TCAR - Typhoon Committee

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ESCAP/WMO
Typhoon Committee Annual Review 2009
f. Identified Opportunities/Challenges for Future
Achievements/Results
3. Progress on Key Result Area 3: Enhanced
Beneficial Typhoon-related Effects for the
Betterment of Quality of life.
a. Meteorological Achievements/Results
b. Hydrological Achievements/Results
c. Disaster Prevention and Preparedness
Achievements/Results
d. Research, Training, and Other Achievements/
Results
e. Regional Cooperation Achievements/Results
f. Identified Opportunities/Challenges for Future
Achievements/Results
4. Progress on Key Result Area 4: Improved
Typhoon-related Disaster Risk Management in
Various Sectors.
a. Meteorological Achievements/Results
a-1. JMA’s Climate Change Monitoring Report
JMA describes inter-annual variability and long-term
trends regarding typhoon activity in its “Climate Change
Monitoring Report” every year. This is distributed to
the Japanese public as well as to NHMSs via the
Tokyo Climate Center’s website (http://ds.data.jma.
go.jp/gmd/tcc/tcc/products/gwp/gwp.html).
Figure 16 The number of tropical cyclones (TS or
higher) forming in the western North Pacific (top),
those that approached Japan (middle) and those
that hit Japan (bottom). The thin, solid and dashed
lines represent annual/five-year running means and
normal values (1971–2000 averages), respectively.
(KRA1, 2, 5, 6,)
b. Hydrological Achievements/Results
c. Disaster Prevention and Preparedness
Achievements/Results
c-1. Visiting Researchers from ADRC Member
Countries
The ADRC receives visiting researchers from member
countries; 44 officials from participatingnations have
so far taken part in this program.
A list of visiting researchers is provided below.