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The Danish RWIS education Programme

The Danish RWIS education Programme. Søren Brodersen Pernille Arnsfelt Hansen Danish Meteorological Institute, DMI sb@dmi.dk , pah@dmi.dk. SIRWEC 2010 Québec City Canada. The Danish RWIS education Programme. Education of RWIS users The ”RWIS-Education” system

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The Danish RWIS education Programme

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  1. The Danish RWIS education Programme Søren Brodersen Pernille Arnsfelt Hansen Danish Meteorological Institute, DMI sb@dmi.dk, pah@dmi.dk SIRWEC 2010 Québec City Canada

  2. The Danish RWIS education Programme • Education of RWIS users • The ”RWIS-Education” system • Importance of education • Special education of forecasters SIRWEC 2010 Québec City Canada

  3. Education of RWIS users • 2 one-day courses; beginners and advanced • Mix of theory and exercises • Great difference in students background knowledge • Road Meteorology – complex science • Connections to everyday experiences SIRWEC 2010 Québec City Canada

  4. Education of RWIS users SIRWEC 2010 Québec City Canada Text material for home study

  5. Video – oral lectures SIRWEC 2010 Québec City Canada

  6. Video – oral lectures 2 SIRWEC 2010 Québec City Canada

  7. Theoretical input ”Hands on” - exercises Learning by doing SIRWEC 2010 Québec City Canada

  8. The ”RWIS-Education” system • Special designed version of VejVejr – the danish RWIS-system • Students can ”be on duty” • Handling a specific weather situation while learning to navigate the RWIS-system • Answering theoretical and case relevant questions • Take the right decision at the right time SIRWEC 2010 Québec City Canada

  9. Briefing about the weather situation Assignment of task area SIRWEC 2010 Québec City Canada The RWIS-education system is based on the historic database of the operational RWIS-system.

  10. Time manager SIRWEC 2010 Québec City Canada Pop-up quiz questions

  11. Logbook SIRWEC 2010 Québec City Canada

  12. Video - exercises SIRWEC 2010 Québec City Canada

  13. Video – exercises 2 SIRWEC 2010 Québec City Canada

  14. Video – exercises 3 SIRWEC 2010 Québec City Canada

  15. Homework SIRWEC 2010 Québec City Canada Afterwards access to RWIS-education homepage (closed download)

  16. Importance of education • What is information worth, if you don’t know how to interpret and analyse ? • Freely avaliable data on the internet – uncertainties and quality ? SIRWEC 2010 Québec City Canada

  17. Feedback from users SIRWEC 2010 Québec City Canada Each year one-day seminar for the users

  18. Feedback from users On yearly basis: Questionnaires regarding the satisfaction Results are analysed and compared year by year SIRWEC 2010 Québec City Canada

  19. Special education of forecasters SIRWEC 2010 Québec City Canada

  20. Automatic output from the numerical Road- and Weathermodel SIRWEC 2010 Québec City Canada Comments from the forecaster – validating the forecast

  21. Forecasting Service Public Weather Service Civil Aviation Service Maritime Service Surveillance and input to RWIS Same time horisonts as TAF, TREND etc. SIRWEC 2010 Québec City Canada

  22. Detailed forecasts of cloudcover Important in Aviation and in Road Weather Forecasting SIRWEC 2010 Québec City Canada

  23. Aviation  Road Weather • The forecaster must know about special aspects and needs in the Road business • Brush-up course each year before the winterseason starts SIRWEC 2010 Québec City Canada

  24. Thank you for your attention SIRWEC 2010 Québec City Canada Søren Brodersen, sb@dmi.dk Pernille Arnsfelt Hansen, pah@dmi.dk

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