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B08FDP training

Jianjie WANG Beijing Meteorological Bureau, CMA

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Outline Brief review of B08FDP training activit

iesThe first training workshopThe second training workshop

Outcome from B08FDP training Future training plan (a possible extended-

activity of WWRP FDP---B08, WENS,?)

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The 1st raining (10-20 April 2007, Beijing) Trainees: Forecasters from BMB & other weather offices of CMA, local champions Focuses: Knowledge on nowcasting (radar, severe weather), and on major functions and products of participant systems

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Time Content Lecturer

1 April (morning) Basic Knowledge Lemon Yu

1April (afternoon) Thunderstorm initiation forecast Lemon Yu

2 April(morning) Severe hail nowcast1 Lemon Yu

2 April(afternoon) Introduction to Beijing summer weather Guo Hu

3 April (morning) Severe hail nowcast2 Lemon Yu

3 April(afternoon) Tornado nowcast Lemon Yu

4 April(morning) Convective wind storm nowcast1 Lemon

4April(afternoon) Hailstroms in Beijing Wang Ling

5 April (morning) Convective rainstorm nowcast1 Lemon Yu

5 April (afternoon) Convective rainstorm nowcast1 Lemon Yu

6 April (morning) Break

6 April (afternoon) Break

7 April(morning) Convective rainstorm nowcast2 Lemon Yu

7 April (morning) Charateristics of severe convection in Beijing Tao Zuyu

8 April(morning) CINRAD-SA algorithms and products 1 Wu Hong

8 April (morning) CINRAD-SA algorithms and products 2 Wu Hong

9 April(Morning) China cases study Lemon Yu

9 April(afternoon) Summary for the whole lecture Lemon Yu

10 April(morning) Science of Thunderstorm Nowcasting Jim Wilson

10 April(afternoon) Nowcasting in the Overall Severe Weather Forecast Process

Tony Bannister

11 April(morning) Radar-based QPE Alan Seed

11 April(afternoon) Severe Weather Forecasting Concepts with CARDS

Paul Joe

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Agenda for the first period of Training 1-11 Apr. 2007

Focusing on basic knowledge

2-day lectures

By Jim, Paul,Tony, Alan

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time Content

12 afternoon lecture NIWOT J. Wilson (Interpretation by Yu)

13 morning lecture STEPS A. Seed (Interpretation by Yu)

13 afternoon lecture CARDS P. Joe (Interpretation by Yu)

14 morning lecture BMRC Nowcaster and TIFS Tony Bannister (Interpretation by Yu)

14 afternoon practice NIWOT,STEPS,CARDS, TIFS J. Wilson, A. Seed , P. Joe

15 morning practice NIWOT,STEPS,CARDS, TIFS J. Wilson, A. Seed, P. Joe, Bannister

15 afternoon practice NIWOT,STEPS,CARDS, TIFS J. Wilson, A. Seed, P. Joe, Bannister

16 morning practice NIWOT, STEPS,CARDS,TIFS J. Wilson, A. Seed ,P. Joe, Bannister,

16 afternoon QC WG meeting QC WG +BMB/CMA

17morning lecture Beijing ANC M.X. Chen

17 afternoon lecture SWIRLS H. Yeung

18 morning lecture GRAPES J.S. Xue

18 afternoon practice Beijing ANC ,SWIRLS, GRAPES M.X. Chen , H. Yeung, J.S. Xue

19 morning practice Beijing ANC , SWIRLS, GRAPES M.X. Chen , H. Yeung, J.S. Xue

19 afternoon practice Beijing ANC , SWIRLS, GRAPES M.X. Chen , H. Yeung, J.S. Xue

20 morning practice Beijing ANC , SWIRLS, ,GRAPES M.X. Chen , H. Yeung, J.S. Xue

20 afternoon practice Beijing ANC ,SWIRLS, GRAPES M.X. Chen , H. Yeung, J.S. Xue

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Agenda for the second period of Training 12-20 Apr. 2007

Focusing on FDP

Teachingby Jim, Paul, Alan, Tony, Linus, Jishan,

Mingxuanwith

Prepared documents and/o

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(7-12 July 2008, Beijing) Trainees: Local champions, forecasters from BMB/CMA and Aviation Meteorological Center Focuses: The performance of each participating system, especially common products, such as storm tracks and accumulated precipitation

The 2nd training

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6 weather cases in 2007 trial were selected

Decision Points were chosen for all cases

An Uniform PPT module was used

A training webpage was setup before the workshop

To make an interactive training mode

10 experts were teachers:——Jim, Paul, Mingxun, Waikin, Yerong, Bet

h, Tony, Jisong, Xiaonong etc.

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Made in-depth, first hand knowledge accessible to

the forecasters and local champions Improved the forecasters’ general knowledge on n

owcasting Helped make BMB local champions more familiar

with B08FDP products and systems’ running flow Greatly enhanced forecasters’ capability to apply B

08FDP products in the weather service for B08 Olympics

Outcome of B08FDP training

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Nowcast training workshop to Asian foreca

sters Demands from Asia (HIW, developing status…)Goals of WWRP-NWG (to meet the needs of the m

embers of WMO to improve their prediction of and response to HIW)

When, Where, How?

Future training plan

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Suggestion on Asian training

Issue Plan

when Year of 2012

where China or ?

size 20-30 forecasters

purpose Improving the knowledge on nowcasting to HIW

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WMO RMTC-Nanjing undertakes 1-2 training courses every year

The Beijing component of RMTC-Nanjing was incepted in 2003, since then, it began to conduct some training and education events

Over 300 trainees from Developing Countries have been received, which contributed to the development of WMO Education & Training program

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① To be endorsed as one of WMO WWRP training programs in 2011 to 2012

② To send a formal letter to CMA asking for holding the Asian training workshop by WMO WWRP (by the end of Jun 2011)

③ To make focal points both from WWRP-NWG and local host (CMA-RMTC or ?)

④ …

Important steps for initiation

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