2017 Regional Focus Group meetings (40 to 51)

20th December 2017 Regional Focus Group meeting (51)

 Topics of discussion include:

• Satellite-based Total Cloud cover retrieval to support automatic cloud cover measurements (Dr Geun-Hyeok Ryu / Satellite Analysis Division, NMSC, Korea Meteorological Administration). Recording, 31 minutes duration.
• An Australian Squall Line case study: applying some RGB products from the RGB Expert and Developers Workshop (Bodo Zeschke BMTC). Recording, 24 minutes duration. 

50th Australian VLab CoE Regional Focus Group meeting, 23rd November 2017

Topics of discussion include:

• A brief overview of AOMSUC-8 held in Vladivostok, Russia (Bodo Zeschke BMTC). Recording, 12 minutes duration. 
• A brief overview of the RGB Experts and Developers Workshop held in Tokyo, Japan (Bodo Zeschke BMTC). Recording, 20 minutes duration. 

31st October 2017 Regional Focus Group meeting (49)

Topics of discussion include:

• Celebrating our 4th year of Regional Focus Group meetings (Bodo Zeschke BMTC). Recording, 7 minutes duration. 
• Turbulence during a recent flight from Vladivostok to Tokyo; on-board observations compared to satellite and other observations and NWP (Bodo Zeschke BMTC). Recording, 24 minutes duration.
• ITCZ displacement due to an MJO event over the Maritime Continent during the Asian Monsoon (Achmad Rifani BMKG Indonesia). Recording, 19 minutes duration.

21st September 2017 Regional Focus Group meeting (48)

Topics of discussion include:

• A fog/low cloud case study from Korea comparing a number of Himawari-8 and COMS products (Dr HyeSook Park KMA, Bodo Zeschke BMTC). Recording, 38 minutes duration.
• Analysis of a Mesoscale Convective Complex in the South China Sea (Bodo Zeschke BMTC). Recording, 17 minutes duration.

17th August 2017 Regional Focus Group meeting (47)

Topics of discussion include:

• The parallax error in Himawari-8 data: A Singapore Case Study, a New Zealand example and the potential effect on other locations (Bodo Zeschke BMTC). Recording, 24 minutes duration.  
• Mountain waves and associated turbulence over south-eastern Australia 10 August 2017, including input by an operational forecaster and the assessment of the performance of the high resolution ACCESS-C NWP model (Bodo Zeschke BMTC). Recording, 21 minutes duration.

18th July 2017 Regional Focus Group meeting (46)

Topic of discussion included:

• Forecasting Size Changes in Tropical Cyclones (Joe Courtney, Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre). Recording, 52 minutes duration. 

Joe has kindly provided a copy of his presentation as a pdf file HERE

13th June 2017 Regional Focus Group meeting (45)

Topics of discussion include:

• A brief summary of the remote sessions of the WMO Course for Trainers for RAII and RAV (Bodo Zeschke BMTC with comments from Luciane Veeck WMO-CGMS VLab). Recording, 3 minutes duration.  
• Weather and Forecast Discussion (Bodo Zeschke BMTC). Recording, 29 minutes duration.
• Two case studies including the examination of the high resolution ACCESS APS-2 model for an East Coast Low and convection over the Singapore area  (Bodo Zeschke BMTC). Recording, 17 minutes duration. 

18th May 2017 Regional Focus Group meeting (44)

Topics of discussion include:

• Rapidly Developing Thunderstorm Detection using various Satellite Products (Dr Hye Sook Park, Korea Meteorological Administration). Recording, 24 minutes duration.
• Impact of 10 minute Himawari-8 imagery on Nowcasting at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (Bodo Zeschke BMTC). Recording, 20 minutes duration.

18th April 2017 Regional Focus Group meeting (43)

 Topics of discussion include:

• Improvement in the detection of snow covered areas using Natural Colour RGB images (Mr Yun Bok Lee, Researcher, Satellite Analysis Division, National Meteorological Satellite Centre, Korea Meteorological Administration). Recording, 13 minutes duration.
• Tropical Cyclone Debbie at landfall time; comparing various Himawari-8 satellite products and associated observations and NWP products  (Bodo Zeschke BMTC). Recording, 32 minutes duration.

21st March 2017 Regional Focus Group meeting (42)

Topics of discussion include:

• A short introduction of the SHyMet Satellite Foundation Training website - a useful resource for training in the effective use of the new Geostationary (Himawari-8 / GOES-16) satellite data (Bodo Zeschke BMTC). Recording, 4 minutes duration. 
• Related case studies pertaining to smoke and fire detection using the new Himawari-8 SWIR channel and associated products (Mr Bodo Zeschke, Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre). Recording, 20 minutes duration.
• Related case studies optimising the new Himawari-8 satellite data for detection and monitoring of convection (Mr Bodo Zeschke, Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre). Recording, 24 minutes duration.   

PowerPoint presentation (24Mb)

 28th February 2017 Regional Focus Group meeting (41)

Topic of discussion included:

• 3-7 day Cyclogenesis forecasting: challenges and tips (Joe Courtney, Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre). Recording, 53 minutes duration.

24th January 2017 Regional Focus Group meeting (40)

Topics of discussion include:

• Conceptual Model of the Northerly Cold Surge across the South China Sea and Maritime Continent (Asteria Satyaning Handayani, Researcher, Research and Development Centre BMKG Indonesia). Recording, 18 minutes duration.  
• A "bouquet" of short case studies to start the year 2017: Case Study 1, a tropical Mesoscale Convective Vortex (Mr Bodo Zeschke, Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre). Recording, 17 minutes duration. 
• A "bouquet" of short case studies to start the year 2017: Case Study 2, Cloud Streets over the Great Australian Bight (Mr Bodo Zeschke, Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre). Recording, 15 minutes duration.