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264 ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee Annual Review 2009 cyclone regional bodies has in place a formally adopted tropical cyclone operational plan or manual, aimed at ensuring the most effective tropical cyclone forecasting and warning system with existing facilities, through cooperative agreement on sharing of responsibilities and on coordinated activities within the respective region. Each of these bodies was giving attention to the implementation of their technical plan for future development of services to meet regional needs for upgrading forecasting and warning facilities and services for tropical cyclones and associated floods and storm surges, as well as for related disaster risk reduction measures and supporting activities in training and research. The detailed activities of regional bodies are described as below. 4.2.3.1 ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee · The Forty-first Session of the Committee was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand; 19 – 24 January 2009. It was attended by 102 participants from 12 out of 14 Members of the Typhoon Committee, namely: Cambodia; China; Hong Kong, China; Japan; Macao, China; Malaysia; Philippines; Republic of Korea; Singapore; Thailand; the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam; and the United States of America (USA) and 6 observers from the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat (UN/ISDR), the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (ROSHHYDROMET) of the Russian Federation, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Commission of Atmospheric Sciences of WMO (CAS/WMO), the Joint Typhoon Warning Center of USA and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Representatives from the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and Typhoon Committee Secretariat (TCS) also attended the session. · Decisions by the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee at its 41st session can be found in its final report which will be available in WMO/TCP website. · The First ESCAR/WMO Typhoon Committee TRCG Technical Forum on EPS, Probabilistic Forecast and TIPS (Jeju Island, Republic of Korea; 12 – 15 May 2009). · The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) organized the “Attachment Training” at the RSMC Tokyo-Typhoon Center from 22 to 31 July 2009 which was attended by two female forecasters from China and Malaysia. · The ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee Integrated Workshop on Building Sustainability and Resilience in High Risk Area of the Typhoon Committee: Assessment and Action was organized in Cebu, Philippines, from 14 to 18 September 2009. · The Typhoon Committee Roving Seminar 2009 was held in the WMO Regional Training Centre in the Nanjing University of Science and Technology from 16 to 19 November 2009. · Publications: the 2008 Typhoon Committee Annual Review (TCAR) was published in December 2009 and disseminated to the Members, ESCAP and WMO in electronic (CD- ROM) format. 4.2.3.2 WMO/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones · The thirty-sixth session of the WMO/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones was held in Muscat, Oman from 2 to 6 March 2009 in conjunction with the first meeting of the Panel’s High Policy Working Group (27 - 28 February 2009). The session was attended by 54 participants from eight Members of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones. It was also attended by observers from China, Islamic Republic of Iran, Saudi Arabia, IIT Delhi, UNEP, UNICEF, ICAO, EUMETSAT and representatives from WMO, ESCAP and TSU. · Decisions by the WMO/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones at its 36th session can be found in its final report which is available in WMO/TCP website. · Attachment of two forecasters from Bangladesh and Maldives was arranged by WMO and the RSMC New Delhi from 9 to 20 February 2009 for the on-the-job training at the RSMC on operational analysis and forecasting of tropical cyclone. Also, attachment trainings for storm surge experts were organized in IIT from 28 September – 10 October 2009 at the IIT Delhi in the implementation and running of a PC-based high-resolution storm surge model. · The First International Conference on Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change was held in Muscat, Oman, from 8 – 11 March 2009.
It was attended by more than 50 international scientists from all over the globe. · Also, attachment trainings for storm surge experts were organized in IIT, from 28 September to 10 October 2009, at the IIT Delhi in the implementation and running of a PC-based high-resolution storm surge model. 4.2.3.3 RA I Tropical Cyclone Committee · The Eighth Southern Hemisphere Training Course on Tropical Cyclones was held in Melbourne, Australia, from 29 September to 9 October 2009. Four participants from the region attended the workshop. 4.2.3.4 RA IV Hurricane Committee · The Government of the USA hosted an RA IV Workshop on Hurricane Forecasting and Warning, and Public Weather Services in Miami, 23 March to 3 April, 2009. It was organized by the NWS/NOAA Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center in cooperation with WMO (TCP Division and PWS Division). The workshop was conducted in English, and attended by 23 participants from twelve Members of RA IV and three Members of RA II . And the next is in preparation, and plan to be held in Miami, USA, from 15 - 26 March 2010. · The thirty-first session of the Hurricane Committee was held in Nassau, Bahamas, from 20 – 24 April 2009. The session was held back to back with the RA IV 15th session. It was attended by members of the RA IV Hurricane Committee and some regional and international organizations. · Decisions by the RA IV Hurricane Committee at its 30th session can be found in its final report which is available in WMO/TCP website. 4.2.3.5 RA V Tropical Cyclone Committee · The Eighth Southern Hemisphere Training Course on Tropical Cyclones was held in Melbourne, Australia, from 29 September to 9 October 2009. Eight participants from the region attended the workshop. · Attachment training of two forecasters from Cook Islands and Samoa was arranged by WMO and the RSMC Nadi Tropical Cyclone Centre, from TCAR CHAPTER 4 - WMO TROPICAL CYCLONE NEWS 23 November to 4 December 2009, for the onthe-job training at the RSMC Nadi on operational analysis and forecasting of tropical cyclones. 4.2.3 Cooperation with other organizations There has been close cooperation and collaboration with the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) Secretariat, the Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the Joint WMO/IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM), SOPAC and SPREP and other organizations, on a variety of matters of common concern. The main items include ESCAP’s co-sponsorship of the Typhoon Committee and the Panel on Tropical Cyclones, as well as the ISDR Secretariat and the ADRC’s involvement in the disaster risk reduction component of the TCP, in particular in the context of the ISDR. As part of the cooperation between WMO and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), TC RSMCs and one Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre (TCWC) are designated as ICAO Tropical Cyclone Advisory Centres (TCAC) by ICAO Regional Air Navigation Agreements. Those TCACs listed below provide specialized tropical cyclone warning services for the aviation community: TCAC Area(s) of responsibility Darwin South-eastern Indian Ocean, (Australia) South-western Pacific Ocean Honolulu (USA) Central North Pacific La Réunion (France) South-western Indian Ocean Miami (USA) North Atlantic, Caribbean, Eastern North Pacific Nadi (Fiji) Southern Pacific New Delhi (India) Tokyo (Japan) Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea Western North Pacific, including the South China Sea During the period from 2 to 31 March 2009, all the TCACs participated in a coordination session with 2009 265
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ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee KUJIRAI
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CONTENTS ESCAP, WMO and the ESCAP/W
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Chapter 4 WMO TC NEWS TCAR ESCAP, W
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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR
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TYPHOON COMMITTEE (2009) Chairman M
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FOREWORD The ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Comm
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Introduction The Typhoon Committee
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I.I. Summary of progress in Key Res
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Table of Comparison data reported f
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Co-operate with local community org
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2. Progress on Key Result Area 2: M
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on web. The module outcomes are sti
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Strategic Plan and progress on the
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Fig. 13: 850hPa Wind and Radar Echo
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points are related tightly to the d
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eyewall and that the next maximum r
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the degree of similarity. According
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Advanced training seminar on theory
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HONG KONG, CHINA 1. Progress on Key
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(b) Figure 12Hong Kong Observatory
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and analyzed later.When the situati
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in Localized Systems) nowcasting sy
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JAPAN 1. Progress on Key Result Are
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Figure 9 Technical assistance team
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Figure 13 Removal process of a land
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TCAR CHAPTER 1 - TYPHOON COMMITTEE
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Reporting on intermediate results i
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JMA for issuing weather warnings an
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approximately 60 km horizontally an
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-2. Promotion of Countermeasures fo
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1. Monitoring and forecasting of wa
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Figure 33 Storm surge observation a
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Singapore d-1. Ninth Typhoon Commit
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MACAO, CHINA 1. Progress on Key Res
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The power company continued to impr
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community associations visited the
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f. Identified Opportunities/Challen
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Develop expertise in writing simple
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2.3 Improved Typhoon-related Disast
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the theme of the World Health Day o
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strategic locations to enable emerg
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visits to the project sites were un
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Please refer to Key Result Area 1(c
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particularly in the Magat River Bas
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. Hydrological Achievements/Results
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Climate Analysis Using Reanalysis D
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s Fig. 9. Flood damage in urban are
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Fig. 13. Establishment of user-tail
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Fig. 17. Map of the Four Rivers Pro
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Development of System for Disaster
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2. Progress on Key Result Area 2: M
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will be used to establish more effi
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(5 years), the Philippines, and Hon
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Fig. 31. Expert Mission in Da Nang
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Advanced Objective Dvorak Technique
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TCAR CHAPTER 1 - TYPHOON COMMITTEE
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Fig. 39. Impact of IASI data in tro
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eview and handling process is neces
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One of the most important training
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Participants from Korea gave the fo
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SINGAPORE II. Summary of progress i
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d. Research, Training, and Other Ac
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THAILAND 1 Progress on Key Result A
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1) Identify Members’ key agencies
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forecast on 64 bits LINUX parallel
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organization to operate the disaste
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Centre to design “Mr. Disaster Wa
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USA II. Summary of Progress in Key
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of Honolulu Hawaii and Cabinet. The
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· In-house seminars. WFO Guam held
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· Mr. Roger Edson 3232 Hueneme Roa
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e. Regional Cooperation Achievement
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f. Identified Opportunities/Challen
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Tool bar · Developing the distribu
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1.2 TYPHOON COMMITTEE SECRETARIAT (
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2.1 REPORT ON INDIVIDUAL TROPICAL C
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on that day. Koppu intensified into
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TCAR CHAPTER 2 - TROPICAL CYCLONES
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TCAR CHAPTER 2 - TROPICAL CYCLONES
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2.2.2 CHAN-HOM (0902) 2 - 13 June T
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2.2.4 NANGKA (0904) 22 - 27 June TC
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2.2.6 MOLAVE (0906) 15 July - 19 Ju
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2.2.8 MORAKOT (0908) 24 July - 01 A
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2.2.10 VAMCO (0910) 16 August - 26
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2.2.12 DUJUAN (0912) 2 September -
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2.2.14 CHOI-WAN (0914) 12 - 21 Sept
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2.2.16 KETSANA (0916) 25 September-
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2.2.18 MELOR (0918) 29 September -
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2.2.20 LUPIT (0920) 14 - 31 October
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2.2.22 NIDA (0922) 21 November - 3
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