WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
and
THAI METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT
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TRAINING SEMINAR ON
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE GTS

BANGKOK, 23 - 27 SEPTEMBER 2002

LECTURES

                    SESSION A: ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF THE GTS

A.1Organization principles of the GTS (WMO Secretariat)

A.2 Structure and current status of the RA II RMTN (India)

A.3 Overview of operational procedures for the GTS (WMO Secretariat)

A.4 RTH and NMC functions for the GTS information exchange (India)

A.5 Current operational procedures of data exchange on the GTS and future outlook (India)

A.6 Operational procedures for observational data collection (RTH Bangkok)

A.7 Overview of WWW monitoring (WMO Secretariat)

                    SESSION B: TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES FOR THE GTS

B.1 TCP/IP procedures and application for the GTS (Australia)

B.2 Overview of telecommunications means for the GTS (leased circuits -analogue, digital-, data communication services -Frame relay-, satellite-based services - VSAT, DVB, DAB) (China)

B.3 Status of new telecommunications services and technology (Thailand-TOT)

B.4 Cost effective satellite-based data broadcast systems for replacement of the present HF meteorological broadcast (China , India)

B.5 Use of the Internet for meteorological data exchange (E-mail, WEB, VPN) (Australia)

B.6 Overview of the Improved MTN project (Australia)

B.7 Improved RMTN/RMDCN for RA II (India)

                    SESSION C: TELECOMMUNICATION AND DATA HANDLING SYSTEMS AT NMCs

C.1 Overview of functions of telecommunication/data handling systems at NMCs (Japan)

C.2 PC-based systems at NMCs (Japan)>/a>

C.3 Overview of PC Operating Systems (MSWindows, LINUX, UNIX) (China)>/a>

C.4 Examples of implementation (China, India, Thailand, Australia)