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