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Disater Risk Reduce(DRR) Course

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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)
  • 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
  • National Meteorological Center, KMA ICT Center, National Meteorological Satellite Center, and National Meteorological Supercomputer Center
Module 2
Understanding Meteorological Observations and Meteorological Instruments Operations
  • 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
  • Korea Meteorological Institute
Module 3
Trouble Shooting
  • 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
  • Korea Meteorological Institute
Module 4
Country Report and Action Learning / Plan
  • (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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