CB CLOUDS, FORECASTING AND ASSOCIATED HAZARDOUS WEATHER
General informationDr. 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) 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
• 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
Duration and working load 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 02 February 2009. Please confirm your willingness to participate in the seminar by contacting Anna Kanukhina from RSHU International Relations Office (anakan@rshu.ru; 8 812 444 56 36). The maximal amount of participants is limited by 12 persons.
PARTICIPATION FEE:
600 RUB (is to be paid to the local organizers by cash not later than 09 February 2009). 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 shedule of the seminar is available here.
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