Forecasting Course

2022 2021 2020 2019

Workshop on Strategies for Mitigating the Impact of the Natural Disasters on Africa

Duration : July 8 (Monday) ~ July 12 (Friday), 2019
Objectives
To enhance strategies of weather services
To improve severe weather response capabilities to mitigate the impacts of natural disasters on Africa
Number of Participants
2 Participants from NMHSs of the WMO members (Nigeria(1), Kenya(1))
Language : English only
Venue : WMO Regional Training Centre (RTC), Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), Seoul, Republic of Korea
Qualification of Applicants:
PR
Quasi-PR (Vice President)
Module 1. Sharing issues your country is facing
* On July 12(Mon.), please make a presentation titled "Country Report" on issues or policies
Module 2. Enhancing the strategies to mitigate the impacts of natural disasters

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Weather Forecasting Course for Operational Meteorologist

Duration : June 24 (Monday) ~ July 12 (Friday), 2019
Objectives
Strengthen meteorological skills needed to analyze observation data, numerical weather prediction products, and satellite & radar images
Extend their understanding in delivering weather services to the public and stakeholders
Number of Participants
10 participants from NMHSs of the WMO members
* Nepal(2), Lao(2), Myanmar(2), Vietnam(2), Cambodia(2)
Language : English
Venue : WMO Regional Training Centre (RTC), Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), Seoul, Republic of Korea
Qualification of Applicants:
Participants should be meteorologists with at least two years of experience in weather forecasting.
Participants should be expected to work in the related field for at least two years after the program.
Participants should have never attended KMA’s training program over recent three years.
Participants should have sufficient command of both written and spoken English.(If English is not the mother tongue, certificate of proficiency in English is requested.)

Module	Contents	Lecture	Practice (Discussion)	Study Visit
Module 1 Understanding of Korea & KMA	Korea’s Culture, Society and Language	○		National Weather Center Information and Communication Center National Earthquakes Center
	Recent Developments and Future Plans of KMA	○
	Global Needs for Weather Forecasters	○
	Role of Weather Forecaster		○
Module 2 Weather Forecasting	Synoptic Analysis		○	National Meteorological Satellite Center (NMSC) National Meteorological Supercomputer Center
	NWP Weather Chart Analysis	○
	Mid-term forecast		○
	Advanced Weather Forecasting System		○
	Weather Observation	○
	Radar Data Quality Control Techniques	○
	Case study on Radar Data Analysis		○
	Radar QPE(Quantitative Precipitation Estimation) Techniques	○
	Application to forecast of Satellite data	○
	Meteorological satellite image analysis		○
	Meteorological satellite data in now-casting and Very Short Range Forecasting		○
	Global/Regional/Local NWP Model	○
	Statistical Model	○
Module 3 Weather Service	Type of Weather Service & Delivery	○
	Forecasting & Warning Service	○
	High Impact forecasts	○
	Marine Meteorological Service	○
Module 4 Action Building(Working- level only)	Country Report Presentation Action Learning Action Plan Presentation		○
Module 5 Cultural Experience	Seoul City Tour Field Trip

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