Workshop of Advisers on External Relations and Field Study for RA

II/V , Jeju Island and Seoul, Republic of Korea, 28 April-2 May 2008

Erdenebat Eldev-Ochir
Director International Cooperation
Division,NAMHEM
NAMHEM Government’s

Implementing Agency
NAMHEM STRUCTURE

General-Director

Deputy Director
Administration division

Division of Strategy
Division of International and Planning
Cooperation

Division of Finance Air quality Division of State Archive

and Economics Management Office and Database
NAMHEM STRUCTURE
NAMHEM

INFORMATION AND INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY

COMPUTER CENTER AND HYDROLOGY

CENTRAL LABORATORY OF
AVIATION METEOROLOGICAL
ENVIRONMENT AND
CENTER
METROLOGY

METEOROLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT WEATHER MODIFICATION

MONITORING CENTERS IN PROVINCES CENTER
 NAMHEM Government’s

Implementing Agency

Main goal of the Service is to provide

weather and climate forecasts and
warnings for the protection of human life
and its property from a natural disasters
and the enhancement of the national
socio-economic development of the
country.
Hydro meteorological Network
of Mongolia
LOCATION OF THE
METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS

120 stations in
21 provinces
METEOROLOGICAL STATION
in DARKHAN CITY
LOCATION OF THE
METEOROLOGICAL POSTS

200 Posts in
21 provinces
LOCATION OF THE SOLAR RADIATION
STATIONS

19 Solar
Radiation
Stations
LOCATION OF THE AEROLOGICAL
STATIONS, 7
Hydrological stations

120 stations in
21 provinces
 Human capacity

Total workers - 1600

Directors - 35

Engineers - 300

Observational staff – 340

> 40 Ph.D

> 400 Masters

 Education and training

2 universities
more than 200 students
160 meteorological
40 hydrological

> 20 Master students

> 10 Ph.D students
Weather Forecasting
•Short-range weather forecast: 6-hours, 12-hours and Daily forecasts
•Medium –range weather forecast: 5-days forecast and Weekly
forecast
•Long-range weather forecast:
forecast Monthly weather forecast and seasonal
outlooks
•Severe Weather Information and Warnings
Cloud
Thematic Research
Dust/Sand Storms

Vegetation
Cover

Forests and Steppe

Snow cover Fires
 Telecommunication Network

Domestic Network
X.25 Telecommunication Network system between NAMHEM
Headquarter and
the existing local centers
International Network
The message switching system at NAMHEM connects to GTS at
Novosivirsk and Beijing
Agricultural Meteorology
• Agrometeorology
• Zoo meteorology
• Research
Aeronautical Meteorology

Actual weather data and

Weather Forecasts for
about 8000 domestic,
international and transit
flights
Environmental Monitoring

Environmental Monitoring
laboratories and posts are
making a regular
measurements of air, water
and soil pollution to control
the environmental quality.
 International agreements

 China
 Japan
 Korea
 Philippines Agreement between NAMHEM and the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical
Services Administration 28 June 2006
 Turkey (Agreement between Mongolia and Republic of Turkey on cooperation in the field of Meteorology and
Environmental Monitoring1998 Ankara)
 Russia
 Cooperation on early Warning Arrangement, Climate change adaptation, Natural Disaster Preparedness and
Mitigation between Asian Disaster Preparedness Center and National Emergency Management Agency,
Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ministry for nature and Environment, national Agency for Meteorology,
Hydrology and Environmental Monitoring 26 July 2007
 KOREA
 Arrangement between the National Agency for Meteorology,
Hydrology and Environment Monitoring (NAMHEM) of Mongolia
and the KMA on cooperation in Meteorology /29 May, 2003/
(Korean expert team on numerical weather predictions (NWP) has
set up NWP system in PC cluster environment at the Institute of
Meteorology and Hydrology Mongolia)
 Memorandum of arrangement between Institute of Meteorology
and Hydrology of Mongolia and Meteorological Research Institute
of Korea /24 November, 2006/ Hwangsa Project Dust storm

 Upgrading Database System of Historical Climate Data of

Mongolia /2008/
 JAPAN
 Memorandum of Understanding Joint research on quality
assurance /quality control of the dust and send storm monitoring
network system in Mongolia and the data analysis for early
warning implemented by The National Institute for Environmental
Studies, Japan and NAMHEM /November 16, 2007/
 Project for establishment of meteorological observation and
forecasting system /1997-2000/
 The project for Developing of Human Capacity for Weather
Forecasting and Data Analysis in Mongolia /2005-2008/
Meteorological Radar
C-band meteorological radar with doppler effects in
2000. Radar data is transmitting by the Micro-wave
telecommunication system to the NAMHEM,
Aeronautical Meteorological Center and Ulaanbaatar
International Airport “Buyant Ukhaa”. High resolution
radar data are very useful for short-range weather
forecasts and civil aviation service.
Thank you for your attention