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Development of Extreme Weather Monitoring and Information Sharing System in the Philippines

Disaster Prevention and Mitigation

Republic of the Philippines

Finished

Development of Extreme Weather Monitoring and Information Sharing System in the Philippines

High-precision monitoring of torrential rainfall and typhoons with a groundbreaking, super low-cost monitoring technology

Principal Investigator

- Prof.
  TAKAHASHI Yukihiro
  Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University
- Dr.
  Franz Asunta de Leon
  Director, Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI)

ODA Recipient Country

Republic of the Philippines

Research Institutions in Japan

Hokkaido University / Tokyo Metropolitan University

Research Institutions in Counterpart Country

Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI) / University of the Philippines Diliman

Adoption fiscal year

FY 2016

Research Period

5 Years

Overview of the Research Project

Establishment of the world’s highest-density thunderstorm observation network and cloud stereography using micro-satellite
Torrential rainfall from thunderstorms and typhoons are causing large-scale disasters in Southeast Asia and other regions of the world. Such extreme weather events, however, are still very difficult to monitor and predict with high precision even with the combined use of conventional ground-based observations, meteorological satellites and state-of-the-art weather radars. The project aims to dramatically improve torrential rainfall prediction by building the world’s highest-density thunderstorm observation network with 60 observation sites as well as establishing a cloud stereography method with unprecedented precision through agile operation of micro-satellites.

Establishment of a method to monitor and predict the three-dimensional structure of thunderstorms and typhoons with the world’s highest precision
The combined operation of a super low-cost, ground-based, high-density observation network and micro-satellite about 1/100th the price of conventional satellites demonstrates great ability in monitoring not only torrential rainfall but many other types of disasters as well as environmental monitoring for agriculture, forestry and fisheries and atmospheric and marine pollution. The project will pioneer a practical model in the Philippines as a proposal to the rest of the world.