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Report to WMO SDS-WAS steering group meeting Antalya, Turkey

Report to WMO SDS-WAS steering group meeting Antalya, Turkey. Humaid Albadi 25 November 2011. Remote Sensing and Studies Section Directorate General of Meteorology and Air Navigation (DGMAN ) DGMAN focal point of Center of Excellence for Training in Satellite Meteorology -Muscat

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Report to WMO SDS-WAS steering group meeting Antalya, Turkey

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  1. Report to WMO SDS-WAS steering group meeting Antalya, Turkey HumaidAlbadi 25 November 2011 Remote Sensing and Studies SectionDirectorate General of Meteorology and Air Navigation (DGMAN ) DGMAN focal point of Center of Excellence for Training in Satellite Meteorology -Muscat Po. Box: 2306  PC: 111  Muscat Oman Email: h.albadi@gmail.comMobile:+968 99494842Fax: +968 24521326

  2. DG of Met & Air Navigation Meteorology Technical Services & Observing Forecasting Information Systems and Processing Public Services Observing Stations Aviation and Marine Communications Numerical Weather Predictions DG of Met & Air Navigation- Structure Media & Customers Services • Remote Sensing & Research CoE • S.Q.University

  3. Dec 2002

  4. Terra2003/34612/12/0306:25 UTC Meteosat First Genration, MODIS, AVHRR

  5. EUMESAT Dust Product- from January 29, 2004 onward

  6. In Situ Measurements in Middle East Current Stations Before 2011

  7. Main Dust sources Affecting Middle East • Tigris and Euphrates rivers basin • Sistan Basin & Baloushistan • East of Alhejaz Mountains • Southwest Alhajar Mountains

  8. Regional NWP Models3KM & 7 KM

  9. Less Scientific activities in the Region Although Middle East is the second most dust emitter area in the world after Sahara and despite the effort from scientific community in the last decade over the Sahara desert, China and Australia, less attention has been raised in Middle East constraining the processes that operate in key source areas of dust production. Therefore it worthwhile to draw attention of the decision makers in met services and academic institutes to put efforts in this direction

  10. Dust impacts, Answers needed ? • Affect the rain process ! Reduction or increment of rain amount ? Reduce the size of cloud droplets Opposite effects, Increase the possibility of creating severe storms by decreasing wind shear • How much is the change of Dust load affect NWP performance in North Indian Region?

  11. How much it is natural and what is the role of Human Activities in Widen the Dust Sources in the region • Overgrazing • Growing demand of water resources due jump in Populations Change of natural rivers routes • Helmand lake (Afghanistan & Iran ) • Euphrates and Tigris rivers ( Iraq ,Syria & Turkey )

  12. Republic OF IRAQ MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT Human activities that enhances dust emission :- lowering water levels in the twin rivers Extensive use of ground water Drying marshes since 1990s. Shrinking of vegetated lands due water shortage

  13. Taking in the account it will be easier to coordinate in a Smaller group and in order for the Middle East region to concentrate more on the issues related to their dust sources in the region it is wise idea to extend the Scope of current Center of Excellence –Muscat to be a Regional Training & Research Centre for SDS-WAS, acting as third node for WMO SDS WAS eventually WMO Dr. Leonard A. Barrie, Director WMO Research Department Dr.SlobodanNickovic Atmospheric Research and Environment

  14. Centre of excellence for training on meteorological Satellite Applications

  15. CoE Muscat? Founded in 2006 as Joint effort between DGMAN, Sultan Qaboos university & EUMETSAT. EUMETSAT is the main sponsor of the Center

  16. The current Missions Conduct training on Satellite meteorology and Remote sensing applications in General Create a network of research and training materials in satellite meteorology via Virtual Lab-Middle East and the Focus Group.

  17. Countries benefits from the Center Oman Yemen United Emirates Qatar Bahrain Saudi Arabia Iran Iraq Kuwait Syria Jordan Lebanon Egypt

  18. Courses The center do an annual two weeks course in Meteorological satellite applications.

  19. Expert lecturers: • Thomas Lee (NRL,USA) • Hérve Le Gléau (Meteo France) • HumaidAlbadi (Oman) • Carlos Perez (NASA-GISS and IRI, USA) • Nuno Moreira (Portugal) • Jose Prieto, HansPeterRoesli and JochenKerkmann (EUM) Courses The center participated in many distant-learning events ( Dust week ) • In the Framework of the VLabactivities • 20 organisations world wideparticipated

  20. Courses Since 2006 ESACs around 150 meteorologist and Hydrologist from Middle East region were trained on different applications of met satellite data- Dust was always a hot topic

  21. Other Courses

  22. What are is currently done to fulfill the needs to fully activate CoE In process of training 5 new scientists to work in Remote sensing & Studies section

  23. What are is currently done to fulfill the needs to activate CoE Building a separate new building for meteorological training that will include CoE-Muscat with full facilities for face to face and distant training Courses- Target day Dec 2013

  24. As a first step in the direction of to extending the Scope of the Center of Excellence –Muscat to be a Regional Training & Research Centre for SDS-WAS, acting as third node in WMO SDS WAS network , CoE-Musct invites the steering group to consider helding the next 3rdTraining course on WMO SDS-WAS in Muscat

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