OceanExpert ID : 49415

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Mr Prabhath Madhusanka THENNAKOON

Meteorology Observer/Communicator

Department of meteorology

Department of Meteorology of Sri Lanka

Location

383, Bauddhaloka Mawatha
Colombo
07
Sri Lanka

Nationality

Sri Lanka

Email(s)

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Telephone

+94711409808

Profile URL

https://www.oceanexpert.org/expert/Prabhath

Persistent Digital Identifiers (UIDs)

ORCID : 972081191V

Highest Degree

A/L

Job Type

Other

Subject Area

Climatology, Meteorology

Activities

1) Observes and records weather conditions for use in forecasting: Periodically observes general weather, sky and visibility conditions, and reads weather instruments including thermometers, barometers, and hygrometers to ascertain elements, such as temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, wind velocity, and precipitation.


2) Transmits and receives weather data from other stations over teletype machine.


3) May collect upper-air data on temperature, humidity, and winds, using weather balloon and radiosonde equipment.

Sea regions of study

Indian Ocean

Skills

Team work , Data entry , IT Skills

Working language(s)

English

Social

Website(s)

http://www.meteo.gov.lk

Created: 2021-10-23 by Prabhath THENNAKOON |