200 - Typhoon Committee

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CHAPTER 1 - TYPHOON COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES 2007
2007
The provision of Portuguese version of the WMO/
WWIS (World Weather Information Service) homepage
was transferred from Macao, China to Portugal during
the year 2007. Collaborations were received from Hong
Kong Observatory, webmaster of this website, and
Portuguese Institute of Meteorology.
Overseas Training Course/Seminar/Workshop Venue Duration
2 nd Training Course for New Forecasters Beijing, China
11 Sep – 7 Dec
2006
No. of
participants
Training Course on Nowcasting of Serious Convection Beijing, China 11-21 Oct 2006 1
1
21 st Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Seminar on
Meteorological Science and Technology
Management Committee Meeting and Working Group
Meeting of COST Action 728 – Enhancing Musicale
Meteorological Modeling Capabilities for Air Pollution
and Dispersion Applications
Seminar on Climate Forecasting in South China during
the Rainy Seasons of 2007
Session of the Forum on Regional Climate Monitoring,
Assessment and Prediction for Asia
Hong Kong, China 24-26 Jan 2007 9
Bessel, Belgium 1-2 Mar 2007 1
Guangzhou, China 15-17 Mar 2007 1
Beijing, China
04-06 Apr 2007
1
Visit to Hong Kong Observatory Hong Kong, China 22 May 2007 7
Workshop on Climate Forecasting Hong Kong, China 06 Jul 2007 2
Eleventh Meeting of the Communications/Navigation/
Surveillance and Meteorology Sub-Group of APANPIRG
Integrated Workshop on Social-economic Impacts of
Extreme Typhoon-related Events
3 rd Training Course for New Forecasters Beijing, China
Bangkok, Thailand 16-20 July 2007 1
Bangkok, Thailand 10-14 Sep 2007 3
12 Sep – 7 Dec
2007
Visit to Guangzhou Airport Guangzhou, China 27-28 Sep 2006 2
2
1d. Training progress
Overseas training opportunities/courses/seminars/workshops attended by SMG personnel:
1e. Research Progress
Four papers were presented by SMG colleagues at the 21st Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Seminar on Meteorological
Science and Technology held in Hong Kong, China on January 24-26 2007, as follows:
(1) Diurnal corrections of surface temperature forecasts using the Kalman filter;
(2) The climatic characteristics of maintaining periods of South China Sea summer monsoon;
(3) Review of the new thunderstorm warning system for Macau International Airport; and
(4) Preliminary study in establishing forecast model on monthly temperature in Macao.
Two papers was presented by SMG colleagues at the Atmospheric Remote Sensing and Lidar Workshop held in
Macao, China on 17-19 April 2007, as follows:
(1) Atmospheric remote sensing using lidar technology; and
(2) Methods of Atmospheric Measurement and Remote Sensing – Examples and Case Studies.
Three papers were presented by SMG colleagues at the 4th Meteorological Technical Conference among China,
Macao and Portugal held in Macao, China on 12-14 June 2007, as follows:
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