IOC/UNESCO, UNESCO Сhairs and WMO Regional Meteorological Training Center Programmes

Lev KarlinRussian State Hydrometeorological University (RSHU)

Baltic Floating University is a long-term educational project developed and carried out by the RSHU staff

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

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 Shipboard data collection, processing and analysis

BFU educational cycle training in writing reports and research papers annual publication of the research results in “BFU

Research Bulletin”

International educational collaboration

Cooperation with the “Baltic University Programme”, coordinated by Uppsala University, Sweden, which was started in 1999

The BFU project has stimulated the development of international contacts with other European universities:

Cadiz (Spain)

Aveiro (Portugal)

Bologna (Italy)

Plymouth (UK)

This cooperation implies the student exchange and joint seminars. Students of these Universities take part in annual summer cruises of the Baltic Floating University

International educational collaboration

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

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)

BFU students are involved in these projects

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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.

Introduction

— Cultural and Historic

Ensemble of the

Solovetsky Islands

— Historic Centre of

Saint-Petersburg and

Related Groups of

Monuments

— Struve Geodetic Arc

— Western Caucasus

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L.Karlin, T.Eremina, A.Ershova (RSHU)

Introduction

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Photos by Alexander Kurilo

L.Karlin, T.Eremina, A.Ershova (RSHU)

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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

Photos Georgy Gogoberidze

L.Karlin, T.Eremina, A.Ershova (RSHU)

Remote sensing of Ice in the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga, April, 2004-09

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Fishermen on the ice of Lake Ladoga, March, 2009

Changes of Ice Conditions, 2004-09

2009

L.Karlin, T.Eremina, A.Ershova (RSHU)

TTR- 2008-09 cruises observations: resuspension of bottom sediments during engineering works in the inner part of the Neva Bay

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Russian State Hydrometeorological University

Regional Training Centrein the Russian Federation

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meteorological College

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University

Institute forQualificationImprovement

Vocational Hydro-

meteorological education

Higher education

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

Personnel education and training in meteorology and operational hydrology

Providing high quality of hydrometeorological education in the RF

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)

Thank you for your attention!

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