NEWS



OUTLINE of Research

PURPOSES

Construction of decision supporting systems for disaster prevention in South East Asia based on the high-resolution numerical weather prediction. Promotion of an international research network for prevention and mitigation of meteorological disasters in Southeast Asia.

CONTENTS

（a）Down-scale forecast experimnts of meteorological phenomena in tropics with mesoscale models.

（b）Development of data assimilation systems and impact experiments of adaptive observational data.

（c）Construction of integrated databases and dicision supporting systems.

（d）Hosting workshops to promote international technical collaboration.

ORGANIZATIONS

Project Leader Shigeo YODEN (Proffessor, Kyoto University) 　（１）Basic Experiment and Development of Systems 　（Kyoto University） Down-scale forecast experimnts of meteorological phenomena in tropics with mesoscale models. Development of data assimilation systems and impact experiments of adaptive observational data. Construction of integrated databases and dicision supporting systems. Hosting workshops to promote international technical collaboration.

（２）Development of NWP models and application 　（Meteorological Research Institute [Japan Meteorologocal Agency]） Development of NHM for tropical meteorology. Maintenance of NHM for international collaborative studies. Data assimilation experiment in tropical areas.

（３）Experiment putting to Practical Use for Quasi-realtime 　（Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia） Quasi-realtime downscale forecast experiment in Southeast Asia. Promortion of a international research network.