2023 Regional Focus Group meetings (107 to 116)

14th December 2023 Regional Focus Group meeting (116)

Topics of discussion included:

• The eruption of Mount Ulawun, Papua New Guinea. Presented by Kazutaka Yamada, Japan Meteorological Agency. Recording, 5 minutes duration.
• Wildfires on the island of Maui in Hawai'i. Using satellite data to describe a fire prone environment. Presented by Dr Jordan Gerth, NOAA/NWS. Recording, 13 minutes duration.
• Cold Surge Shear Lines: The Case of 20 November 2023 Heavy Rain Event. Presented by Ella Marie Sorino, PAGASA, Philippines. Recording, 11 minutes duration. 
• TC Gabrielle's impact on the North Island of New Zealand. Note: there were some technical issues during this presentation so Chris Webster of MetService New Zealand has kindly agreed to reschedule his presentation to the upcoming First Indonesian VLab Centre of Excellence Regional Focus Group meeting of January 2024.
• Detection of Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) over the Banda Sea, Maluku. Presented by Rion Salman, Indonesian VLab CoE. Recording, 10 minutes duration.
• Satellite Imagery with a Tornado in Myanmar. Presented by Dr Scott Lindstrom, SSEC University of Wisconsin Madison. Recording, 15 minutes duration.

 30th November 2023 Regional Focus Group meeting (115)

Topics of discussion included:

• Celebrating 10 years of Australian VLab Centre of Excellence Regional Focus Group meetings. Presented by Dr Mick Pope and Mr Bodo Zeschke, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre. Recording, 17 minutes duration.
• A summary of the 13th Asia Oceania Meteorological Satellite User Conference (AOMSUC-13) Training Event. Presented by Bodo Zeschke, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre. Recording, 13 minutes duration.
• A summary of the AOMSUC-13 Conference. Presented by Rion Salman, BMKG Indonesia. Recording, 13 minutes duration.
• A summary of the Joint RAII and RAV Coordination meeting. Presented by Agnes Lane, Senior Manager, Satellite Earth Observation Planning and Coordination, Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Recording, 13 minutes duration.

 26th September 2023 Regional Focus Group meeting (114)

Topics of discussion included:

• Introducing the Indonesian VLab Centre of Excellence. Presented by Roro Yuliana Purwanti and Anni Arumsari Fitriany, BMKG Indonesia Training Centre. Recording, 21 minutes duration.
• Early Warning System for Land and Forest Fires in Indonesia. Presented by Teguh Setiawan, BMKG Indonesia Public Weather Services. Recording, 26 minutes duration.
• An update to the 13th Asia-Oceania Meteorological Satellite User's Conference. Presented by Kwangmyung Song, Korea Meteorological Administration. Recording, 7 minutes duration.

 29th August 2023 Regional Focus Group meeting (113)

Topics of discussion included:

• Heavy rainfall and flooding event over Samoa, 8th June 2023. Presented by Silipa Mulitalo, Samoa Meteorological Service and Bodo Zeschke, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre. Recording, 33 minutes duration.
• Post presentation discussion. Recording, 5 minutes duration.
• An example how the "Polar SLIDER" viewer can be utilized over the Australasia Pacific region: Aurora Australis event of the 24/25th April 2023. Presented by Bodo Zeschke, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre. Recording, 15 minutes duration.

1st August 2023 Regional Focus Group meeting (112)

Topics of discussion included:

• Overview of the CIRA SLIDER viewer, including new satellites, new features, new products. Presented by Dr Curtis Seaman, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University.
• Some examples of how SLIDER can be utilised over the Australasia Pacific region. Presented by Bodo Zeschke, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre. These included:
• System-centric animation over Super Typhoon Doksuri, using GK-2A data.
• Monitoring the breakdown of the ITCZ / Monsoon Trough over the western Pacific Ocean using Himawari-9 data.
• GOES-18 Global Lightning Mapper over Pacific locations.

Recording of the session: Recording, 57 minutes duration.

29th June 2023 Regional Focus Group meeting (111)

Topics of discussion included:

• A Weather and Forecast Discussion, including two short case studies showcasing the application of satellite data and data products. Session facilitated by Bodo Zeschke, Australian VLab Centre of Excellence. Recording, 41 minutes duration.
• Case studies included:
• Monitoring of low-level cloud lines over Indonesia and the South China Sea, June 2023
• Widespread frost event, southeastern Australia, 21st June 2023
• First Announcement of the AOMSUC-13 Training Event and Conference. Session facilitated by Mr Kwangmyung Song, Korea Meteorological Administration. Recording, 6 minutes duration.

30th May 2023 Regional Focus Group meeting (110)

Topics of discussion included:

• Summary of the 2023 Local Training Course on capacity building for the reception and utilisation of GK2A data for forecasting and warning of natural disasters in Cambodia. Session facilitated by Dr Jinho Shin, Korea Meteorological Administration / Korea VLab Centre of Excellence. Recording, 19 minutes duration.
• Early notice of the AOMSUC-13 Training Course and Conference. Session facilitated by Dr Jinho Shin, Korea Meteorological Administration / Korea VLab Centre of Excellence. (contained in the above recording)
• Provincial-Basis NWP Models Evaluation of Indonesia. Session facilitated by Mr Nanda Alfuadi, BMKG Indonesia. Recording, 24 minutes duration.
• Rendering GEO-KOMPSAT-2A and Himawari-9 satellite imagery using the versatile CIRA/SLIDER satellite data viewer. Session facilitated by Mr Bodo Zeschke, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre. Recording, 8 minutes duration.

21st February 2023 Regional Focus Group meeting (108)

Topic of discussion included:

• The heavy rainfall and flooding event over Auckland, New Zealand, 27th January 2023. Session facilitated by Mr Bodo Zeschke, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre. Input by Chris Webster MetService New Zealand and Dr Scott Lindstrom SSEC University of Wisconsin Madison. Recording, 57 minutes duration.

31st January 2023 Regional Focus Group meeting (107)

Topics of discussion included:

• Launch of Meteosat Third Generation-Imager 1 (MTG-I1) as observed from geostationary orbit by GOES-16. Session facilitated by Mr Bodo Zeschke, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre. Recording, 10 minutes duration.
• Multiple vortices in the water vapour imagery over the Tasman Sea. Session facilitated by Mr Bodo Zeschke, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre. Recording, 16 minutes duration.
• Heavy Summer Rainfall over South Korea. Session facilitated by Dr Jinho Shin, Korea VLab Centre of Excellence. Recording, 30 minutes duration.