General information
Dr. Paul Bugeac, one of the most experienced trainer and expert in forecasting and climatology from Romanian Air Traffic Services Administration (ROMATSA, well-known air traffic services provider for the aircraft operating in the East Europe established in 1991) and core-member of WMO working group on aviation meteorology, will deliver the interactive training. You will get the great chance to actively participate in the training the main objective of which is to learn more about the modern methods of weather forecasting. Students will have a unique opportunity to practice in how to apply different forecasting techniques.
Certificates of the WMO Regional Training Centre in the RF will be issued to sucessful graduates.
Objectives
Students will be able to:
• Understand the weather and hazards associated to the CB clouds, Turbulence and Icing
• Understand dangers involving aviation and the importance of doing a very good forecast
• Integrate all information available
• Apply the forecasting techniques presented
• Understand dangers involving aviation and the importance of doing a very good forecast
• Integrate all information available
• Apply the forecasting techniques presented
Training duration is 21- 25 March 2011, working load is 5 days, 4 academic hours/day
Minimum necessary background
• upper-air diagrams, stability indices
• synoptic meteorology – cyclone/anticyclone formation and structure, forecasting cone
• dynamic meteorology – vorticity, potential vorticity, advections (thermal and vorticity), vertical motions
• basics of satellite meteorology
• basics of radar meteorology
• numerical weather prediction evaluation, conceptual models
• synoptic meteorology – cyclone/anticyclone formation and structure, forecasting cone
• dynamic meteorology – vorticity, potential vorticity, advections (thermal and vorticity), vertical motions
• basics of satellite meteorology
• basics of radar meteorology
• numerical weather prediction evaluation, conceptual models
REGISTRATION:
Registration is open till 28 February 2011. Please confirm your willingness to participate in the seminar by filling an application form and send it to Anna Filippenko from RSHU International Relations Office (anna_fil@rshu.ru; 8 812 444 56 36). The maximal amount of participants is limited by 15 persons.
PARTICIPATION FEE:
500 RUB (is to be paid to the local organizers by cash not later than 28 February 2011). It includes organizational fee, coffee breaks, stationery and printing certificates.
NOTES:
• working language of the seminar is English. Minimal knowledge of English required is upper-intermediate
• please, be ready to prepare and make a short presentation on the topic proposed by the instructor which will be available well in advance
• please, be ready to prepare and make a short presentation on the topic proposed by the instructor which will be available well in advance
A draft of training program is available here.
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