Ministry of Civil Aviation

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Ministry of Civil Aviation Egyptian
Meteorological Authority (EMA)
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1839 Met. Observation Started1900 Organizing
of the first Met.Service.1934 Met .Services had
been started in the field of Civil
Aviation safety1947Royal order to establish an
independent organization1971The
Recent EMA
Historical Review
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CHAIRMAN
Central Admin. Of RTC/Cairo Special Dir. Tech.
Dir. Exam Prog. Dir.
International Affairs
Central Admin. Of FCST Airports Dir RSMC.
Dir. Computer Dir.
Central Admin. Of Instruments Station Net
Dir. Instrument Dir. Military. Met. Dir.
Central Admin. Of Research Climate Dir. Research
Dir.
Central Admin. Of Finance HR Dir. Finance Dir.
Others
Public Relation
Quality Inspection
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EMA

• Meteorologists 230
• Met. Technicians 800
• Engineers 6
• Assist. Engineers 107
• Librarians 5

• Lawyers 13
• Accountants 49
• Tech. 113
• Clerks Secretary 284
• Security 3
• Others 390

TOTAL 2000
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Regional Centers In Cairo
Forecasting
Calibration
Telecommunications
Training
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Synoptic Stations
1st observation 1906 El Nadorah
45 stations
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Aeronautical Stations
1st observation March.1926 Almazah
25 stations
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Offshore Stations
9 stations
7 stations in Naser Lake
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Climatological Stations
70 stations
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Agrometeorological Stations
10 stations
1st observation Jan.1926 El Khargah
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Solar Radiation Network
1st observation Jul.1956 El Gizah
12 stations
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Pollution Stations
5 stations
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OZONE STATION
4 Stations
1st observation 1928 Khtamiah. Regular
records Cairo 1967.
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Automatically Weather Stations
35 stations
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Upper air Stations
RDFGPS
1st observation Sep.1959 El Maamora
6 stations
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Met. Observations Network

• 45
• 10
• 6
• 36
• 70
• 5
• 12
• 4
• 116

• Synoptic Surface Stations
• Agromet. Stations
• Upper air Stations
• Auto. Weather Stations
• Climatological Station
• Pollution Stations
• Solar Radiation Stations
• Ozone Stations
• Total Stations ( Locations )

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Forecasting Centers Main Forecasting Center
Cairo International AirportMain Military
Forecasting centerAlmaza Military Center Raas
El-Teen Military CenterLuxer AirportHurgada
Airport El- Nozha Airport
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Satellite receiving SystemsMeteosat Second
Generation (MSG)Low rate information High
rate informationRETIEM 2000 SAtellite
DIstribution System(SADIS)
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International circuits
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192.168.193.0
Cisco PIX Firewall
212.103.189.0
192.168.10.0
MESSIR-COMM Server TCPIP connections
172.16.38.23
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VSAT Egyptian Airports
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????? ????????DATA BASEOperational Data
Base(ODB)Operational from August 2002National
Climatological Data Base( NCDB )
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Forecast SourcesECMWF METEO
FRANCE EGYPT ETA Global ETA ( under test )
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The Computer CenterIBM Main Frame (started at
1968)Windows NT LANTelecommunication
System(AMSS)Messir Comm, Messir Vission and
Messir Aero to display in both alphanumeric
andgraphical formslocally developed S / W for
plotting and Quality Control
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Cairo NWP CenterStarted at 1976ordinary
Weather chartsCloud Cover, Precipitation,Dust
uptake transport and depositionEgypt/ETA Model
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The LibraryThe library in EMA can be considered
as one of the largest and specialized libraries.
Its area around 350 sq.m., it contains more than
25000 publications,text books, atlases,
periodic,and books in basic sciences.
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The main end-users of met.services in Egypt

• Civil Aviation.
• Military activities.
• Marine Navigation
• Tourism
• Investment projects
• Agriculture activities
• Media
• Public Weather Serv.
• Water Resources Managements

• Environment.
• Services to research centers
• companies of Clean Energy. projects like solar
  and wind energy
• New Cities planning.
• Urban Meteorology
• Water Resources Irrigation

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Services in percentages to different sectors in
Egypt
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1- The Center of early warning of air pollution
(Ministry of Environment)2- The center of
Nile Floods Forecast (Ministry of irrigation
and water resources) 3- National Atomic
Energy in the field of Dispersion of Nuclear
Pollutants
Bilateral Cooperation
4- Eumetsat 5- Germany Czech Republic in Ozone
Measurements. 6- LACE LISA Labs In Paris
(Aerosols Measurements ) 7- Abdus Salam
Institute ( ICTP )
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8- Projects of renewable energy(Solar Wind )
with the New energy authority and
Denmark ,Finland , Switzerland9- Stable isotopes
in rain water and water vapor in
Mediterraneanregion with IAEA. 10- Cairo, Al
Azhar Egyptian Universities11- International
Lab.of Theoretical Physics in Italy12-
Meteo-France
Bilateral Cooperation
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The center is one of Twenty-Three Regional
Training centers all over the world, seven in RA
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Cairo Regional Training Center (CRTC)
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CAIRO REGIONAL TRAINING CENTER
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Current CoursesWMO BIP-MWMO
BIP-MT(Instrument)WMO BIP-MT (Climate)WMO
BIP-MT (Observers)Aviation and Satellite Met.
For Pilots from Air Force
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NATIONALITIESLESOTHO,GHANA,KYNYA,TANZANIA,GAMBIA
,ZAMBIASECHELLE,SWAZILAND,SIERRALION,NIGERIAMOZ
AMBIQUE,ETHIOPIAMAURITIUS,UGANDASOUTH
AFRICA,LIBERIABOTSWANA,NAMIBIA,NIGERSUDAN,SYRIA.
KAWAT,EMIRATE
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NORTH AFRICARegional Climate Center- Network(
NA-RCC)

• Two functions allocated for Cairo center in this
  network
• 1- Long Range Forecast Model ( operation - data
  processing output )
• 2- Training ( Staff End users )

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New International Centre for conferences It will
be ready by 2010
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New International Centre for conferences It will
be ready by 2010
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Review of Literature (windblown sand through
equations)
Egypt wind speed map in m/s
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Example of one of the sand collecting stations
working west of Lake Nasser
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Landsat Image of Garf Hussein
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Sand collector, Bagnold's type, mounted at the
dominant wind direction
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Example of one of the weather stations working
west of Lake Nasser
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Map for Lake Nasser showing locations of the
weathering stations and conducted sand traps
Meteorological Station
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Finally

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