Transcript IOC UNESCO “Baltic Floating University” Programme

IOC/UNESCO,
UNESCO Сhairs and
WMO Regional Meteorological Training
Center Programmes
Lev Karlin
Russian State Hydrometeorological University (RSHU)
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Baltic Floating University is a long-term educational
project developed and carried out by the RSHU staff
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The “Training-Through-Research” (TTR) principle is
being developed and applied through the project.
TTR programme puts together the advantages of
the formal training of undergraduate and
postgraduate students and young scientists with the
experiences gained in advanced research
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A recognized BFU peculiarity is a two-ship operation
BFU uses in parallel two training platforms: a big
oceanographic vessel for studies in the open Baltic
Sea and a sailing catamaran for investigations in its
shallow coastal waters
BFU educational cycle
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Shipboard data collection, processing and analysis
BFU educational cycle
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training in writing reports and research papers
annual publication of the research results in “BFU
Research Bulletin”
International educational collaboration
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Cooperation with the “Baltic University Programme”,
coordinated by Uppsala University, Sweden, which was
started in 1999
International educational collaboration
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The BFU project has stimulated the development of
international contacts with other European universities:
Cadiz (Spain)
Aveiro (Portugal)
Bologna (Italy)
Plymouth (UK)
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This cooperation implies the student exchange and
joint seminars. Students of these Universities take part
in annual summer cruises of the Baltic Floating
University
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BFU provides the experience of various scientific
research and also the international communication
for students
Through this BFU promotes the students’
participation in other European projects such as
Erasmus Mundus programme — a co-operation and
mobility programme in the field of higher education
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The scientific component of BFU programme has
contributed to an inter-programme cooperation in
frames of operational oceanographic systems
development for the Baltic region, such as BOOS
(Baltic Operational Oceanographic System), and
ECOOP (European Coastal sea Operational
Observing and Forecasting system)
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BFU students are involved in these projects
RSHU-UNESCO Chair in Remote Sensing and Modeling in Oceanography has
participated in the developments of several water quality parameters on the base
of the remote sensed data.
Presented research topics include the development of satellite data methods for
the studying of chlorophyll-a, algal blooms, turbidity, suspended solids, and
bathymetry in the Baltic Sea and coastal areas. The research is performed in
collaboration with the ICO/UNESCO Sectors, NIERSC, VSEGEI, and other
organizations.
L.Karlin, T.Eremina, A.Ershova
(RSHU)
http://kosmosnimki.ru/
Introduction
Studying World Heritage Sites UNESCO
— Cultural and Historic
Ensemble of the
Solovetsky Islands
— Historic Centre of
Saint-Petersburg and
Related Groups of
Monuments
— Struve Geodetic Arc
— Western Caucasus
Struve Geodetic Arc
Studying World Heritage Sites UNESCO
Introduction
L.Karlin, T.Eremina, A.Ershova
(RSHU)
Photos by Alexander Kurilo
Western Caucasus
Studying World Heritage Sites UNESCO
Combining with studying of Hydrology, Biology
conditions, sea surface color, and coastal zone
transformation, August-September, 2008
L.Karlin, T.Eremina, A.Ershova
(RSHU)
Ground works, 2007- 2008:
Coastal zone erosion studying
L.Karlin, T.Eremina, A.Ershova
(RSHU)
Photos Georgy Gogoberidze
Remote sensing of Ice in the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga, April, 2004-09
Changes of Ice Conditions, 2004-09
2004
2007
2005
2008
2009
Fishermen on the ice of Lake Ladoga,
March, 2009
2006
L.Karlin, T.Eremina, A.Ershova
(RSHU)
2009
TTR- 2008-09 cruises observations: resuspension of bottom sediments
during engineering works in the inner part of the Neva Bay
L.Karlin, T.Eremina, A.Ershova
(RSHU)
World Meteorological Organization
Regional Training Center in Russian Federation
Russian State Hydrometeorological University
Regional Training Centre
in the Russian Federation
Moscow
Hydrometeorological
College
Vocational
Hydrometeorological
education
Russian State
Hydrometeorological
University
Higher
education
Institute for
Qualification
Improvement
Advanced
training
Role of RSHU as component of RTC
in Russia
Curricula development with purpose to provide the
standards of education and training meeting the necessary
requirements to WMO professional qualifications
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Personnel education and training in meteorology and
operational hydrology
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Providing high quality of hydrometeorological education
in the RF
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WMO fellows at RSHU
(2002-2010 academic years)
Number of WMO fellows under the VCP
at RSHU since 1974
Our alumni
1. Till Bebe — Advisor to the Cabinet of President
at the State Duma of Yaounde (Cameroon)
2. Sergio Paсsi — Director of Research Institute for
Environmental Protection, National University
(Peru)
3. Rivera Herbert Gonzalo — Head of the scientific
unit of The Ministry of Environment and
hydrometeorology (Colombia)
4. Boungou Benjamin — Deputy Director General
of ANAC (Congo)
5. Farkas Chilla — Chief meteorologist of The
National Meteorological Service (Hungary)
6. Saho Momadou — Chief of Fellowship Division,
WMO (Switzerland)
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