INTERNATIONAL DISTANCE TRAINING COURSE ON NOWCASTING TECHNIQUES ON SEVERE CONVECTION WEATHER

Start Date:

April 19, 2021

End Date:

April 30, 2021

Region:

Asia & Oceania, Americas, Europe, Africa

Description:

The training course is aimed to enhance the participants' understanding in severe convection weather and to improve their nowcasting techniques, including the application of Doppler weather radar products, to enhance the technical exchange and future cooperation in related fields.

Targeted Audience:

This course will be open to all officials, specialists and experts who are working in the field of forecast and other related fields at National Hydrological and Meteorological Services or equivalent institutions from all six regions, especially from developing countries. In order to improve the training quality and better satisfy your training demands, there will be two paths for enrolling: (1) Certificate path: Only applicants who are nominated by PR of the National Meteorological and/or Hydrological Service will be considered. Spaces for participants in the Certificate Path will be limited to 80. Generally, no more than 5 trainees from each country are advised to apply for this course. The certificate-path trainees are required to complete several assignments and actively engage in discussion online, and they will be expected to dedicate a minimum of 2 hours per day. Participants who have completed all the training activities as required will be issued a digital certificate of participation by CMATC/WMO RTC-Beijing. (2) Open path: For those wishing to participate only in sessions of interest, and do not require a certificate of completion. For the open-path trainees, full attendance is also encouraged and feedback is welcomed.

Host:

CMA

Organizer:

CMATC/RTC-BEIJING

Format/Training Type:

Online Course

Language:

English

Attendance:

Open

Qualifications:

PWS: Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Weather Advisors

Contact Name:

LI Pan

Contact Email:

applycmatc@cma.gov.cn

Fees:

Link:

http://mooc.cmatc.cma.cn/course/view.php?id=45&isStay=true&lang=en

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