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Matsumura Grant Aid Project

B016 Small-to-Medium Enterprises Non-Project Grant Aid in the Republic of Philippines

Client: Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)

Major Components:

  • Observation Data Acquisition / Management / Display System (1 site)
  • Observation Data Transfer System (1 site)
  • Observation Data Management / Display System (2 site)
  • Automatic River Water + Rainfall Observation / Mobile Telephone Communication System (5 site)
  • Automatic River Water + Rainfall Observation / VHF Communication System (9 site)
Matsumura Grant Aid Project

B019 Project for Installation of Weather Surveillance Radar at Sukkur in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Client: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD)

Major Components:

  • S-band Pulse Compression Solid State Dual Polarization Meteorological Doppler Radar System
  • Meteorological Radar Central Processing System
  • Meteorological Radar Data Display System
  • Construction of a Meteorological Radar Tower Building at Sukkur (Height: approx. 54m)
Matsumura Grant Aid Project

B018 Project for Installation of Weather Surveillance Radar at Multan in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Client: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD)

Major Components:

  • S-band Pulse Compression Solid State Dual Polarization Meteorological Doppler Radar System
  • Meteorological Radar Central Processing System
  • Meteorological Radar Data Display System
  • Meteorological Data Communication System
  • Construction of a Meteorological Radar Tower Building at Multan (Height: approx. 55m)
Matsumura Grant Aid Project

B015 Project for Establishment of Meteorological Radar System in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Client: Sri Lanka Department of Meteorology (DOM)

Major Components:

    • C-band Pulse Compression Solid State Dual Polarization Meteorological Doppler Radar System
    • Meteorological Radar Central Processing System
    • Meteorological Radar Data Display System
    • Meteorological Data Satellite Communication System
    • Construction of a Meteorological Radar Tower Building at Puttalam (Height: approx. 46m)
Matsumura Grant Aid Project

B011 Project for Establishment of the Meteorological Radar System in Dhaka and Rangpur in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (2020 – 2025 scheduled)

Client: Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD)

Major Components:

  • Construction of Meteorological Radar Tower Buildings at Dhaka and Rangpur (Height: approx. 47m)
  • S-Band Doppler Pulse Compression Solid State Radar Systems
  • Meteorological Data Satellite Communication System (VSAT)

Matsumura Preliminary Study

A027 Hydro-meteorological Consultation including Doppler Weather Radar Engineer (2023)

Customer: World Bank

Survey items:

  • Site survey of doppler meteorological radars and creation of technical specification
    • X-band meteorological radar (1 new site)
    • C-band meteorological radars (2 new sites and 3 upgrades)
    • S-band meteorological radar (1 new site)
  • Creation of technical specification for Automatic Weather Systems
  • Creation of technical specification for Automatic Weather Systems for agro-meteorology
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 Preliminary Study

A026 Information gathering and research for tornado detection in Japan and abroad

Customer: Meteorological Research Institute of Japan Meteorological Agency

Survey items:

  • Information gathering of tornado-related natural disasters in Bangladesh at the Bangladesh Meteorological Department.
  • Collection and analysis of past observation data of the doppler meteorological radars at Cox-Bazar, Moulvibazar and Khepupara meteorological radar sites.
  • Needs assessment of doppler detection in Bangladesh at disaster prevention related organisations and universities.
  • Needs assessment of doppler detection in Japan.