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    Course Description

    How to Take This Course

    Approximate time to complete:  2 to 2.5 hours. This course makes use of text, interactive graphics, case-studies and activities to introduce the basic concepts of impact-based forecast warning systems. After completing this course you will be better equipped to help your organization advance an impact-based approach in hydro-meteorological services, disaster risk reduction and related areas. 

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    The following people contributed to the development of this resource:

    WMO, Disaster Risk Reduction and Public Services Branch (DPS)

    • Cyrille Honoré, Director
    • Adanna Robertson-Quimby, Programme Officer
    • Samuel Muchemi, Scientific Officer
    • Ata Hussain, Scientific Project Coordination Officer (Severe Weather Forecasting Programme)

    WMO, Education and Training Programme (ETRP) 

    • Luciane Veeck, Education and Training Support Officer

    WMO Expert Team on General Service Delivery (ET-GSD) Sub-Group, 2022

    • Dr. William Lang, UK Met Office, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    • Saskia Willemse, MeteoSwiss, Switzerland 
    • Carolina Cerrudo, National Meteorological Service, Argentina

    Instructional Media Designer, Technical Writer 

    Special Thanks 

    The course development team also would like to express gratitude to those who took time to discuss or review the development of this course including but not limited to: ET-GSD - Kai-Kwong H on (Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China) , Zhang Di (China Meteorological Administration, China), Gerald Fleming (Ireland), E van Morgan (Bureau of Meteorology, Australia), Chris Noble (MetService, New Zealand),  Siobhan Ryan (Met Éireann, Meteorological Service, Ireland), Fatima Sabai (National Meteorological Service, Morocco), Haruka Watanabe (Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan), Elizabeth Viljoen (South Africa Weather Service, South Africa), John Koch (National Weather Service, United States of America) and Yohei Kurose (Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan), COMET/UCAR - Paul Kucera and Tsvetomir Ross-Lazarov.