Training

The Regional Center coordinates with partners and meteorological services in the region different actions aimed to strengthen the capacity of countries to use the observational and forecast products distributed in the framework of the WMO SDS-WAS programme.

Training courses and seminars coordinated by the Regional Center:

• Training Week on Satellite Meteorology (Barcelona, Spain, 8-12 Nov 2010)
• Lectures on Atmospheric Mineral Dust and its Impacts on Human Health, Environment and Economy (Barcelona, Spain, 13 Nov 2010)
• Training Week on WMO SDS-WAS products (Barcelona, Spain, 15-19 Nov 2010)
• 2nd Training Course on WMO SDS-WAS (satellite and ground observation and modelling of atmospheric dust) (Antalya, Turkey, 21-25 Nov 2011
• II Lectures on Atmospheric Mineral dust (Barcelona, Spain, 5-9 Nov 2012)
• 3rd Training Course on WMO SDS-WAS products (satellite and ground observation and modelling of atmospheric dust) (Muscat, Oman, 8-12 Dec 2013)
• 4th Training course on WMO SDS-WAS products (satellite and ground observation and modelling of atmospheric dust) (Casablanca, Morocco, 17-20 Nov 2014)
• 5th Training course on WMO SDS-WAS products (satellite and ground observation and modelling of atmospheric dust) (Tehran, Iran, 5-9 Nov 2016)
• 6th Training Course on WMO SDS-WAS Products (satellite and ground observation and modelling of atmospheric dust) (Istanbul, Turkey, 25-27 Oct 2017)
• Training Workshop on Sand and Dust Storms in the Arab Region (Cairo, Egypt, 10-12 Feb 2018)
• Training Workshop on Sand and Dust Storms in West Africa (La Laguna, Spain, 21 May 2018)
• 7th Training course on WMO SDS-WAS Products (satellite and ground observation and modeling of atmospheric dust) (Ahvaz, Iran, 10-14 Nov 2018)
• 8th Training Workshop on Sand and Dust Storms in West and Northern Africa (Dakar, Senegal, 9-11 Des 2019)
  
• MAC-CLIMA Workshop on SDS-WAS West Africa: Senegal (Online, 3-4 March, 2021)

Other training courses with participation of the Regional Center

• Meteorological Services, Sand and Dust Storm (SDS), Forecasting and Early Warning System (Istanbul, Turkey, 22-26 Feb 2011)
• Cours sur l’utilisation des produits satellitaires aux applications agrometeorologiques (Niamey, Niger, 19-23 Nov 2012)
• Workshop on Meteorology, Sand and Dust Storm (SDS), Combating Desertification and Erosion (Ankara, 26-28 Nov 2012)
• Training Course on the Use of Satellite Products for Agrometeorological Applications (Accra, Ghana, 10-14 Jun 2013)
• Workshop on Meteorology, Sand and Dust Storm, Combating Desertification and Erosion (Istanbul, Turkey, 28-31 Oct 2013)
• McIdas tutorial with focus on atmospheric dust cases (Muscat, Oman, 15-16 Dec 2013)
• Cours sur l’utilisation des produits satellitaires aux applications agrometeorologiques (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 5-9 May 2014)
• Training course on the use of satellite products for agrometeorological applications (Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia, 23-27 Mar 2015)
• Training course on the use of satellite products for agrometeorological applications (Tbilisi, Georgia, 16-20 May 2016)

Training Materials

• Atmospheric Dust. The COMET Program is pleased to announce the publication of the new module, "Atmospheric Dust"
• Visible and Infrared Dust Detection Techniques, presented by Tom Lee (Naval Research Laboratory, Monterrey, Ca)
• Forecasting Dust Storms, version 2. Released by the COMET program