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Dr. Elizabeth Page The COMET ® Program

Safe Skies for Africa Meteorological Training Efforts Addressing Aviation Safety Challenges in Central Africa Workshop 7-9 August 2012. Dr. Elizabeth Page The COMET ® Program. Distance Learning Development. Learner Engagement. COMET Fast Facts . COMET Websites. comet.ucar.edu.

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Dr. Elizabeth Page The COMET ® Program

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  1. Safe Skies for Africa Meteorological Training Efforts Addressing Aviation Safety Challenges in Central Africa Workshop 7-9 August 2012 Dr. Elizabeth Page The COMET® Program

  2. Distance Learning Development

  3. Learner Engagement

  4. COMET Fast Facts

  5. COMET Websites comet.ucar.edu meted.ucar.edu MetEd en españolwww.meted.ucar.edu/index_es.htm

  6. Aviation Coastal Weather Convective Weather Climate Wildland Fire Environment and Society Emergency Management Fog MesoscaleMeteorology Hydrometeorology Marine/Oceans

  7. Volcanic Ash Other Topics Numerical Weather Prediction Atmospheric Dust Space Weather QMS Satellite Meteorology Radar Meteorology Tropical Meteorology ASMET

  8. COMET in Africa 8

  9. Total MetEd Registrants in Africa: 4,422 www.meted.ucar.edu January 2007 – July 2012 9

  10. Top 10 Modules in Africa www.meted.ucar.edu 10

  11. African Satellite Meteorological Education Training (ASMET) 11

  12. ASMET1997 - 2013 Five modules published on satellite interpretation for Africa 2011: Published three case studies on flooding in Africa 2012: Publishing three additional modules for East, West, and South Africa COMET created and maintains ASMET website 12

  13. VOLUME II Meteorological service for international air navigation 13

  14. What: A one-hour online module supporting implementation initiatives by National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS) of an effective Quality Management Systems (QMS) based on the ISO 9001: 2008 quality management standard. 14

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  16. Introduction to Tropical Meteorology 16 16

  17. Introduction to Tropical Meteorology 17 17

  18. Examples from Tropical Textbook 18 18

  19. Examples from Tropical Textbook 19 19

  20. Aviation High Impact Events

  21. Space Weather Impacts on Aviation Explains how solar events can impact Earth and aviation operations 21

  22. Volcanic Ash (four modules) Introduction Volcanism Impacts on Aviation, Climate, Maritime Operations, and Society Observation Tools and Dispersion Models 22

  23. Safe Skies for Africa Project Working with African training centers and meteorological service organizations to improve aeronautical forecasts 23

  24. Safe Skies for Africa Project Development UCAR – ASECNA Activities 24

  25. ASECNA – UCAR MOU • Establishes a collaboration to support ASECNA’s aeronautical meteorological modernization initiatives • Focuses on technology enhancements that improve: • Flight safety • Airspace capacity and efficiency • Flight operations and flow • Anticipating cooperative projects that include, aeronautical meteorological research, training, and technology development and implementation • Improve diagnosis and prediction of: • Wind shear • Turbulence • In-flight icing • Ceiling and visibility • Thunderstorm hazards • Initial focus will be a study of wind shear risks for several airports

  26. ICAO/WMO Competencies Required by November 2013 26 Analyze and monitor continuously the weather situation Forecast aeronautical meteorological phenomena and parameters Warn of hazardous phenomena Ensure quality of meteorological information of service Communicate meteorological information to internal and external users

  27. Review of Aeronautical Meteorology Distance Learning (RAMDL) Course 27

  28. Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) Barbados 28

  29. Working With African Training Programs

  30. Aviation Module Adaptations

  31. Aviation Module Adaptations

  32. New Training Efforts • Nowcasting is forecasting how weather conditions will change in the very near future Nowcasting

  33. New Training Efforts • Weather forecast model run in some African countries. • This example is from Kenya WRF EMS Aviation Parameters

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  35. WRF-EMS Model Use 35

  36. Distribution of Distance Learning in Africa 36

  37. Safe Skies for Africa 37

  38. Safe Skies for Africa 38

  39. Safe Skies for Africa 39

  40. The End Questions? Contact: epage@comet.ucar.edu 40

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