Updated: 11-04-2024
Source: China Meteorological News Press
On April 8, the first "Belt and Road" meteorological visiting scholars started their one-year training in China. Seven visiting scholars from the Meteorological Services and scientific research institutions of Ethiopia, Tanzania, Thailand and Seychelles will conduct joint research with the Chinese counterparts and attend training on fields such as climate change, satellite remote sensing, disaster monitoring, meteorology and numerical weather prediction (NWP), urban meteorology, and aviation meteorology.
On April 9, the meteorological visiting scholars learned about weather forecasting at the National MeteorologicalCentre (NMC). Photoed by ZHUANG Baiyu
Visiting scholars visited the National Satellite Meteorological Centre (NSMC) to learn about the applications of FENGYUN meteorological satellites as well as satellite remote sensing monitoring. Photoed by ZHUANG Baiyu
In 2023, the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) and the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China set up the "Belt and Road" Meteorological Visiting Scholars program, with the support of World Meteorological Organization (WMO) together with Peking University. The program will work with countries and regions in need to co-develop an international early warning supporting platform based on "cloud + end", which will strongly enhance the international application service capability of FY meteorological satellites, and help to upgrade the capability of meteorological disaster prevention and mitigation along the Belt and Road.
During their stay in China, the meteorological visiting scholars will work with researcher sat Peking University and CMA on their research plans. They will start withcourses on the atmospheric science, and satellite remote sensing, and courses of Chinese culture at Peking University, and carry out study and research in areas of meteorological observation, meteorological service, climate change adaptation and mitigation incenters including NMC, the National Climate Centre (NCC), NSMC, and the CMA Center for Earth System Modeling and Prediction.
Editor: JIANG Zhiqing