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18th Typhoon Committee Attachment Training course at the RSMC Tokyo – Typhoon Center

The 18th ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee Attachment Training 2018 course was held at JMA Headquarters from 15 to 26 October 2018.

The RSMC Tokyo – Typhoon Center has organized ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee Attachment Training courses every year since 2001 with the support of the WMO Tropical Cyclone Programme and the Typhoon Committee in order to advance the tropical cyclone (TC) analysis and forecasting capacity of Committee Members. Forecasters from the Member countries of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones have also been invited since 2015 to enhance training collaboration between the Panel and the Committee. The 2018 attendees were Mr. Kuok-Hou Ho from Macao, Mr. Mohd Afzainizam Bin Noordin from Malaysia, Mr. Jun Ezra M. Bulquerin from the Philippines, Mr. Saif Al-Maqbali from Oman, and Mr. Sujeewa Kanda Durage from Sri Lanka.

The training focused on practical knowledge and skills related to operational TC analysis and forecasting via lectures and exercises. The TC analysis course covered a range of subjects including interpretation of satellite imagery and Dvorak analysis techniques involving the use of the Satellite Analysis and Viewer Program (SATAID), and other analysis techniques based on microwave imagery, Doppler radar data and sea-surface Atmospheric Motion Vector data. TC forecasting subjects included techniques involving the use of various types of guidance and information sources along with storm surge and wave forecasting. Presentations and exercises were also provided on public weather services, including the setting of warning criteria based on disaster statistics, key roles of quantitative precipitation estimation and forecasting techniques, appropriate provision of disaster risk reduction (DRR) information, and forecast skill evaluation, to enhance capacity in the development and implementation of effective warning systems in collaboration with DRR operators. All attendees gave presentations to help JMA staff understand the current status of their meteorological and hydrological services, including those relating to TCs and warnings.

Courtesy visit to JMA Director-General Dr. Toshihiko Hashida with Tokyo Typhoon Center staff (17 October 2018, Director-General's office)
Courtesy visit to JMA Director-General Dr. Toshihiko Hashida with Tokyo Typhoon Center staff (17 October 2018, Director-General's office)

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