| Monday, 7 March: | Presentors/Participants |
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| 08:30 Welcome to Satellite Meteorology Training Course | RMTC UCR |
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Introductions |
Everyone |
| Goals for course: | RMTC UCR/WMO/CIRA |
| - To better integrate satellite imagery into the forecast process. | |
| - Prepare you to be a facilitator. | |
| - Introduce you to imagery that will be available in the future. | |
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- Make you an expert at using the Weather Notebook |
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| 09:15 WMO Strategy for Education and Training in
Satellite Matters |
Hinsman - WMO |
| 10:15 Break |
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| 10:30 Framework for the forecast process |
Quiros - RMTC UCR |
| 11:30 Lunch - Welcome reception |
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| 13:15 Group discussion and establishment of a forecaster's guide | Participants lead by RMTC |
| 14:00 Explanation of the tephigram/skew T |
Fallas - RMTC UCR |
| 15:00 Break |
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| 15:15 Web resources for the analysis of the state of the atmosphere: imagery, observations, model output | Quiros - RMTC UCR |
| 15:45 Weather discussion |
Participants/RMTC UCR/CIRA |
| 16:30 Departure to Hotel Río Perlas |
| Tuesday, 8 March: | |
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| 08:30 Breakfast, presentation related to hydrology |
ICE |
| 09:15 Weather discussion for the day |
participants/RMTC UCR/CIRA |
| 10:00 Trip through the Weather Notebook |
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| 11:30 Departure to Tapanti hydrological reserve |
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| 12:00 Lunch at the reserve |
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| 13:15 Tour and demonstration of the management of the
reserve |
ICE |
| 15:00 Departure to Hotel Punta Leona |
| Thursday, 10 March: | |
| 08:30 Resources and Application of VL Lecture (PPT) Guide |
Connell - CIRA |
| Winds, Sea Surface
Temperature, Precipitation, Surface Characteristics |
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| Resources Lab | |
| 10:00 Break |
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| 10:15 Use of satellite data in Numerical Weather
Prediction |
Espinoza - Brazil |
| 11:45 Lunch |
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| 13:00 VISIT program and VISITVIEW tool Lecture
(PPT) |
RMTC UCR/CIRA |
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Laboratory Exercise |
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| 15:00 Break |
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| 15:15 Cyclogenesis Lecture (PPT) |
RMTC UCR/CIRA |
| 16:45 Weather discussion |
participants/RMTC UCR /CIRA |
| Friday, 11 March: | |
| 08:15 Class picture | All Participants |
| 08:30 Satellite methods for tropical cyclone
analysis (Dvorak) Lecture
(PPT) Guide |
CIRA/RMTC UCR |
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Dvorak Lab |
CIRA/RMTC UCR |
| 10:00 Break |
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| 10:15 Easterly Waves |
Espinoza - Brazil |
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Case study on St, Lucia Flood |
RMTC UCR/CIRA |
| 11:45 Lunch |
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| 13:00 Climatology
Lecture (PPT) |
Garcia Guirola - El Salvador |
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Mesoscale Climatology Lecture
(PPT)
Guide |
Connell - CIRA |
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Mesoscale climatology laboratory html |
Connell - CIRA |
| 15:00 Break |
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| 15:15 Mesoscale Convective Complexes
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Garcia Guirola - El Salvador |
| 16:15 Weather discussion | participants/RMTC UCR /CIRA |
| Monday, 14 March: | |
| 08:30 Viewing atmospheric features at very frequent intervals | |
|
and Mesoscale Convective Nowcasting Lecture (PPT)
Guide |
Purdom - CIRA |
| 10:00 Break |
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| 10:15 (continue Viewing atmospheric features) |
Purdom - CIRA |
| 10:45 Introduction to
Hyperspectral satellite data |
Purdom - CIRA |
| 11:45 Lunch |
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| 13:00 Presentations | Participants |
| 15:00 Break |
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| 15:15 Presentations |
Participants |
| 16:15 Weather discussion | participants/RMTC UCR /CIRA |
| Tuesday, 15 March: | |
| 08:30 Radiative Transfer and Multispectral
Applications Lecture
1 (PPT) Lecture
2 (PPT) |
Menzel - NOAA/NESDIS |
| 10:00 Break |
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| 10:15 Using Hydra - A Multispectral Analysis
Toolkit Lecture
(PPT) |
Menzel - NOAA/NESDIS |
| 12:00 Lunch |
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| 13:15 Volcanic Ash/aerosol and Dust detection Lecture (PPT) Guide |
Connell - CIRA |
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Volcanic hazards detection lab |
Connell - CIRA |
| 15:00 Break |
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| 15:15 Fire Detection
Lecture (PPT)
Guide |
Connell - CIRA/ Castro - UCR |
| Fire detection lab1 lab2 | |
| 15:15 Weather discussion |
participants/RMTC UCR /CIRA |
| Wednesday, 16 March: | |
| 08:30 Education and training - the Virtual Laboratory | |
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Use of VL tools |
Purdom-CIRA |
| 10:00 Break |
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| 10:15 Use of VL tools (continued) | Purdom - CIRA |
| 11:45 Lunch |
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| 13:00 Space-based Global Observing System (GOS) |
Hinsman - WMO |
| 14:00 Review case studies/ put together VISITview sessions | participants/lecturers |
| 15:00 Break |
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| 15:15 VISITview RAMSDIS online live international weather briefing | Barbados/US/Australia/Caribbean countries |
| 16:15 Weather discussion | participants/RMTC UCR /CIRA |
| Relocate back to San José |
| Thursday 17 March: | |
| 08:30 Heavy precipitation in South America |
Barrera - RMTC Argentina |
| 09:15 Satellite precipitation estimates in a flash
flood alert system |
Alfaro IMN |
| 10:00 Break |
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| 10:15 Exercise: Satellite precipitation estimatesin a
flash flood alert system |
Alfaro IMN |
| 10:45 The use of IR
imagery in rainfall estimation |
Barrera - RMTC Argentina |
| 11:45 Lunch | |
| 13:00 Satellite meteorology and disaster management | Garcia Guirola - El Salvador/Castro UCR |
| 14:00 Hydrology applications |
Barrera - RMTC Argentina |
| 15:00 Break |
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| 15:15 Review case studies/ put together VISITview
sessions
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participants/RMTC UCR /CIRA |
| 16:15 Weather discussion |
| Friday 12 Dec: | |
| 08:30 WMO Strategic Plan to Improve Satellite System
Utilization |
Hinsman
-WMO |
| 09:30 Course evaluation | Participants |
| 10:00 Break |
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| 10:15 Commitments to training and the use of the electronic notebook | Purdom - CIRA/Castro - UCR |
| Conclusions | |
| Closing Remarks | |
| 12:00 End |