Collaboration between the Australian and Korea VLab Centres

Collaboration between the Australian and Korea VLab Centres of Excellence (2015 -2018) Teaching and collaboration mission, South Korea 29 th May to 1 st June 2018 Presenter: Bodo Zeschke Should you use these resources please acknowledge the Australian Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre. In addition, you need to retain acknowledgement in the Power. Point slides of EUMETSAT, the Korea Meteorological Administration, the Japan Meteorological Agency, the Bureau of Meteorology and any other sources of information.

Contents 1. Introducing the Australian VLab Centre of Excellence 2. Australian Vlab Centre of Excellence Regional Focus Group meetings 3. Joint Australia – Korea VLab Centres of Excellence activities • Joint Regional Focus Group meetings • Visit of KMA VLab Centre of Excellence Point of Contact Dr Hye. Sook Park to BOM Australia • End-to-End Forecaster Friendly Case Study incorporating Himawari-8 data

Australian VLab Centre of Excellence and RAV contacts (see also https: //www. wmo-sat. info/vlab/centres-of-excellence/) Philippines Singapore RAV Duncan. Tippins (Head of Co. E) Bodo Zeschke (Main Point of Contact) Solomon Islands Indonesia Fiji Other important contacts: • JMA • EUMETSAT • CMA • KMA Satellite Champions RAV contacts frequently attending our training Other RAV contacts Tuvalu PNG Vanuatu Melbourne New Zealand Samoa

The past 4 years of Regional Focus Group meetings – statistics October 2013 to April 2018 0. 1 1. 5 2. 3 1. 0 0. 4 0. 6 0. 1 0. 2 0. 3 1. 0 0. 4 10. 3 0. 2 0. 5 10. 2 1. 1 Average number of remote participants per session Total number of remote stakeholders attending the 54 sessions = 1708 Average number of participants per session = 31. 1

The past 1 year of Regional Focus Group meetings – statistics May 2017 to April 2018 0. 1 0. 2 1. 3 0. 8 0. 3 0. 9 0. 1 2. 0 4. 5 1. 3 0. 1 0. 6 0. 2 9. 3 5. 7 0. 2 1. 3 Average number of remote participants per session Total number of remote stakeholders attending the 12 sessions = 361 Average number of participants per session = 30. 1

Monthly Regional Focus Group Meetings (over the past two years…) 1 2 KOREA 3 4

Monthly Regional Focus Group Meetings (over the past two years…) 5 6 7 8

Joint Australia – Korea VLab Centres of Excellence Presentations since April 2017 September 2017 May 2017 December 2017

Recordings of our Regional Focus Group Discussions http: //www. virtuallab. bom. gov. au/archive/regional-focus-group-recordings/

Visit of KMA VLab Centre of Excellence Point of Contact Dr Hye. Sook Park to BOM Australia, 13 -20 th May 2017 Head Office Discussions with BOM staff Broadmeadows Campus Regional Focus Group meeting Collaboration in classroom activities

Joint Australia / Korea VLab Centres of Excellence Regional Focus Group meeting May 2017

End-to-End Forecaster Friendly Case Study incorporating Himawari-8 data December 2016 Regional Focus Group meeting recording at http: //www. virtuallab. bom. gov. au/archive/regional-focus-group-recordings/

End-to-End Forecaster Friendly Case Study incorporating Himawari-8 data December 2016 Regional Focus Group meeting recording at http: //www. virtuallab. bom. gov. au/archive/regional-focus-group-recordings/ Thunderstorm Case Study Fog/Low Cloud Case Study

Summary 1. Introduced the Australian VLab Centre of Excellence, including the Australian Vlab Centre of Excellence Regional Focus Group meetings 2. Showcased the joint Australia – Korea VLab Centres of Excellence activities • Joint Regional Focus Group meetings • Visit of KMA VLab Centre of Excellence Point of Contact Dr Hye. Sook Park to BOM Australia • End-to-End Forecaster Friendly Case Study incorporating Himawari-8 data • Future collaboration?