TCAR - Typhoon Committee

One of the most important training courses
conducted by KMA is the Digital Forecasting
Course and Disaster Prevention Forecasting
Course for forecasting staff. The objective is to
train the next generation of expert forecasters to
acquire theoretical and operational knowledge of
meteorology, and to strengthen prediction skills
for severe weather such as typhoons, torrential
rain, and heavy snow. The curriculum includes
the latest meteorological theories, weather
forecasting and warning issuance, case studies
of disasters caused by severe weather, etc.
The First TRCG/TC Technical Forum, 12-15
May 2009, Jeju, Korea
The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA)
hosted the first Technical Forum of Training and
Research Coordination Group (TRCG) / Typhoon
Committee (TC) on 12-15 May 2009, Jeju, Korea.
TCAR
CHAPTER 1 - TYPHOON COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
Fig. 46. Participants in the 1 st Technical Forum of TRCG/TC, 12-15 May 2009, Jeju, Korea
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Participants from 13 countries participated in
this event co-sponsored by WMO, TC and KMA.
The Forum opened with opening and welcome
messages from KMA administrator Dr. Byung-
Seong Chun, PAGASA administrator Dr. Prisco
D. Nilo, TCP/WMO chief Mr. Kuroiwa Koji, and
TC Secretary Mr. Olavo Rasquinho. Two invited
experts, Professor Russel Elseberry from
the Naval Postgraduate School, USA, and Mr.
Takuya Komori from the Japan Meteorological
Agency, Japan, delivered special lectures on TC
deterministic consensus forecasts and the TC
Ensemble Prediction System respectively. Mr.
Roger Edson gave a presentation about the use
of microwave and scatterometer data in TC.
Also notable was a tutorial session on the typhoon
forecasting system of each country, and KMA’s
live demonstration of the Typhoon Analysis and
Prediction System at the National Typhoon
Center.
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