Aerospace Education Catalogue

Formation Météorologie satellitaire pour les prévisionnistes

• Organisation: ENM - Toulouse
• Type of Course: Life-long learning - short courses (basics) - short courses (advanced)
• Language(s): French
• Place: ENM Toulouse (French Regions: Occitanie)
• Prepared diploma/grade/title: Certificate of participation (Notification of training attendance/completion)

Course Details

Objectives: Satellite meteorology is an essential element of remote sensing and weather forecasting, particularly at short range. Accelerated developments have taken place recently, including a marked increase in the range and quality of products available in weather forecasting.

At the end of the training, trainees will be able to:
• Provide information on the general organization of satellite products used in meteorological forecasting at Météo-France
• To know the fundamental principles of satellite measurement
• Use the satellite products available at Météo-France for general forecasting, or applied to a specific field (aeronautics, marine, nowcasting, etc.)

Intended for: Meteorologists from national or regional meteorological services wishing to learn about the use of satellite data and products at Météo-France.

10 places for day students / 24 places in all.

Prerequisites: • Have undergone initial training as meteorological or meteorological technicians, or equivalent.
• Know the main concepts of weather forecasting.

Duration and terms: 27h (4,5 days)

Partnerships with national organisations: Laboratoire de Météorologie dynamique (LMD)

International partnerships: EUMETSAT

Dedicated web site: https://meteofrance.fr/enm/nos-formations/formations-pour-meteorologistes

Disciplines

• Engineering Sciences
• Applications, Operations

Topics

• 1 - Physics and Environment: radiation, particles, fields, debris, climatic and vibratory conditions, meteorology
• 15 - Earth Observation, Remote Sensing, GIS, Geomatics
• 21 - Natural Resources and Environment Management/Protection, Infrastructures