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International Training Seminar of Monsoon Meteorology Opened in WMO RMTC

International Training Seminar of Monsoon Meteorology Opened in WMO RMTC

Write: Chancey [2011-05-20]

International Training Seminar of Monsoon Meteorology Opened in WMO RMTC

The international training seminar of monsoon meteorology opened in the training center of NUIST, which was aided by CMA, and was undertaken by WMO RMTC Nanjing. 25 trainees attended the seminar, who were from 23 countries and regions including Asia-pacific region, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe . On behalf of Sun Zhaobo, president of NUIST and director of RMTC, Ye Qihao, vice director of RMTC, expressed the welcome to the trainees in the opening ceremony.

After it, the trainees visited the observatory of NUIST, the key laboratory, the spatial information system laboratory, library, the Internet center, and China-America Cooperative Remote Sensing Center .

The main courses included the principle of monsoon, the impact of monsoon on weather and climate, and the analysis and predication of monsoon, etc. it would last one month. The seminar aimed to foster more talents for monsoon meteorology for the developing countries, and to foster their ability of the monsoon prediction; therefore, a greater contribution to the development of meteorology and economy will be made to their countries.