200 - Typhoon Committee

ESCAP/WMO
Typhoon Committee Annual Review 2007
• 1 staff from NHMS attended the WMO’s Training course
on Tropical storms’ damage reduction in China from 26
to 31 March 2006.
• 1 staff from NHMS attended the Training program on
Disaster Prevention and Preparedness in Taiwan from 5
– 11 May, 2007.
• 1 staff from NHMS attended Climate Prediction and
application in Asia -Pacific at Singapore, from 21 to 31
May 2007.
• 2 staffs from NHMS attended Integrated Workshop
on Social – Economic Impacts of Extreme Typhoon –
related Events in Thailand from 10 – 14 Sep 2007.
• 1 staff from NHMS attended to work on the project
“Using ensemble prediction system (EPS) information in
tropical cyclone forecasting: under the fellowship scheme
in Hong Kong Observatory from Sep to Nov 2007.
• 3 staffs attended The Typhoon Committee Roving
Seminar 2007: Doppler radar analysis (rain and wind),
Satellite Analysis (Quikscat and Microwave Imageries),
Interaction of Tropical Cyclones with Monsoon Systems
in Philippines from 5 – 8 Sep 2007
• Research Progress: NIL
• Other Cooperative Progress: NIL
2. Progress in Member’s Important, High-
Priority Goals and Objectives
a. Hardware and Software Progress
a.1 Observation network
• Complement 47 Young wind measurement for coastal
and island stations.
• Installed 3 barometers for island stations
Mean Error (km)
24h 48h
DPE 135.4 281.2
No.Cases 128 53
• Add 11 flow measurements for 11 stations in the whole
country
a.2 Software for interactive operational forecasting
• The GEMPAK/N-AWIPS package from UNIDATA/UCAR
has been installed, studied and undergone the adaptation
to be used with the data feed from local sources at
NCHMF.
• New tropical storms forecast supporting software,
TCAids, was designed and installed for operational
works.
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