Welcome to Radar course introductory session

1. Welcome to Radar course introductory session Thursday 23 October 2008 1330-1430 UTC Chat text box: F2 To talk: hold down Ctrl button When Ctrl is not pressed, mic is inactive As long as Ctrl is held down, mic is active (note the yellow background)

2. Recording of sessions We have the opportunity to record the sessions for play back. The recordings will be available only for course's participants. If you unanimously agree please click:

3. Agenda • Welcome and self introduction (Wilfried) • Instructors' introduction (partly online) • Introduction to Centra and MOODLE (Jaakko or Vesa) • Short introduction of participants (all) • Basic principles (Wilfried) • Questions and answers (all) • Closing by 14:30 UTC

4. Your trainers Paul Elena Wilfried Peter Bojan Roger

5. Self introduction • 50 years old • Married since 23 years with Herta

6. Self introduction • Hobbies • Travelling, piano • (astronomy, history, games)

7. Professional life First NinJo-training, Nov 2004 • Study in Cologne • Diploma 1984, PHD 1990) • At DWD since 1985 • Research department • "Referendar" • Central forecast unit • Development of application software • Since 2001 at the Meteorological Training and Conference Centre in Langen • Responsibility: National and international advanced training

8. Roger Deslandes I have specialised in Fire Weather forecasting and Nowcasting thunderstorms and have also spent considerable time providing case studies for forecasters training, and more recently managing training activities for forecasters. I joined the Australian Bureau of Meteorology in 1986 and in 1995 and was awarded a study scholarship and published papers on the dynamics of dry-frontal boundaries. From 1995 until 2001 I delivered courses to trainee forecasters on the subjects of Thermodynamics, Mid latitude Meteorology, Cloud Microphysics and severe weather forecasting. Currently I also deliver a fourth year course on Thunderstorm dynamics at Monash University. Over the last five years, as manager of the Curriculum Development and Ongoing Education Group in the B.M.T.C, I have taken an active role in the development of severe weather forecast process, forecaster competencies and the development and management of in-service training programs for Australian forecasters. My recent activities have included the implementation of a national radar-training course for Australian forecasters to support the introduction of the Bureau of Meteorologys new S-band Doppler radars and services and the implementation of an extensive training program for the Bureau’s new GFE forecast system. I recently became Principal of The Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre. I am passionate about music and have been playing drums and percussion for many years. I enjoy cycling and keeping moderately fit on his racing bike!

9. Dr. Paul JoeEnvironment CanadaAtmospheric Science and Technology Branch/Meteorological Research DirectorateCloud Physics and Severe Weather Section • Paul is a research scientist with expertise in Doppler Weather Radar and Severe Weather. He has published radar papers from signal processing to severe weather. He was one of leads of the WWRP Sydney 2000, Beijing 2008 and Vancouver 2010 Nowcasting Projects. He was the scientific lead for the Canadian National Radar Project developing the CARDS radar processing software and for the NinJo workstation project. He is on several WMO Committees: Nowcasting Working Group, CIMO ET on Upper Air and Remote Sensing and the Joint Nowcasting Applications and Services. He is organizing the WMO Symposium on Nowcasting 2009 in Whistler, Canada. (http://www.nowcasting2009.ca). He organized several radar training workshops in Brazil and in South Africa (http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/arep/WWRP2005Pretor/RSA/RSA%20Nowcasting%20Workshop.htm) and participated in radar workshops in Cairns and Turkey. He also works on SNOWSAT which is studying the feasibility of putting a radar in space to measure snowfall at high latitudes. B08 JONAS South Africa Middle Earth, Fernie NRP V10 B08 FDP

10. Elena Saltikoff, FMI, Finland • forecaster 1989 -1996 • since 1996 “done radar” • lectured in Tromsö and Ascunsion and a lot of places between them • dragon in Chinese horoscope • illusion and fireworks • barnstar in fi.wikipedia • naiive but helpful

11. Elena professionally • Part of FMI Radar team, main goal applications to be used operationally • Main interest cold weather phenomena • Just now working on operational utilization of dual-polarization • 16th year PhD student (some 13 gap years)

12. Vesa, Mr Support • Your contact point in Centra/website matters • Sshh, don’t tell anybody –I love weather satellites • 20 years of use of radars as a forecaster • vesa.nietosvaara@fmi.fi

13. Centra Live • Centra connectivity • Tools -> Audio Wizard to check your headset and mic. • Basic Interactions: • Drawing on Screen • Raise Hand to comment or catch attention! • Simple Yes/No answers • Text Chat box

14. Online session guidance • To avoid technical problems, run System Check a day before the session and Check your audio is OK. • When you want to ask something, raise your hand. • You can give feedback to presentators using “Feedback” button • You can also use the Text Chat box for sending questions. • If you drop out, Close all applications and try joining in again.

15. Website • Online session recordings > all at course website • References, hand-outs, big animations and other relevant material > all there. • Communication between instructors and participants: forums, support chats, messages, assignments… > all there. • Website login problems > contact Vesa

16. Please, mark where you are from ( )

17. Course structure • 7 weeks independent work and online • 2 hours plus 1 hour per week (average) • pre-reading on demand • 1 week face-to-face training in Langen • Details: See course web site

18. Your main duties • Questions / problems, please • technical problems  Vesa • to particular sessions  responsible teachers • organisatorical matters  to Wilfried • Pre-reading • the pre-course test will be closed by 3rd November 2008 • pre-lessons activities • reading of reference material • pre-lesson tasks • Taking part on each online session

19. Presentation in Langen (topics) • Working on your presentation for Langen • the instructors may help you, of course • Each about 15 minutes (close to your every day-work, not perfect, trainers can help) • possible to discuss in fora • please sent your titles asap, by end of November at latest

20. Presentation in Langen (topics) • Topics (details also in my email from 10th October) • Warm front • Cold front • Deep convection • Drizzle shallow event • Identification of non-meteorological structures (e.g., clutter, attenuation,…) • Other interesting contribution from you, please announce!

21. How to get contact to the trainers (offline) • After loggin in click

22. How to get contact to the trainers (offline) 2: Text 1 3

23. How to come to the material / sessions Material for self preparation available about 2 weeks before the online training

24. Fora (top of page)

25. If you have technical problems • A technical support will be available • chat open 45 minutes before each online meeting

26. Questions?

27. Enjoy and good luck!At the end: Certificate will be given to you.