Training in the WMO RA IV

• Date: 8 November - 10 November 2021
• Venue: Online

Objective: The objective of the second international training workshop of the WMO RCC-Washington is to develop capacity of NMHSs in the forecasting of extreme rainfall and temperature events at the week-2 time-scale.

• Date: 30 September - 4 October 2019
• Venue: NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction
            Climate Prediction Center
            5830 University Research Court
            College Park, Maryland 20740

Objective: The first international training workshop of the WMO RCC-Washington is designated to be hands-on with a focus on sub-seasonal forecasting, and more specifically, the forecast of rainfall and temperature at the week-2 time scale.

A minimum set of software requirements are suggested for National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) to implement best practices in the domain of climate monitoring, forecasting and verifications.

GrADS - Grid Analysis and Display System - is an interactive software used in the tasks of accessing, manipulation and visualization of geophysical data. Currently, GrADS is one of the most widely used software by the operational and meteorological research comunities around the world.

The Geographical Information System (GIS) is a system designed to capture, store, analyze, manipulate, manage, organize, and present geographical data. QGIS (formerly Quantum GIS) is a GIS computer application, which allows the user to store, analyze, and map geographical data.