Ongoing regional WIGOS projects in RA II and RA V and contribution of JMA Yoshiro Tanaka Observation Department Japan Meteorological Agency Preparatory meeting for the joint RA II/V Workshop on WIGOS for Disaster Risk Reduction Jakarta, Indonesia, April 2015

RAII WIGOS Implementation Plan and JMA contributing projects No. I Monitor and review the Implementation of EGOS- IP in RA II No. II Standard and best practise Portal No. III-1 Integration of Surface-based Remote Sensing Data in the East Asia No. III-2 Capacity Building in Radar Techniques in the Southeast Asia No. IV Enhance the Availability and Quality Management Support for NMHSs in Surface, Climate and Upper-air Observations No. V Develop a Sand and Dust Storm Warning Advisory and Assessment System (SDS-WAS) in Asia Node No. VI Develop Support for NMHSs in Satellite Data, Products and Training

RAII WIGOS Project III-1 Integration of Surface-based Remote Sensing Data in the East Asia Key Regional Players: CMA, JMA, KMA Done Review progress of relevant ongoing activities such as Based on cooperation between Japan and Korea, a two-dimensional grid product of analyzed precipitation was generated by JMA experimentally using KMA’s CAPPI and AWS (Impact of data assimilation of the product in mesoscale NWP system is under investigation). Dissemination plan for ground-based GNSS on WIS/GTS was discussed at joint meeting of APSDEU/NAEDEX in 2012 (currently, few stations available) Identify technical difficulties in exchanging data for operational use based on lessons learned To be done Keep monitoring relevant ongoing activities Encourage exchanging data among members KMA is preparing to expand GNSS data dissemination (collected domestically) up to 20 stations via WIS by 2016 Find opportunities to discuss project and develop a feasible and optimal draft design of integrated surface-based remote sensing observations

RAII WIGOS Project III-2 Background  NMHSs in Southeast Asia share common challenges for severe weather monitoring and forecasting.  Many radars in the region but not fully utilized.  Thailand and Malaysia, as leaders of ASEAN Radar Composite Project, are to develop operational rainfall estimation/forecasting based on radar data for supporting disaster risk reduction. Capacity Building in Radar Techniques in the Southeast Asia

Flood in Thailand Source : Summary Report On Urban Flood Risk Management Project (UFRM), Typhoon Committee Secretariat Hat Yai, 2010 Oct - Nov

Dec Kelantan & Terengganu Flood in Malaysia

WIGOS project ASEAN project Mutual benefits of ASEAN Countries  WIGOS project (RA II) “Observing Systems Integration for Supporting Disaster Risk Reduction”  Monitoring cross-border rainfall and severe weather  Management of major international rivers  Efficient early warning to support National Disaster Risk Reduction  Accuracy improvement of Tropical Cyclone positioning and advisories  Achievement of SCMG  Symbol of strong cooperation within ASEAN member countries Threefold benefits of Radar Composite Project in Southeast Asia ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee

 2011 TC expert mission visited Thailand (TMD Headquarters, Suvarnnabhumi and Rayong radar stations, 7-9 Sept)  2012 Attachment Training for TMD experts on radar composite techniques (Tokyo, Japan, Nov)  2013 Technical Meeting on radar composite map for TMD and JMA experts (Tokyo, Japan, Nov)  2014 Technical Meeting on radar composite map for TMD and JMA experts (Tokyo, Japan, Nov) Technical support to TMD by JMA (Typhoon Committee AOP)

Recent Achievements

Elevation Angles Composite Tables for 4 radars in Thailand - A key to produce high-quality image Technical meeting on radar composite map for Thailand (Tokyo, Nov 2013)

Adjust composite table Adjust composite table Adjust clutter map Adjust clutter map Adjust noise cut parameter, etc. Echo intensity at lowest level (EIL) Clutter map Parameter Radar data by elevation angle Composite table  Statistics Summation Appearance count Select  Quality Check (QC) Technical meeting on radar composite map for Thailand (Tokyo, Nov 2014) Verification  Creation of EIL

improved Lmaphun radar Phitsanulok radar QC (noise cutting)

Shadow area Noisy area Adjustment of pseudo CAPPI table Adjustment of pseudo CAPPI table (2014 Aug, Phisanulok radar site) improved

Achieved composite image

Techniques of simple QPE was shared with TMD. Raingauge EX. Improving how to calculate calibration factor Calculating a ratio of raingauge data divided by maximum radar data among the raingauge locating grid and its surrounding grid. Averaging the ratios in the whole radar sweeping area (= Calibration factor) Discussion for simple QPE

comment Central Radar Data Processing System (Automatic QC) monitor Radar operator (Manual QC) QPE No-echo command Development team Forecaster Management team of operational radar system Radar data Design and plan installing radar system Radar data Public Improvement of radar system New products Operational QC scheme in JMA

QPE hourly rainfall (2345UTC, 18 JUL 2014) Composite mapAchievements TMD reported at Typhoon Committee (2015)

Example of National Radar Composite imagery ThailandMalaysia Indonesia Next Stage of the Project?

Proposed jointly by Malaysia and Thailand led by Japanese experts from JMA, radar manufacture and University ASEAN Radar Workshop (Bangkok, Thailand, Feb – Mar 2014) The good first step toward ASEAN radar composite!!

Active discussion by BMKG, MMD, TMD made the workshop successful !! BMKG radar experts

RAII WIGOS Project IV Enhance the Availability and Quality Management Support for NMHSs in Surface, Climate and Upper-air Observations Achievements (1 st round as a WIGOS pilot project)  July 2010 JMA/WMO Survey on the Surface, Climate and Upper-air Observations and Quality Management in RA II (Asia)  July 2010 JMA/WMO Workshop on Quality Management in Surface, Climate and Upper-air Observations in RA II (Asia)  June 2011 Survey report was issued as WMO IOM report (No. 111)

Achievements (2 nd round as a WIGOS regional project)  Dec 2011 JMA/WMO survey on Meteorological Instruments, Calibration and training in RAII (Asia)  Feb 2013 JMA/WMO Training Workshop on Calibration and Maintenance of Meteorological Instruments in RA II (ASIA)  2015? Report to be issued as IOM report Additional Achievements (see following slides) Future plan (3 rd round from 2015) JMA/WMO Survey on Quality Management (drafted) JMA/WMO Training Workshop? Report issued as IOM report?

*** Traceability to international standards *** (N = 21) *** Instrument type/method of National Meteorological Standards *** PressureTemperature The survey (2011) revealed that  Less than 50% of Members (who responded the questionnaire) had national meteorological standards traceable to international standards.  Conventional instruments (mercury barometers etc.) were still widely used operationally rather than electrical instruments. (N = 21) WMO/JMA Survey on Meteorological Instruments, Calibration and Training in RA II (Dec 2011)

Additional Achievement of regional WIGOS IP: JICA Technical Cooperation Project on Maintenance and Calibration of Instruments (Aug – Dec 2013)  Objectives To improve quality of meteorological observation of Bangladesh (BMD) by Improving capabilities of maintenance and calibration Achieving international traceability of meteorological standard instruments  Contents Grant meteorological standard instruments (Barometer & Thermometer) Conduct trainings on maintenance and calibration (at RIC Tsukuba and BMD HQ)

BMD Observatories

BMD has their instrument calibration system, BUT… Not calibrated with international standards for around 30 years (last time in 1985? with India) BMD’s 35 stations are not systematically calibrated (some were not calibrated for long years)

Intercomparison (JICA donated standard and Dhaka operational barometer)

JMA willing to support BMD from every possible aspects !! SYNOP input status Comparison with JICA standard, Comparison with NWP 1 st guess WMO Lead Centre Monitoring

Standard Instrument WMO RIC Standard NMHS Standard Travelling Standard Operational Instrument SI Thermometer: 500 USD Barometer: 5,000 USD National Standard Traceability is a key to achieve internationally reliable observation! ISO/IEC 17025

Training at RIC Tsukuba, JapanOn-site training at BMD HQ, Dhaka In 2014, BMD started instrument calibration services using newly provided meteorological standard and calibration equipment. It is expected that quality of surface observation in Bangladesh will be greatly improved shortly. Trainings in Tsukuba and Dhaka

BMD, JICA and JMA are all happy because…  BMD improves their observation  JICA enjoys high cost-performance project  JMA supports NMHS with no cost NOTES: Bangladesh is not an exception. According to the WMO/JMA survey on meteorological instruments, calibration and training in RA-II (35 Members) carried out in Dec 2011, - 16 Members have standard instrument (pressure), 9 of which have international traceability - 14 Members have standard instrument (temperature), 6 of which have international traceability Summary: To reach WIGOS goal, this kind of very basic (low profile but extremely important) activities should be duly recognized and supported by WMO.

RAII WIGOS Project V Developing a Sand and Dust Storm Warning Advisory and Assessment System (SDS-WAS) in Asia Node Key Regional Players: China, Japan, Republic of Korea Done Dust forecast model has been continuously operated on a daily basis, consisting of NWP model with online parameterizations of atmospheric dust cycle A portal for dust forecast products developed 4 th meeting of WMO SDS-WAS Regional Steering Group for Asia (Beijing, China, March 2015) To be done Dust forecast model products verification needs to be carried out CMA will apply for WMO RSMC with Activity Specialization on Atmospheric Sand Dust Forecasts (RSMC-ASDF)

Develop Support for NMHSs in Satellite Data, Products and Training Key Regional Players: Japan, Republic of Korea and other satellite operators in RA II Coordination Group members: Japan (Co-coordinator); Republic of Korea (Co-coordinator); Bahrain; China; Hong Kong, China; India; Kyrgyzstan; Maldives; Oman; Pakistan; Russian Federation; Uzbekistan; Viet Nam, RA V (observer) and EUMETSAT (observer) RAII WIGOS Project VI Mission This project assists NMHSs in RA II to make better use of satellite-related information. The major focus of the initiative is to facilitate the timely provision of satellite-related information by satellite operators themselves to users, i.e., NMHSs in RA II, especially developing countries including LDCs. It is necessary to create synergy between other ongoing projects such as the WMO-CGMS Virtual Laboratory (VLab) and provide greater benefits while avoiding duplication of effort.

WIGOS project WIGOS project 1. Sat Operators 2. Coordinating Group 3. Users

Achievement and Future Done Regular Newsletters for RA II Members Four in 2013 Four in 2014 Asia/Oceania Meteorological Satellite Users’ Conference (AOMSUC) 4 th AOMSUC (Melbourne, Australia, 9-11 Oct. 2013) by Australian Bureau of Meteorology, with two day’s training event 5 th AOMSUC (Shanghai, China, Nov. 2014) by CMA, with two day’s VLab training event Roshydromet committed to be the 5 th sponsor To be done Supportive activities to be prepared for satellite data users concerning the new generation of geostationary meteorological satellites To establish a permanent secretariat for AOMSUC, preferably within the WMO Space Programme Office 6 th AOMSUC to be held in Tokyo in th AOMSUC to be held in Korea jointly with AMS meeting in 2016 Issues to be considered  A key of the project is user readiness for next generation satellites to be operational in a few years  Himawari-8/9  FY-4  GEO-KOMPSAT

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