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CHAPTER 1 - TYPHOON COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES 2007
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place at KMA in Seoul, Republic of Korea during 2-17
September 2007 (Fig. 1.3). The objectives of the course
is to introduce the COMS which is the first geostationary
meteorological satellite to be launched by Korea in 2009;
to understand the COMS program such as development
plan, satellite system, and data processing system; and
to form a user community to share various information
on the COMS.
The participants came from 13 countries in Asia-Pacific
area, namely: Bangladesh, East Timor, Fiji, Indonesia,
Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines,
Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam. There were given 17
lectures including ‘COMS Meteorological Imager (MI)’,
‘Production and Application of COMS Meteorological
Data’, and ‘Dissemination Plans of COMS MI User
Data’. The participants also presented the status of
meteorological satellite services in their own countries
and experienced Korean culture as well. KMA is planning
to hold this training course every year to extend the
user community of the COMS in the Asia-Pacific area.
training course instructors and staff members of KMA with the 13 participants from 13
developing countries at the training course on analysis of COMS data
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1 st JCOMM Scientific and Technical Symposium on Storm Surges
One of the most important objectives of the Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology
(JCOMM) of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
(IOC) of UNESCO is to facilitate and support the delivery of the most visible operational outputs of the world’s
marine meteorological and oceanographic organizations, including warning of gales, storms, severe tropical weather
systems, such as typhoons, hurricanes and tropical cyclones, and ocean associated phenomena and other marine
hazards. The continuing provision of safety-related weather and oceanographic products and services is an absolutely
fundamental priority of JCOMM (Fig. 1.4).
In this context, the second session of JCOMM (JCOMM-II, September 2006, Halifax) addressed the importance of
enhancing storm surge forecasting capabilities, and the need to complement other international efforts including the
series of capacity building workshops on storm surge and wave forecasting (organized by JCOMM and the WMO
Tropical Cyclone Program) and JCOMM efforts in assisting the development of marine-related hazards warning
system.
To this end, the 1 st JCOMM Scientific/Technical Symposium on Storm Surges did take place at the Convention &
Exhibition center (COEX), in Seoul. Republic of Korea, from 2 to 6 October 2007. The focus of the Symposium
was similar to the very successful JCOMM Scientific and technical workshops in other related fields, including the
International Workshop on Wave Hindcasting and Forecasting and the CLIMAR Workshop on Advances in Marine
Climatology. The 150 scientist of 26 countries was participated in this symposium and the oral presentations were
over 50.
Attending WMO Congress in Geneva
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