For our further collaborative relationship between NHMS Viet Nam and JMA Japan Meteorological Agency Shuji NISHIMURA, Yoshiro TANAKA, Arata OKUYAMA December 2015

The reason why we came here? To share skills and knowledge for satellite data utilization with many Viet Nam NHMS staff. JMA would like NHMS to fully utilize HimawariCast system and to enjoy maximum benefit of Himawari-8/9 using SATAID. However, satellite data utilization is only a part of our possible collaboration.

NHMS and JMA has established close relationship. Satellites Satellites Telecommunications Telecommunications Climate Climate Radar Radar Tropical Cyclones Tropical Cyclones Etc. Etc. Q. Why do we collaborate? A. Because we believe this is “Good” Good relationship between NHMS & JMA

Improving Radar Data for DRR WMO RAII & RAV Joint WIGOS Project Improving Radar Data for DRR (discussed in Jakarta, October 2015) Proposed Overall goals: Improvement of data quality of existing radars Improvement of data quality of existing radars Development and expansion of national radar network Development and expansion of national radar network Near real time International exchange of radar data Near real time International exchange of radar data Development of «sub-regional» radar data center(s) Development of «sub-regional» radar data center(s)

Radar Integration in Southeast Asia Malaysia (RA-V) Indonesia (RA-V) Thailand (RA-II) [TEST by JMA]

Example of radar composite (Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan) displayed on SATAID Data source: BMKG, MMD, JMA [TEST] Composite (radar & satellite)

Thai Malaysia JMA Lao BMKG PAGASA Viet Nam Cambodia Singapore Myan mar Regional Network Our goal, our dream … Brunei Viet Nam NHMS is expected to play a major role in establishing international radar network! Radar Data Exchange in Asia

JMA wishes to further enhance our cooperative relationship. JMA is ready to offer technical supports in various fields such as: General meteorological/climatological services JICA Group Training Course Typhoon/Storm surge forecast Typhoon Committee Attachment Training Real-time storm surge products Observing systems (radar, surface) Satellite data utilization Climate services TCC website (Forecast products, ITACS, CRM, RAII Pilot Project) TCC Training seminar Marine services Provision of marine meteorological models and relevant training Aviation weather services Telecommunications For further collaborative relationship between NHMS & JMA

JICA Group Training Course JICA group training course “Enhancement of meteorological services” has been held at JMA since The course provides participants with wide-range of skills and knowledge for meteorological services through lectures, exercises and study tours. 3-month (Sep – Dec) training course Held in Japan every year Participation from 8 NMHSs (one expert from each country) To learn wide-range of skills and knowledge through hands-on training and To develop an action plan to improve your NMHS’s services. Outline Benefit/Goal For more details, please contact at

Typhoon Committee Attachment Training Attachment Training is for forecasters to enhance capability of tropical cyclone (TC) analysis/forecasting through hands-on training. Two-week training, held in July every year Six persons from Members of Typhoon Committee and Panel on Tropical Cyclones Trainees are to learn Basic knowledge and practical skills on operational TC analysis/forecasting How to use SATAID, a JMA’s software to visualize meteorological information QPE/QPF and storm-surge forecasting and TC related services in Japan. Outline Benefit/Goal For more details, please contact at

Tokyo Climate Center’s Website Tokyo Climate Center (TCC), as WMO/RCC in RA-II, provides seasonal forecast data and other climate information including Forecast data of GPC Tokyo (Global Producing Center for Long-range Forecasts) An advanced, web-based tool for climate system analysis (named “ITACS”) Best practices in the Climate Risk Management * Note: some products/tools are password-protected (ID/password is issued upon request.) Help NMHSs in developing their long-range forecasts or in issuing early waring on extreme climate events. ITACS enables NMHSs to monitor current climate conditions and analyze the characteristics and factors behind extreme climate events. Enhance NMHSs capacity to deliver climate services and mitigate climate-related disasters. For more details, please contact at or visit Outline Benefit/Goal

Forecast Products in Support of Early Warnings for Extreme Weather Events For more details, please contact at or visit (password-protected) To support Asia-Pacific NMHSs in the provision of early warnings for extreme events, TCC developed a set of extreme weather warning products based on JMA’s operational one-month ensemble prediction system. Asia tailored EFI map Time-series representations of EFI and EPSgrams are also provided for selected major cities. Outline

A web-based application software for climate monitoring and climatological analysis such as composite, correlation, EOF and SVD. Users can download their analysis results in the form of gridded data. Latitude-Longitude Map Polar Stereographic Map Vertical Cross Section Time-Longitude Cross Section Time-Series Graph Outline ITACS: Interactive Tool for Analysis of Climate System For more details, please contact at or visit (ID/password are requested in using ITACS)

For more details, please contact at or visit This new website includes following information to support CRM activities: Clarification of basic CRM concept and related processes Good practices in CRM conducted by JMA together with partner organizations in the agriculture and apparel/fashion industries Agricultural sectorApparel industry Drugstore company Control of goods in stock, Arranging sales plans In preparation Outline To take countermeasures against climate variability by controlling water depth in their rice fields Climate Risk Management (CRM)

For more details, please contact at or visit WMO RA II - 15 decided to establish a pilot project on information sharing on climate services, for collecting and sharing information on climate services provided by NMHSs as well as activities related to GFCS under the lead of TCC. Based on an questionnaire investigation to RA-II Members, TCC developed a website to share climate services by NMHSs and information on good practices in the application of climate information in various fields, such as agriculture, health and water management. Selecting a name of RA II Member gives the list and links to climate services of each Member Outline RA-II Pilot Project on Information Sharing on Climate Services

TCC’s Capacity Development Activity Tokyo Climate Center (TCC), as WMO/RCC in RA II, holds annual training seminars focusing on climate services, as part of capacity development activities. The seminar consists of exercise sessions and classroom lectures. A dozen of experts at NMHSs (one expert from each country) in Asia-Pacific region are invited. TCC experts visit NMHSs for technical transfer or training seminar as follow- up activities of the annual training seminar. Benefit/Goal Trainees are to obtain practical knowledge and skills necessary for operational climate services through exercise sessions. TCC puts training materials used in the seminar on TCC website and trainees can share them with their colleagues. For more details, please contact at or visit Outline

For more details, please contact at or visit ThemeParticipants Nov Climate Information and Forecasting Viet Nam 13 : China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Korea (2), Lao, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam Dec Climate Analysis using Reanalysis Data Viet Nam 11 : Bangladesh, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam Jan Application of Gridded Data to Seasonal Forecast Products Viet Nam 19 : Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines (2), Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam Nov One month Forecast Products Viet Nam 13 : Bangladesh, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam Nov Climate Analysis Information Viet Nam 12 : Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Indonesia (2), Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam Nov Seasonal Forecast Products Viet Nam 16 : Bangladesh, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia (3), Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam Jan Global Warming Projection Information Viet Nam 13 : Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam Nov One-month Forecast Viet Nam 15 : Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam TCC Training Seminars History

A training in Japan or your country Typically, week-long training (details to be decided through discussion) Through the training, Trainees are to get latest knowledge on marine meteorology JMA provides its marine meteorological models NMHSs use JMA model operationally JMA supports operationalization of the model JMA provides NMHSs with marine meteorological models such as storm-surge model and gives training for operational use to mitigate coastal disasters (e.g. high wave, storm surge).  Storm Surge Model  Ocean Wave Model Provided Models Benefit/Goal Training on JMA’s Marine Meteorological Models Outline

Training on JMA’s Marine Meteorological Models JMA provides NMHSs with storm-surge model etc. and gives training for their own operational work in various ways: Technical workshop coordinated by WMO Attachment training at JMA Individual visit to each NMHS (Recent cooperation) Training and Capacity building on Storm Surge Modeling and Risk Mapping (24-28 June 2013, Thailand) Organized by Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) Participants: 14 participants: PAGASA (Philippines), DMH (Myanmar), DOM (Sri Lanka), NHMS (Vietnam), TMD (Thailand) Attachment training on JMA wave model (5-7 November 2013, JMA) Participants: Three experts of BMKG (Indonesia) Coastal Inundation Modeling Training (15-17 February 2014, Bangladesh) Participants: 12 (BMD) Attachment training on Marine Numerical Modeling (14-18 July 2014, JMA) Participants: An expert of MMD (Malaysia) Seminar-Workshop on Wave Forecasting and the Use of JMA Storm Surge Model (15-18 December 2014, the Philippines) Organized by PAGASA Participants: 26 (PAGASA) Training Workshop on JMA Wave, Storm Surge and Oil Spill Trajectory Models (7-11 September 2015, Malaysia) Organized by MMD (Malaysia) Participants: 14 (MMD)

JMA issues real-time storm surge forecasts to Typhoon Committee members in the framework of WMO Storm Surge Watch Scheme (SSWS) TC members can refer storm-surge forecast. The products are storm-surge distribution map and time series at stations. The stations are added upon request. JMA plans to start issuing ocean-wave forecasts in the region. Each member can refer storm-surge and wave forecast via JMA Numerical Typhoon Website. Station for storm-surge time series in your own region can be added. The forecasts gives “second opinion” and endorsement of the members’ own forecasts. Outline Benefit/Goal Real-time Storm Surge Forecast

WMO Storm Surge Watch Scheme (SSWS) Following the storm surge disaster by Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar in 2008, a request to facilitate development of a Storm Surge Watch Scheme (SSWS) was presented to WMO/SG at 60 th WMO Executive Council (Geneva, June 2008). Within regional SSWS, RSMC-Tokyo started issuing real time storm surge forecast in JMA storm surge model for Asia Distribution maps Whole / Typhoon around enlarged maps are provided. (3 hourly up to 72 hours) Time series charts Point predictions are provided. (storm surges / tides, astronomical tides, sea level pressures and winds) Area: N, 95.0E-160.0E 2 minutes resolution (3.7 km) 72 hours forecast 3 hourly product 4 times run a day (00/06/12/18 UTC)

JMA SST product, MGDSST (Merged satellite and in situ data Global Daily SST) Global, Daily, 0.25-deg resolution –Space Time OI Polar-orbiting satellite data: –Infrared radiometer NOAA-18, NOAA-19, MetOp-A –Microwave radiometer AMSR2/GCOM-W, WindSat/Coriolis In-situ data: ship, buoy, Argo Gridded data (text format) is available on NEAR-GOOS Database

NEAR-GOOS Regional Real time Database The database provides graphic charts of various oceanographic analyses, in-situ observations and various GPVs GTS data (SHIP, BUOY, BATHY, TESAC, TRACKOB) JMA R/Vs survey data JMA oceanographic analyses (SST, subsurface temperatures, SSH, current) Sea ice distribution

(NOAA 18/19, MetOp)(AMSR2, WindSat) JMA is developing a regional SST product using Himawari-8 data: Northwestern Pacific, Daily, 0.1-deg resolution (Himawari-8) to be newly used New SST product under development

RIC Tsukuba WMO Regional Instrument Centre (RIC) Tsukuba of JMA supports WMO members by calibrating their standard meteorological instruments. MemberCalibrated Instruments Jun 2010ThailandBarometer, Thermometer, Anemometer Feb 2012OmanBarometer, Thermometer, Hygrometer Nov 2012IndonesiaBarometer, Thermometer, Hygrometer Oct 2013BangladeshBarometer, Thermometer, Hygrometer Jan 2015Hong KongAnemometer Jun 2015IndonesiaPyranometer Jun 2015FijiBarometer, Thermometer Dec 2015MozambiqueBarometer, Thermometer For more details, please visit Recent collaboration Practical training on calibration with experts from BMD, Bangladesh Meteorological Department (2013) JMA/WMO Training Workshop on Calibration and Maintenance (2013)

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