The course is aimed to enhance the trainees’ basic knowledge and skills in the interpretation of meteorological satellite data, and the application of products in supporting weather analysis, weather forecasting, environmental monitoring and disaster risk management. Trainees will be expected to improve the capabilities of data acquisition and assimilation, utility of satellite monitoring system, as well as the ability in satellite remote-sensing application.
The training course includes:
1) Satellite cloud imagery recognition and interpretation;
2) Satellite Weather Application Platform (SWAP) and Satellite Monitoring Analysis Remote-sensing Toolkit (SMART);
3) Case study on satellite products application in disaster mitigation and prevention;
4) Introduction to the latest development of Fengyun satellites and the application of FY products, especially the geostationary satellite products.
Please visit http://mooc.cmatc.cma.cn/course/view.php?id=32&isStay=true&lang=en and create your own account. Use CMATC2020 as the enrollment key to get access to the course.