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Eighth Typhoon Committee Training Seminar at the RSMC Tokyo - Typhoon Center

Tokyo, Japan
23 July - 1 August 2008

  The responsibility of the RSMC Tokyo - Typhoon Center is to assist Members of the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee in typhoon forecasting services. One of the activities of the Center is to hold on-the-job trainings in typhoon operations for forecasters in the region to improve analysis and forecast skills through exchanging views and sharing experiences in the field.

  This year, two female forecasters, Dr. Eun Jeong Cha from the Republic of Korea (Korea Meteorological Administration) and Ms. Suntanee Chaichiangpin from Thailand (Thai Meteorological Department) visited the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) from 23 July to 1 August 2008 to participate in the eighth Typhoon Committee Training Seminar at the RSMC Tokyo - Typhoon Center. Through the course, two forecasters learned skills of satellite analysis of tropical cyclones mainly using the Dvorak method.

Eighth on-the-job training in typhoon operations --- with Director-General   Dr. Cha and Ms. Chaichiangpin with the Director-General of JMA, Dr. Tetsu Hiraki, and staff members of the RSMC Tokyo - Typhoon Center (23 July 2008 at Director-General's Office).
eighth on-the-job training in typhoon operations at the RSMC Tokyo - Typhoon Center   Dr. Cha and Ms. Chaichiangpin at JMA's operation room, Forecast Department. FUNG-WONG, the eighth cyclone of the year which reached tropical storm intensity during the course provided excellent opportunities for the participants to see how the RSMC products were created and distributed.
Seventh on-the-job training in typhoon operations at the RSMC Tokyo - Typhoon Center   Lectures and exercises of typhoon analysis using satellite imagery. Seventh on-the-job training in typhoon operations at the RSMC Tokyo - Typhoon Center