Weather, Climate and Hydrological Research and Development
RIMES provides the following services to National Meteorological and Hydrological Services:
Generation of localized and customized:
severe weather and short-term weather information for contingency planning
medium-term weather information for logistics planning
seasonal climate outlook for longer-term resource planning and management
Analysis of risks to climate variability and change, and identification of risk management and adaptation options
Development of decision support tools
Development of new generation risk information products
Earthquake & Tsunami Watch Provision
RIMES provides the following services to National Tsunami Warning Centers of Member States:
Seismic, sea level and deep ocean monitoring
Data exchange, processing and analysis, and archiving
Provision of earthquake alerts and regional tsunami bulletins
Capacity Building in End-to-End Early Warning
RIMES provides the following services to national and local level institutions within each Member States' early warning frameworks:
Assistance in establishing and maintaining observation and monitoring stations of regional benefit
Training of scientists: in-country training and through secondment arrangements at the RIMES Regional Facility
Development of decision-support tools and their application. These include risk assessment, interpretation and translation of early warning information products into impact outlooks and response options.
Application of tailored risk information at different time scales in decision-making
Early warning system audits
Strengthening national early warning provider and user interface
Weather, Climate and Hydrological Research and Development
RIMES provides the following services to National Meteorological and Hydrological Services:
Earthquake & Tsunami Watch Provision
RIMES provides the following services to National Tsunami Warning Centers of Member States:
Capacity Building in End-to-End Early Warning
RIMES provides the following services to national and local level institutions within each Member States' early warning frameworks: