Development of climate scenarios and climate change scenarios considering the fifth IPCC assessment results through national, sub-national or other level of scaling (2020-2025 Back up support)
The project aims to establish reliable climate projections based on the results of the 5th IPCC report, responding to the needs of national actors in climate resilience and adaptation in Madagascar, and provide DGM with technical assistance to run Regional Climate Model downscaling at national level.
Activities include:
Assessment of needs of priority sectors on climatic parameters
Provision and operationalization of software for scaling climate projections at DGM
Training of DGM staff on implementing downscaling models and on results interpretation
Abdoulaye Harou
As Strategic Partnership Advisor, Abdoulaye Harou supports RIMES through advice and inputs for formulating strategic, policy as well as programme/ project documents and instruments to take forward the collaboration with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Abdoulaye served as Chief, Data-Processing and Forecasting System (DPFS) at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) from April 2014 to June 2020. For seven year (2007 to 2014) he was the Director of Aviation and Defence Weather Services with the Meteorological Service of Canada.
WMO Technical Assistance for the Modernization of the Myanmar Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH)
The project aims to support DMH to modernize their systems and tools related to: (i) NWP capabilities at DMH, (ii) operational flood forecasting system of DMH, (iii) operational agro-advisory services of DMH, and (iv) central database management system
MD. Saidur Rahman Khan
As Regional Coordinator, Saidur supports RIMES project activities at local and field levels in Bangladesh. He is responsible for assessing progress in the field and collecting progress reports from the field facilitator. He communicates with the field facilitator and provides guidance to carry field operations. He also coordinates feedback collection from field through field facilitator and responds to the problems raised by field facilitators and communicates the issues to the program manager.
Enhancement of marine observation and monitoring capacity
This project component aimed for availability of marine observations in support of ocean state forecasting for Seychelles and Sri Lanka. Key activities included site identification, survey, and selection; wave rider buoy acquisition, importation, and deployment; establishment of onshore data receiving facility; and development and implementation of real-time marine observation data acquisition and feedback systems.
Myanmar seismic network upgrade: site preparation and telemetry of select stations
The project supported USGS project in Myanmar on establishing 5 real-time seismic stations for enhancing DMH capacity in seismic monitoring. Key activities included vault construction and site preparation, and VSat telemetry.
GIS technical support to USAID/RDMA regional biodiversity and forestry analysis
The project provided technical support to USAID/RDMA biodiversity and forestry analysis in Mekong southeast Asia, Insular Southeast Asia-Pacific, South Asia, and China, to guide USAID/RDMA regional and country strategies. Key activities included gathering, compiling, and analyzing data from free and publicly available sources; and development of geospatial maps.