Workshop

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
14:10 - 14:30
Verification of Satellite Rainfall Estimation over Southern Thailand using GSMaP
Fatah Masthawee, TMD, Thailand
14:30 - 14:50
Validation of GPM-IMERG and GSMaP-NRT rainfall estimates over Nepal
Mandira Shresta, ICIMOD
14:50 - 15:10
The Evaluation of GSMaP NOW Performance by Using Extended Confusion Matrix Technique
Winai Chaowiwat, HAII, Thailand
15:10 - 15:30
GSMaP-based Landslide Warning System - A prototype Project in the Philippines under the Sentinel Asia
Arturo S. Daag, PHIVOLCS, Philippin
15:30 - 15:50
Coffee/Tea Break
(Session 2: Application in Meteorology) Chair: Sukrit Kirtsaeng
15:50 - 16:10
Use of GPM Rainfall Data for Preparing Daily Merged Satellite Gauge Product over India
Ashis K Mitra, NCMRWF, India
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
16:50 - 17:10
The use of GSMaP in Heavy rain forecasting for RSMC Nadi area
Amit Singh, FMS, Fiji
17:10 - 17:30
Utilization GSMaP Data on Madden Julian Oscilation (MJO) Monitoring over Indonesia
Asri Susilawati, BMKG, Indonesia
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
8:40 - 9:00
Application of GSMaP to flood forecasting/analysis in large river basin
Morimasa Tsuda, ICHARM, Japan
9:00 - 9:20
GSMaP assessment over eastern Indochina
Hideyuki Kamimera, FRICS, Japan
9:20 - 9:40
Validation of GSMaP for heavy rain events in the central and south-central regions of Viet Nam in December 2016
Bui Thi Hong Trang, NHMS, Viet Nam
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 Na
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
Coffee/Tea 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
11:10 - 11:30
Evaluation and Bias Correction of Near-Real-Time Satellite-based Rainfall for Operational Flood Forecasting
Piyatida Ruangrassamee, Chulalongkorn Univ., Thailand
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
13:50 - 14:10
Hydrological Data Collection System & Application of Satellite Estimated Precipitation in Flood Disaster Management of Bangladesh
I.M. Reazul Hasan, BWDB, Bangladesh
14:10 - 14:30
Challenges and opportunities of flood forecasting and early warning in transboundary river-basins
Sanjay K Srivastava, UN ESCA
14:30 - 14:50
Strategic Strengthening of Flood Warning and Management Capacity andImportance & Applications of JAXA GSMaP_NRT(hourly) in Pakistan
Shahzada Adnan, PMD, Pakistan
14:50 - 15:10
Applying GSMaP to the applications for agriculture and DRR
Tsugito Nagano, Remote Sensing Technology Center, Japan
15:10 - 15:30
Development of global hydrological monitoring and warning system: Yesterday's Earth on EORC (YEE)
Kei Yoshimura, Univ. of Tokyo, 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
16:30 - 16:50
Recent rapid advancement of stable water isotope measurement and modeling in precipitation process studies
Kei Yoshimura, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
16:50 - 17:10
Virtual Rain Gauge Information Service to support decision making in Lower Mekong countries
Senaka Basnayake, ADPC, Thailand
17:10 - 17:30
Ideas of Future Regional Cooperation to Promote Application of Satellite Rainfall Data
Yusuke Muraki, JAXA, Japan
17:30 - 17:50
Precipitation Measurement Satellite and Water Information Center As a Component of the Philippine Space Program
Rogel Mari Sese, NSDP, Philippine
Summary
Kenji Nakamura, Dokkyo Univ., Japan
Concluding Remarks
Riko Oki, JAXA, Japan
18:00
 Adjourn