1 NOAA/USA contributions Presented by: Bernie Connell (CIRA) For the period: September 2011 to August 2012 Includes contributions from: US National Weather Service (NWS) Training Division Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) NWS Hydrometeorological Prediction Center (HPC) / International Desks University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) COMET UCAR at NWS International Activities (IA) Office 1 Virtual Laboratory Management Group Sixth Meeting - VLMG-6 São José dos Campos, Brazil – 8 to 11 October 2012

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6 VLab Activities Americas and Caribbean Monthly Focus Group (12 sessions) + CIMH (Barbados) led sessions Contributions to Workshops and Training Events US Training links Environmental Science Resource Center (ESRC) VLab TSO Support: funding and oversight for position via CIRA

7 Americas and Caribbean Monthly Focus Group CIRA-WMO VLab http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/vlabhttp://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/vlab 7

8 8 Americas and Caribbean Monthly Focus Group CIRA-WMO VLab http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/vlabhttp://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/vlab

9 Focus Group Recordings 2012: June - September http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/training/rmtc/fg_recording.asp 3 segments from each session were sent through GEONETCast Americas following the Aug. and Sept. sessions. 9

10 Lecture and RFG support to training activities WMO Regional Training Seminar for National Instructors of RA III and RA IV (Aug. 2012) Workshop on Numerical Weather Prediction and Forecasting (June 2012) Caribbean Aviation Week (May 2012) Training on EMWIN and GEONETCast systems (April 2012) Dust and Ash Week (Oct. 2011) Aeronautical Continuing Professional Developing Course (Sept. 2011 – May 2012 and Sept. 2012 - May 2013 Training on the Central America Flash Flood Guidance System (Sept. 2011 10

11 WMO Regional Training Seminar for National Instructors of RA III and RA IV Lima, Peru, 6 – 17 August 2012 Mike Davison, NOAA/HPC/NCEP, presented lecture/session on: –Capabilities and Limitations of Online Training –VISITview demonstration Coordinated RFG Americas and Caribbean Session on 15 August 11

12 Workshop on Numerical Weather Prediction and Forecasting Mexico City, Mexico 4-8 June 2012 Co-ordinated with Servicio Meteorologico Nacional de Mexico (SNM) Sponsored by US NWS, WMO, and SMN 9 lectures and 7 exercises covering: Isentropic Surfaces, Upper Level Jets, Satellite Imagery Applications and development of quantitative precipitation forecasting techniques. US contributors: Mike Davison and Jose Galvex (both HPC International Desks), Rosario Alfaro (UCAR at NWS IA) 12

13 Caribbean Aviation Week: 30 April – 3 May 2012 Organizer: Kathy-Ann from CIMH Barbados Mike Davison, NOAA/HPC/NCEP, presented 2 lectures: –Fronts and Shear Lines –Easterly Waves or TUTT induced Pertubations? 13

14 Training on EMWIN and GEONETCast systems April 2012 Hosted by MARN, El Salvador Sponsored by NOAA/NWS Presenters: Kelly Sponberg and Rosario Alfaro (both UCAR at NWS IA) Audience: Forecasters and technicians of MARN 14

15 Dust and Ash Week: 24-28 October 2011 EUMETSat organized the week Tom Lee, Naval Research Lab presented –Dust detection – VIS/IR techniques Bernie Connell, CIRA presented –Volcanic eruptions: introduction to remote sensing techniques for ash and SO 2 detection 15

16 Aeronautical Continuing Professional Developing Course Sept 2011 – May 2012 and Sept 2012 - May 2013 Organizer: Kathy-Ann from CIMH Barbados Recorded US modules/presentations: –Basic Satellite Interpretation in the Tropics –HPTE Lecture D: Convection –Introduction to GOES-R In 2012-2013, Moodle is being used through the COMET program. 16

17 Training on the Central America Flash Flood Guidance System September 2011 Hosted by Ministerio del Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (MARN), El Salvador Sponsors: Hydrological Research Center of San Diego and NOAA US Presenters: Kosta Georgakakos, Theresa Carpenter, and Rochelle Graham (all HRC), and Rosario Alfaro (UCAR at NWS IA) Audience: meteorologists and hydrologists. 17

18 New COMET MetEd Modules directly applicable to the International audience Writing Effective TAFs in the Caribbean Tsunami Strike! Caribbean Edition ASMET: 2009 Drought in East Africa ASMET: Flooding in West Africa Monitoring the Climate System with Satellites ASMET: Satellite Precipitation Products for Hydrological Management in Southern Africa ESRC (in English, Spanish, French, Russian) http://www.meted.ucar.edu/esrc/index.php 18

19 New Spanish translations of COMET MetEd Modules Ciclo de vida de las olas II: propagación y dispersión Fundamentos de radar meteorológico Tipos de olas y sus características - Actualización de 2012 Suomi NPP: Una nueva generación de satélites de observación ambiental Impactos del clima espacial en la aviación Introducción al clima espacial, 2a edición ¡Tsunami a la vista! Edición del Caribe Sistemas de gestión de la calidad: implementación en servicios meteorológicos Cenizas volcánicas: impactos en la aviación, el clima, las operaciones marítimas y la sociedad Cenizas volcánicas: Introducción GOES-R: beneficios de la observación ambiental de próxima generación Meteorología satelital: Selección de canales del GOES, vers. 2 19

20 New Spanish translations of COMET MetEd Modules Tsunami: preparación de la comunidad, 2a edición Cenizas volcánicas: Herramientas de observación y modelos de dispersión Cenizas volcánicas: Vulcanismo Introducción a la meteorología tropical, versión 2, Capítulo 4: Variabilidad tropical Introducción a la meteorología tropical, versión 2, Capítulo 1: Introducción Introducción a la meteorología tropical, versión 2, Capítulo 2: Aplicaciones de percepción remota en los trópicos Introducción a la meteorología tropical, versión 2, Capítulo 5: Distribución de la humedad y precipitación Introducción a la meteorología tropical, versión 2, Capítulo 8: Ciclones tropicales Introducción a la meteorología tropical, versión 2, Capítulo 9: Observaciones, análisis, predicción Definición de mesoescala 20

21 Training Links GOES-R Proving Ground http://www.goes-r.gov/users/proving-ground.html NWS Training Portal http://www.nws.noaa.gov/training/ VISIT - Virtual Institute for Satellite Integrated Training http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/visit/ http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/visit/ SHyMet – Satellite Hydrology and Meteorology http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/training/shymet/ http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/training/shymet/ COMET MetEd http://www.meted.ucar.eduhttp://www.meted.ucar.edu SPoRT – Short-term Prediction Research and Transition Center http://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/sport/training/http://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/sport/training/ 21

22 Expected Challenges over the next three years Preparations for GOES-R –Data reception & Display software –Adapting existing GOES-R training on new channels and products for the International community. –Delivering GOES-R training to the International community. –Adding International Component to Satellite Proving Ground 22

23 VLab TSO GRRRRRREAT idea! Wonderful support! What it took to get it going… –Brazil, NOAA with CIRA, EUMETSAT and WMO Space Programme working together (to setup position using CIRA)! What is necessary to keep it going… 23

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