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 Po. Box: 2306 PC: 111 Muscat Oman Email: [email protected]Mobile:+968 99494842 Fax: +968 24521326
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Report to WMO SDS-WAS steering group meeting Antalya, Turkey
Humaid Albadi25 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
Numerical Weather Predictions Remote Sensing & Research
CoE
DG of Met & Air Navigation- Structure
S.Q.University
Media & Customers Services
Dec 2002
Terra2003/34612/12/0306:25 UTC
Meteosat First Genration, MODIS, AVHRR
EUMESAT Dust Product- from January 29, 2004 onward
Current StationsBefore 2011
In Situ Measurements in Middle East
Main Dust sources Affecting Middle East
• Tigris and Euphrates rivers basin• Sistan Basin & Baloushistan • East of Alhejaz Mountains• Southwest Alhajar Mountains
Regional NWP Models3KM & 7 KM
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
Less Scientific activities in the Region
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?
• 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 )
How much it is natural and what is the role of Human Activities in Widen the Dust Sources in the region
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
WMODr. Leonard A. Barrie,
Director WMO Research DepartmentDr.Slobodan Nickovic
Atmospheric Research and Environment
Centre of excellence for training on meteorological Satellite Applications
CoE Muscat?
Founded in 2006 as Joint effort between DGMAN, Sultan Qaboos university & EUMETSAT.
EUMETSAT is the main sponsor of the Center
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.
Countries benefits from the Center
Oman YemenUnited Emirates QatarBahrain Saudi ArabiaIran IraqKuwait SyriaJordan LebanonEgypt
Courses
The center do an annual two weeks course in Meteorological satellite applications.
CoursesThe center participated in many distant-learning events
( Dust week )
Expert lecturers:• Thomas Lee (NRL,USA)
• Hérve Le Gléau (Meteo France)• Humaid Albadi (Oman)
• Carlos Perez (NASA-GISS and IRI, USA)• Nuno Moreira (Portugal)
• Jose Prieto, HansPeter Roesli and Jochen Kerkmann (EUM)
•In the Framework of the VLab activities•20 organisations world wide participated
CoursesSince 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
Other Courses
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
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
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 3rd Training course on WMO SDS-WAS in Muscat