APEC Training Course on Quantitative Precipitation
Estimation/Forecasting (QPE/QPF)
Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria, Quezon City, Philippines
27-30 March 2012
Program of Activities
27 March 2012
Date/Time
Activity
Responsible Person
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration
Ms. Charito Zarate/Ms. Rosana Valerio
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Opening Ceremony
Ms. Venus R. Valdemoro
Welcome Remarks
Dr. Nathaniel T. Servando
Administrator
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and
Astronomical Services Administration
(PAGASA)
Message
Dr. Wei-Sen Li
Co-Chair
Emergency Preparedness Working Group
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC)
Message
Hon. Laura Q. del Rosario
Undersecretary for Internal Economic
Relations
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)
Keynote Speech
Hon. Mario G. Montejo
Secretary
Department of Science and Technology
(DOST) to be delivered by
Dr. Amelia Guevara
Officer-in-Charge, Office of the
Undersecretary for R & D, DOST
9:30 AM - 9:40 AM
Photo Session
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Coffee Break
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
10:15 AM - 12:45 PM
Mr. Roque E. Adora
 Briefing about the course
 Course outline
 Introduction of participants and
lecturers
 Examples of high impact
precipitation events
 Lessons learned from Typhoon
Morakot: The compound disaster
event and the role of QPE/QPF
products in the process of
emergency
response
and
disaster reduction operation
 Experience
sharing
participants
minutes/economy)
by
(10
Dr. Cynthia P. Celebre
Project Overseer and Chief, RDTD
PAGASA-DOST, Philippines
Prof. Ben Jong-Dao Jou
CEO, ACTS
Chinese Taipei
Participants
12:45 PM - 14:00 PM
14:00 PM - 15:00 PM
15:00 PM - 15:20 PM
15:20 PM - 17:00 PM
Lunch Break
 Operational
Quantitative
Precipitation
Estimation
(QPE) Systems
 Radar Basics and Radar QPE
Coffee Break
 Cont. Of QPE Systems
 Rain gauge and Satellite

Dr. David Jorgensen
NOAA/NSSL
Oklahoma, USA
Prof. Chian-Yi Liu
Center for Space and Remote Sensing
Research (CSRSR), National Central
University (NCU), Chinese Taipei
Dr. Jorgensen and Prof. Chian-Yi Liu
Open Forum
28 March 2012
8:00 AM
- 10:00 AM
 Cont. Of QPE Systems
 Rain gauge and Radar
Dr. Pao-Liang Chang
Chief, Satellite Center
CWB, Chinese Taipei
 QPESUMS Introduction and
Dr. Pao-Liang Chang
Application in Warning
 Open Forum
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
10:20 AM - 12:30 AM
Coffee Break
 Hands-on exercises
12:30PM - 14:00 PM
14:00 PM - 15:30 PM
Lunch Break
Quantitative
Precipitation
Forecasting (QPF)
 Frequently used QPF techniques
and developments and
Forecasters’ experiences
 Extrapolation
 Climatology
 Similarity
 Open Forum
Coffee Break
 Con’t. of frequently used
QPF techniques and
developments
 NWP and ensemble prediction
15:30 PM - 15:50 PM
15:50 PM - 17:00 PM

Dr. Jorgensen and
Dr. Pao-Liang Chang
Dr. Leu Kuo-Chen
Deputy Director, Forecasting Center
Central Weather Bureau, Chinese Taipei
Dr. Huiling Yuan
Professor, Nanjing University
People’s Republic of China
Open Forum
29 March 2012
8:00 AM
-
9:30 AM
 Con’t. of frequently used
QPF techniques and
developments
 Verification techniques
scope results
and
Dr. Huiling Yuan
Professor, Nanjing University
People’s Republic of China
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM


Open Forum
Hands-on Exercises
Drs. Kuo-Chen and Yuan
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 12:30 AM
Coffee Break
Con’t. of Hands-on Exercises
12:30 PM - 13:30 PM
13:30 PM - 16:00 PM
Lunch Break
 Rainfall Warning System Practiced
by a National Meteorological and
Hydrometerological Service
(NMHS)
Drs. Kuo-Chen and Yuan and
Dr. Pao-Liang Chang
Mr. Yeung Hon-yin
Scientific Officer, Hong Kong Observatory
Hong Kong, China
 Open Forum
 Future Directions
16:00 PM - 16:20 PM
16:20 PM - 17:30 PM
Coffee Break
 Recommendations
 Group Discussion

17:30 PM -
18:00 PM
Prof. Ben Jou
Prof. Jou, Dr. Jorgensen, Dr. Pao-Liang
Chang, Dr. Kuo-Chen, Dr. Yuan, Prof.
Chian-Yi Liu and Mr. Yeung Hon-yin and
participants
Group Presentation
Closing Ceremony
Ms. Venus Valdemoro
PAGASA
 Distribution of Certificates
Dr. Nathaniel T. Servando to be assisted
by Dr. Cynthia P.Celebre
 Closing Remarks
Dr. Flaviana D. Hilario
Acting Deputy Administrator for R & D
PAGASA-DOST,
Philippines
to
delivered by Dr. Cynthia P. Celebre
30 March 2012
07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
Evaluation of Course/Lecturers
08:00 AM - 21:00 PM
Field visit to:
 Angat Dam
 Pampanga River Basin Flood
Forecasting and Warning Center
 Weather and Flood Forecasting
Center.
Dr. Carina G. Lao/
Ms. Venus R. Valdemoro
and members of the Local Organizing
Committee
be