Workshop of Advisers on External Relations and

Field Study for RA II/V (Asia and South-West

Pacific)
Jeju Island and Seoul, Republic of Korea
28 April-2 May 2008

International Cooperation
In Meteorology

Kang Thean Shong

Malaysian Meteorological Department
Vision

To be a world-class meteorological center

providing excellent services nationally and internationally.

Mission

We are committed to providing effective meteorological

and seismological services for improved protection of life,
property and the environment, increased safety on land, at
sea and in the air, enhanced quality of life and sustainable
economic growth.
One of MMD Objectives

To fulfill international obligations and to promote

the understanding and advancement of
meteorological, seismological and tsunami
sciences.

Malaysian Meteorological Department (MMD)

has and participated actively in a number of
international/regional/bilateral cooperative
programs
International and Regional
Cooperation/ Activities
• WMO including WMO ESCAP Typhoon Committee –
Share Vision on Mutual exchange of information and
products and capacity building on weather, hydrology,
and disaster preparedness and prevention.
• Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the
Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System
(ICG/PTWS) and Intergovernmental Coordination
Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and
Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWS) - free exchange of
seismic data and information as well as capacity
building
International and Regional
Cooperation/ Activities (2)
iii) Kuala Lumpur Monsoon Activity Center – Hosting
international conferences & Monsoon Reports
iv) Active participations:
WMO EC, WMO Climate Commission's Expert Team
on Climate Monitoring including the Use of Satellite
and Marine Data and Products, IPCC, Task Team for
the development of the Strategic Plan for RA V,
CAEM, ICG/PTWS and IOTWS, IGBP, APN for Global
Change Research Activities
International and Regional Cooperation

• Malaysia is receiving seismic waveform data

from USGS LISS server and IRIS Server
through Internet in near real-time

• Malaysia is already linked with IRIS, USGS

and Australia through Internet and is
contributing near real-time waveform data
from its 3 broadband stations for regional
and international exchange
AMY (2007-2011)
- cross-cutting initiative of coordinated observation
and modeling effort as part of the International
Monsoon Study (IMS), under the leadership of the
World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)

- To establish hydro-meteorological prediction system,

particularly up to seasonal time-scale, through better
scientific understanding of Asian monsoon variability

- Monsoon Asia Hydro-Atmosphere Scientific

Research and prediction Initiative (MAHASRI)
Cooperation with ASEAN nations
i) The ASEAN Sub-Committee on Meteorological and
Geophysics (ASMC)
- mutual exchange of data and information as well as
knowledge, best practices and capacity building on
weather forecasting and disaster risk reduction and
hydrology as well as the seismic data and information
and tsunami early warning (buoys over north of
Sumatra and Sulu Sea)
ii) Member of the Sub-regional Fire-Fighting
Arrangements (SRFAs) for Borneo and Sumatra
- Fire Danger Rating system (Canadian International
Development Agency (CIDA)/ Canadian Forest Service)
iii) ASEAN + 3, India, EU and Russia
 China
i) Capacity Building programs
- NWP, Radar meteorology, Seismology, weather
modification
ii) Cooperation in the implementation of the Mesoscale
Numerical Weather Prediction Model (MM5) in Malaysia.
- Capacity building in NWP
- Implemented a Regional NWP model in MMD with
CMA’s assistance
- using data from Aviation Model of the National Center
for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) USA via ftp
download over the Internet
Japan
i) MMD and JMA exchange seismic and tidal data and
information and capacity building
ii) Cooperation in disaster management and
preparedness
iii) Cooperation in Seasonal Weather Prediction (with
TCC)
• Support the Integrated Climate Information and
Products System (ICIPS)
• ASEAN Compendium of Climatic Statistics – Japan-
ASEAN Exchange Program
Korea

i) Under the ASEAN + 3 framework

- capacity building in various fields related to
climate and meteorology

ii) APEC Climate Center (APCC)

- sharing of climate model products
India
i) Training courses on meteorology
- Advanced course on Meteorology
- Agrometeorology

v) Training on various application of satellite

meteorology
Australia
i) Training courses on meteorology
ii) Technical support on radar system
 CLIMATE MODELLING : Hadley Center, UK
• August 2006 - to introduce PRECIS (Providing
Regional Climate for Impact Studies) in the South
East Asian Region for capacity building on Regional
Climate Modeling.
• to run the PRECIS simulation and analyze the
resulting output to obtain a meaningful climate
interpretation.
• Various scenarios (SRES A2, SRES B2 and SRES
A1B) are being simulated at the MMD using
boundary data (HadAM3P and HadCM3) obtained
from Hadley Center.
• Regional level discussion involving PRECIS had
been organized (Bangkok on 31/10/2007 – 02/11/07)
to discuss the results obtained so far and to identify
areas of improvement
 Availability of NWP Products

• NWP products such as ECMWF obtained from the

GTS
• JMA NWP products obtained from the WMO
distributed database managed by JMA
• Many NMHSs also have NWP products on their
home pages
 Conclusion
• Benefited tremendously from the various cooperative
activities with our regional counterparts and
international programs, especially through the various
capacity building activities and exchange of data and
information.
- These cooperation should be further enhanced for
the mutual benefit of all the national meteorological
agencies in our region
- Proactive role to constantly review and reassess
collaboration processes - multi-disciplinary approach
in sharing of best practices and capacity building
Komapsumnida/

THANK YOU/

Terima Kasih