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