6th Asia Workshop

The 6th Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Asia Workshop on Satellite Precipitation Data Utilization

Hosted by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
and Thai Meteorological Department (TMD)

18-19 January 2017, Bangkok, Thailand
Training Room, 1st Floor, IT Center, Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) Headquarters
4353 Sukhumvit Road, Bangna, Bangkok,Thailand

Day-1 (18 January 2017) /  Day-2 (19 January 2017)

Day-1 (18 January 2017, Wednesday)

12:00 -

Registration

(Opening) MC: Punjamaporn Sienglert

12:30 - 12:35

Welcome Statement
Wanchai Sakudomchai, TMD, Thailand

12:35 - 12:40

Opening Remarks
Masanobu Tsuji, JAXA, Japan

12:40 - 12:50

Introductions to the 6th GPM Asia Workshop
Kenji Nakamura, Dokkyo Univ., Japan

12:50 - 13:00

Group Photo in front of IT Center

(Session 1: GPM Science and GSMaP) Chair: Kenji Nakamura

13:00 - 13:10

GPM Project Status
Kinji Furukawa, JAXA, Japan

13:10 - 13:30

GPM Science and Application Targets
Riko Oki, JAXA, Japan

13:30 - 13:50

GSMaP overview
Takuji Kubota, JAXA, Japan

13:50 - 14:10

Introduction to the gauge adjusted GSMaP algorithm
Tomoo Ushio, Osaka Univ., Japan

15:30 - 15:50

Coffee/Tea Break

(Session 2: Application in Meteorology) Chair: Sukrit Kirtsaeng

16:10 - 16:30

PAGASA Operational Satellite Precipitation Data Utilization and Verification
Darwin R. Alejos, Jr., PAGASA, Philippine

16:30 - 16:50

Satellite Based Heavy Rainfall Alert System for Southern Thailand
Sukrit Kirtsaeng, TMD, Thailand

17:30

Adjourn

18:30

Banquet at Viva Garden Serviced Residence

Day-2 (19 January 2017, Thursday)

(Session 3: Application in Flood Warning and Agriculture) Chair: Kei Yoshimura

9:00 - 9:20

GSMaP assessment over eastern Indochina
Hideyuki Kamimera, FRICS, Japan

9:40 - 10:00

Performance and application of the GSMaP data over the Vu Gia.Thu Bon basin & Red River Delta, Vietnam
Ngo Duc Thanh, Univ. of Science & Technology of Hanoi, Viet Nam

10:00 - 10:20

Utilization of Satellite based Rainfall in Flood Early Warning Services of PAGASA
Ailene R. Abelardo, PAGASA, Phillipine

10:20 - 10:30

Break

(Session 3-cont.) Chair: Kei Yoshimura

10:30 - 10:50

Addressing flood risk in Metro Colombo, Sri Lanka
TRMM and GSMaP Data

Srikantha Herath, Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development, Sri Lanka

10:50 - 11:10

Applicability of GSMap in Flood forecasting of Kaluand Kelani river basins of Sri Lanka
Kokularamanan Sinnappoo, Irrigation Department, Sri Lanka

11:30 - 11:50

Satellite Data and Utilization Monitoring and Warning of Flood
Kamol Promasakha na Sakolnakhon, TMD, Thailand

11:50 - 13:30

Lunch hosted by TMD

(Session 3-cont.) Chair: Kamol Promasakha na Sakolnakhon

13:30 - 13:50

Introduction of SAFE prototyping projects utilizing GSMaP
Ko Hamamoto, JAXA, Japan

14:50 - 15:10

Applying GSMaP to the applications for agriculture and DRR
Tsugito Nagano, Remote Sensing Technology Center, Japan

15:30 - 15:50

Coffee/Tea Break

(Session 4: Further Prospects of Satellite Precipitation Data) Chair: Nobuhiro Takahashi

15:50 - 16:10

Precipitation Measurement Techniques by Sattellite/Ground-based Radar
Nobuhiro Takahashi, Nagoya Univ., Japan

16:10 - 16:30

Evaluation of atmospheric model prediction experiment using GPM
Ibnu Fathrio, LAPAN, Indonesia

 

Summary
Kenji Nakamura, Dokkyo Univ., Japan

 

Concluding Remarks
Riko Oki, JAXA, Japan

18:00

Adjourn