External Relations and International Affairs of Sri Lanka meteorological service Workshop of Advisers on External Relations for RA II / V Republic of Korea, 28 April02 May 2008. No External Relations Division in the Department Good relations with Institutions within Sri Lanka Good understanding with WMO and other bilateral cooperation with many NMHS's.
External Relations and International Affairs of Sri Lanka meteorological service Workshop of Advisers on External Relations for RA II / V Republic of Korea, 28 April02 May 2008. No External Relations Division in the Department Good relations with Institutions within Sri Lanka Good understanding with WMO and other bilateral cooperation with many NMHS's.
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External Relations and International Affairs of Sri Lanka meteorological service Workshop of Advisers on External Relations for RA II / V Republic of Korea, 28 April02 May 2008. No External Relations Division in the Department Good relations with Institutions within Sri Lanka Good understanding with WMO and other bilateral cooperation with many NMHS's.
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Republic of Korea, 28 April- 02 May 2008 Brief History of Meteorological Service
1850 or earlier Meteorological
Observations started 1866 onwards under Surveyor General 1 October 1948 Department of Meteorology
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Republic of Korea, 28 April- 02 May 2008 External Relations and International Affairs No External Relations Division in the Department Good relations with Institutions within Sri Lanka Good understanding with WMO and other bilateral cooperation with many NMHS’s Within the framework of National Foreign Policy Workshop of Advisers on External Relations for RA II/V 3 Republic of Korea, 28 April- 02 May 2008 External Relations Within Sri Lanka Collaborative research with Universities/ other Institutions Joint Awareness/Educational programs (Climate Change, Disaster related etc.) Joint operational projects Agriculture, Irrigation, Disaster Management, Coast Conservation, Environment, Survey etc. Departments Awareness publicity with mass media (TV, Radio, Press) in need, during lightning, cyclones, floods etc. 4 Workshop of Advisers on External Relations for RA II/V Republic of Korea, 28 April- 02 May 2008 External Relations as International Affairs (advisory support, capacity building etc.)
1951 – A member of WMO
Early member of WMO/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones Human Resource Capacity Building received Post-graduate training for meteorologists (UK, Colombo Plan, WMO, WMO/VCP, Philippines, Australia) Observer training since early 1970’s - IMD Training of personnel from Maldives Met Service till late 1980’s Officer participation in regional/global expeditions (MONEX etc.) Workshop of Advisers on External Relations for RA II/V 5 Republic of Korea, 28 April- 02 May 2008 External Relations and International Affairs (advisory support, capacity building etc.)
Agro meteorological Division started with UNDP assistance
in 1973 In critical disaster situations, viz, cyclone etc., exchange of vital real time information with TMD/ IMD/ Maldives, PTWC and JMA for Tsunami watch information Master plan for improvement of Met service – WMO/India/ China in 2005, 2006 MM5 PC cluster system for Sri Lanka NWP assistance under KOICA in 2005/2006 WMO expertise on procurement of Doppler radar- 2007/2008 Participation at many Workshops/ Training programs /Seminars on Meteorology and related fields
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Republic of Korea, 28 April- 02 May 2008 External Relations and International Affairs (some equipment support received)
1951 - Radiosonde Observations with assistance and
funding from United Kingdom 1956 - Radar Upper-wind Observations using GL3 war- time equipment – UK 1972 - Meteorological Communication System Up gradation for the first time under Swiss Government Aid. (Establishment of Electronic Workshop) 1973 - First APT Receiver for cloud cover (Polaroid) with USA assistance 1973 - Plessy WF3 equipment for upper air observations with United Kingdom assistance; training for personnel 1973 – Colombo- New Delhi 50bd point to point link as Swiss aid Workshop of Advisers on External Relations for RA II/V 7 Republic of Korea, 28 April- 02 May 2008 External Relations and International Affairs (some equipment support received)
•1977 – Hydrogen generator from Swiss Government
•1978 - New APT cloud picture receiver with the assistance of NOAA of USA •1978 – Radiosonde observations using Indian equipment •1982 - Storm Warning Radar at Trincomalee with WMO - UNDP assistance •1986/87 CLICOM Project with United Kingdom assistance •1992 - Replacement Radar equipment WF 33 Plessy, with WMO-UK assistance •1993 – Upgradation of Radiosonde observation equipment from India •1998 - SADIS System from UK Met Office •Workshop 1998 of– Advisers INSAT/MDD receiver from India on External Relations for RA II/V 8 Republic of Korea, 28 April- 02 May 2008 External Relations and International Affairs (some equipment support received)
•2004 - Spare parts for Hydrogen Generator and Wind Finding
Radar from Maldives/WMO •2004 end - Fully equipped media studio with training from UK/WMO •2005 - A gift of 2 barometers and 2 Stevenson screens from Africa Met Service, after tsunami •2007 - GTS up gradation to 256 kbps under ICG /IOTWS (USAID) •2008 - JICA aid project for retrieval of weather information from watch offices and Early Warning Dissemination •2008 - Fycast satellite system by WMO/China being installed •2008 - GPS based upper air sounding system by WMO/Japan being installed Workshop of Advisers on External Relations for RA II/V 9 Republic of Korea, 28 April- 02 May 2008 External Relations to Improve Image and Visibility- Our Needs Development of NWP section on seasonal (medium/ long range forecasting section) Exchange of State of the Art knowledge, to cater to ever growing demand from Public HRDevelopment/Capacity Building on applications, with the pending/ acquisition of many meteorological equipment (Doppler Radar, Lightning Detection System, New GTS..) Expert advice on procurement and sustainability of equipment, under local conditions Workshop of Advisers on External Relations for RA II/V 10 Republic of Korea, 28 April- 02 May 2008 Thank You
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