WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
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THE SIXTH TROPICAL CYCLONE RSMCs/TCWCs
TECHNICAL COORDINATION MEETING
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
TCM-VI/Doc. 4.11
(28.X.2009)
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ITEM 4.11
ENGLISH ONLY
2 TO 6 NOVEMBER 2009
Capacity Building
(Submitted by the Secretariat)
Summary and Purpose of Document
This document describes the education and training activities under the
Tropical Cyclone Programme which have taken place since its last coordination
meeting. It also provides a list of future activities in 2010.
ACTION PROPOSED
The meeting is invited to review the various training activities related to tropical
cyclones provided in this document and give suggestions particularly on those where TC
RSMCs/TCWCs are involved.
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Appendices: A. List of past training activities (from November 2005 to present)
B. List of future training activities
APPENDIX A
List of Workshops and Training Courses (from November 2005 to Present)
Title
Venue
Date
RA IV Workshop on Hurricane
Forecasting and Warning
Miami, Florida, USA
6-17 March 2006
Typhoon Committee Roving Seminar
Hanoi, Viet Nam
4-7 September 2006
Regional Workshop on Storm Surge and
Wave Forecasting – A Hands-On
Forecast Training Laboratory
Manila, Philippines,
7-15 September 2006
RA I Training Course on Tropical
Cyclones and Public Weather Services
St Denis, La
Réunion, France
23 October - 4 November 2006
RA IV Workshop on Hurricane
Forecasting and Warning
Miami, Florida, USA
16-28 April 2007
Typhoon Committee Roving Seminar
Manila, Philippines
5-8 September 2007
The Seventh Southern Hemisphere
Training Course on Tropical Cyclones
Melbourne, Australia
10-28 September 2007
RA IV Workshop on Hurricane
Forecasting and Warning, and Public
Weather Services
Miami, Florida, USA
7-19 April 2008
RA I Regional Workshop on Tropical
Cyclone Research
La Reunion, France
26-30 May 2008
The 5th TCP/JCOMM Workshop on Storm Melbourne, Australia
Surge and Wave Forecasting
1 - 5 December 2008
RA
IV
Workshop
on
Forecasting and Warning
23 March to 3 April, 2009
Hurricane Miami, Florida, USA
The
First
ESCAR/WMO
Typhoon Jeju Island, Republic
Committee TRCG Technical Forum on of Korea
EPS, Probabilistic Forecast and TIPS
12 – 15 May 2009
The Eighth Southern Hemisphere Training Melbourne, Australia
Course on Tropical Cyclones
29 September – 9 October 2009
APPENDIX A
Attachment of Forecasters/Storm Surge Experts
From
To
Dates
Six forecasters of the RA
V/TCC members
undertook a two-month
fellowship under the
International Pacific
Training Desk Programme
The Central Pacific Hurricane
Center in Honolulu, Hawaii,
USA
the first half of 2006
Lao PDR and Viet Nam
RSMC Tokyo-Typhoon Center
19 to 28 July 2006
Myanmar and Pakistan
Indian Institute of Technology
7 to 18 August 2006
Bangladesh, Myanmar and
Sri Lanka
RSMC New Delhi – Tropical
Cyclone Centre
12 - 23 February 2007
Cambodia and Philippines
RSMC Tokyo-Typhoon Center
18 to 27 July 2007
Oman, Maldives
Indian Institute of Technology
Niue and Tonga
Pakistan, Sri Lanka and
Thailand
RSMC Nadi – Tropical Cyclone
Centre
RSMC New Delhi – Tropical
Cyclone Centre
20 August to 2 September
2007
3 to 13 December 2007
Korea and Thailand
RSMC Tokyo-Typhoon Center
23 July to 1 August 2008
Myanmar and Sri Lanka
Indian Institute of Technology
10 - 21 November 2008
China and Malaysia
RSMC Tokyo-Typhoon Center
22 to 31 July 2009
Bangladesh and Pakistan
Indian Institute of Technology
Bangladesh, Maldives and
Pakistan
RSMC New Delhi – Tropical
Cyclone Centre
28 September – 10 October
2009
9 to 20 February 2009
14 to 25 January 2008
APPENDIX B
List of the Activities in 2010
Title
Venue
Dates
Forecaster Attachment
RSMC Nadi
January 2010
Forecaster Attachment
RSMC New Delhi
February 2010
Workshop on Hurricane Forecasting
& Warning
Miami, USA
15 – 26 March 2010
Typhoon Operational Forecasting
Training
Tokyo, Japan
July 2010
Storm Surge Expert Attachment
Kharagpur, India
August 2010
RA I Training Course on Tropical
Cyclones
St. Denis, La
Réunion
November 2010