Report on the COSPAR Capacity Building Workshop 'Improved Accuracy in the Equatorial Region and Progress toward a Real-Time IRI Model', 2-13 November 2015, Bangkok, Thailand

摘要

Ten lecturers and 33 trainees participated in the five-day training session that took place in the computer lab #109 of the Engineering Instructional Building, Faculty of Engineering, KMITL. The trainees were competitively selected from 114 applicants and represented 11 mostly Southeast-Asian countries including Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, India, South-Korea, Taiwan, China, and USA. On each training day, lectures were given in the morning, while the afternoons were devoted to the practical part and the time for Team Projects. On 2 November we welcomed Assoc. Prof. Komsan Maleesee, the Dean of Faculty of Engineering, who presided over the opening session and welcomed the participants. In addition, Prof. Mariano Mendez welcomed the participants and introduced the COSPAR activities and opportunities for fellowships. Prof. Dieter Bilitza gave a welcome message as well on behalf of the COSPARAJRSI International Reference Ionosphere (IRI) project.