Baltic+ courses for operational meteorologists

Baltic+ courses for operational meteorologists

Early 2015, Estonia

The Baltic+ course is a joint initiative of the National Meteorological Services of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Poland.  It aims to increase the knowledge of, and skills in, using satellite observations, and provide a meeting place for exchanging ideas, practices and knowledge.

The objective of the course is to produce and deliver a training event that demonstrates new developments in satellite meteorology. The experts from the participating countries will have an opportunity to learn about new tools and methodologies for using satellite data in operational forecasting. The event will also help the networking between meteorologists and experts in the region.

The core topics at the course are the operational use of satellite data and the use of different satellite products derived from the SAF network,  as well as other newest multi-spectral environmental satellite applications.