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Dr Joan Bech  FRMetS CMet

Catalan Meteorological Service
Berlin 38 - 48
Barcelona E-08021
Spain

jbech@meteocat.com

Employment

4 years at the Department of Astronomy and Meteorology of the University of Barcelona in various research projects. 2.5 years of forecast and TV broadcast experience. Since 1997, responsible of weather radar systems at the Catalan Meteorological Service.

Expertise
Air quality indices; precipitation studies including disdrometric measurements and erosion estimation; weather radar systems and related applications; use of remote sensing observations in nowcasting techniques

Recent Jobs

- Day-to-day management of a regional weather radar network
- Assessment of anomalous propagation effects in weather radar observations
- Comparative study of radar and lightning observations to describe convective cell development
- Membership of Management Committees of European COST (Co-operation in Science and Technology Concerted Actions) 717 and 731

Countries
Spain, UK, Italy, Norway

First Accredited as Chartered Meteorologist
April  2005