Inspection method and process of meteorological instruments
- Fault diagnosis and recovery of meteorological instruments
- Main cause of AWS components' failures
- Inspection and repair practice of AWS
- Calibration and correction of instrumental errors
- Meteorological instrument calibration practice
- Development trend of meteorological instrumentation technique
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- Korea Meteorological Institute
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Module 4
Country Report and Action Learning / Plan
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- (Workshop)
- Presentations of country reports by each participant and sharing the current status and main conflicts in the management of meteorological instruments
- Action plan workshop on establishing feasible and practical plan for the effective maintenance of instruments
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