Matsumura Technical Cooperation Project

C009 Project for Capacity Enhancement on Hydro-Meteorological Information Management in Ministry of Energy and Water in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Phase 2) (2020 – 2022)

Client: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Counterpart: Water Resources Department, Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW)

Major Activities:

  • Expansion of quality-assured observation items.
  • Analysis and visualisation of collected data
  • Development of a system for providing information on hydrological and meteorological observation data (partly in collaboration with the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation CSIRO).
Matsumura Technical Cooperation Project

C006 Project for Capacity Enhancement on Hydro-Meteorological Information Management in Ministry of Energy and Water in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2012 – 2019)

Client: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Counterpart: Water Resources Department, Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW)

Major Activities:

  • Imputation of unavailable meteorological data using reanalysis data
  • Analyses of trends, statistics, examples of the climate change using imputation data
  • Formulation of database system of hydro-meteorological observation data
  • Developing disclosure system of hydro-meteorological observation data
Matsumura Technical Cooperation Project

C008 Technical Cooperation Project for Improving of Meteorological Observation, Weather Forecasting and Dissemination in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (2014 – 2017)

Client: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Counterpart: Department of Meteorology (DOM), Sri Lanka

Major Activities:

  • Establishment of the traceability of meteorological instruments
  • Training on the calibration of conventional and AWS equipment
  • Training on the inspection and repair of the AWS
  • Replacement of the existing GTS Message Switching System
  • Training on the development of short range (every 12 hours precipitation up to 36 hours ahead) and weekly (7 days ahead) weather forecast guidance and verification
  • Production of short range (every 12 hours precipitation up to 36 hours ahead) and weekly (7 days ahead) weather forecast guidance at the selected stations
  • Production of Weather Forecast Guidance
  • Production of weather forecast guidance of sea wind at the selected stations
  • Training on the improvement of weather forecasting operation through the integration of various data
  • Improvement of Warning criteria
  • Improvement of the contents of meteorological information and Website
  • Production of responsible website so that users can visit website by PC, smartphone, tablet etc.
  • Production of beau fort scale of wind force (land version, 3 languages)
  • Technical training for illustration using power point
  • Creation of educational animation “Save Yourself” on climate, thunder, tornado and heavy rain in Sri Lanka in English, Singhalese and Tamil

 

Matsumura Technical Cooperation Project

C005 Technical Cooperation Programme for Improving the Weather Forecasting System and Meteorological Warning Facilities in the Independent State of Samoa (2012 – 2015)

Client: Japan International Cooperation System (JICS)

Counterpart: Samoa Meteorology Division (SMD)

Major Activities:

  • Training on countermeasures, fault finding, remedy and recovery against abnormal conditions
  • Preparation of the equipment manual summary and the maintenance & management of the record book for observation instruments and data communication equipment
  • Preparation of the consumables & spare parts list including technical specifications and detailed procurement plan
  • Formulation of observation rules, standardized beau fort and cloud level
  • Establishment of an automated formula for calculating station pressure, sea level pressure, relative humidity, vapor pressure and dew-point temperature
  • Development of short term weather forecast guidance (24hour, 48hour and 72hour ahead) utilizing the observed data as well as Point Forecast Guidance
  • Creation of television and internet weather products
  • Establishment of a responsive website page
  • Creation of animation on “Tropical Cyclone” and “Climate Change” to promote further understanding by pupils, students and the general public
  • Implementation of Open School for primary school students of years 1 to 8 and 9 to 13 to understand the nature of weather & climate and the impact of Climate Change
  • Formulation of aviation weather services cost recovery and policy making


Matsumura Technical Cooperation Project

C007 Programme for the Improvement of Capabilities to cope with Natural Disasters caused by Climate Change for the Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho (2012 – 2014)

Client: Japan International Cooperation System (JICS)

Counterpart: Samoa Meteorology Division (SMD)

Major Activities:：

  • Preparing AWS manual summary, maintenance & management record book and AWS operation and maintenance manual of AWS supported by the project
  • Training of maintenance and management of equipment




Matsumura Technical Cooperation Project

C003 Technical Cooperation Project for Development of Human Capacity on Operation of Weather Analysis and Forecasting in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (2009 – 2014)

Client: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Counterpart: Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD)

Major Activities:

  • Training for field observers based on the field observation guidelines and the data entry format
  • Training on the data quality of observed data for forecasters
  • Preparation of the operation and maintenance manuals for observation fields and instruments (including AWS)
  • Training for field observers and instruments inspectors on the maintenance of observation fields and observation instruments (including AWS)
  • Preparation and conduct of the briefing flowchart and record
  • Identification of the radar ZR relation parameter for rainfall calculation in the observation range of 5 existing meteorological radar systems and optimization of the parameters
  • Preparation of correlation charts for rainfall data of radar and surface observations
  • Optimization of radar ZR relation parameters for rainfall calculation
  • Development of daily observation data input sheet for easy statistical processing and data quality control of observation data
  • Training on Numerical Weather Prediction (Meso Scale Model) by using PC (Linux) on trial basis and forecast guidance
  • Preparation of the operation and maintenance manuals for the meteorological radar system
  • Training on the operation and maintenance of meteorological radar systems
  • Preparation of the meteorological radar observation routine schedule

Matsumura Technical Cooperation Project

C004 The Project for National Disaster Management Plan in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Subcontracted) (2010 – 2011)

Client: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Counterpart: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD)

Major Activities:

  • Review and consideration of a pathway of conveying disaster information and means of communication
  • Consideration of system and equipment required for Multi-Hazard Early Warning System
  • Making draft plans of Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (5 priority level, totally 15 plans)

Matsumura Technical Cooperation Project

C002 Technical Cooperation Project for the Meteorological and Hydrological Services Improvement in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Subcontracted) (2008 – 2011)

Client: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Counterpart: Counterpart: Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH), Lao P.D.R.

Major Activities:：

  • Development of an operation and maintenance manual for a weather radar system
  • Training on the operation and maintenance of a weather radar system
  • Development of guidelines for data collection and processing
  • Rehabilitation of observation equipment of the existing meteorological and hydrological stations
  • Training on data collection and processing for DMH and provincial staff
  • Training on analysis and forecasting of meteorological and hydrological conditions
  • Training on analysis of weather radar data for aviation weather
  • Implementation of meteorological and hydrological information sharing seminars among related Ministries and organizations
  • Development of a new web page to provide meteorological and hydrological information

Matsumura Technical Cooperation Project

C001 The Project of Japan-China Cooperation Center for Meteorological Disasters (2007 – 2009)

Client: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Counterpart: Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, China Meteorological Administration

Major Activities:

  • Survey on function and capability of meteorological observation equipment for the project (24 GPS measurement instruments of precipitation water, 2 GPS data analysis software, 7 automatic weather observation systems, 5 GPS sonde system, 1 wind profiler, 3 observation systems for atmospheric boundary layer, 1 observation equipment for the surface of the lake)
  • Preparing specification for procurement of meteorological equipment
  • Evaluation of proposal written by bidder
  • Inspection of procured equipment