South Asia Weather and Climate Services; pathways for Regional Collaboration Forum

Geneva, Switzerland September 18-20, 2018

Modernization of BMD and its Services

Md. Momenul Islam Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD)

Welcome

to Bangladesh Meteorological Department

BMD Headquarter Vision

❑To be a world class meteorological centre providing excellent services nationally and internationally.

Mission

❑ BMD is committed to providing effective meteorological, seismological services and impact of climate change for protection of life, property and the environment, increased safety on land, at sea and in the air, enhanced quality of life and sustainable economic growth.

Bangladesh Meteorological Department

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Bangladesh receives 71 % of the total annual rainfall during southwest monsoon (June-July, August and September) Location Observatories

With the financial and technical support of WMO • Synoptic Observatory

• Pilot Balloon Observatory

a. Synoptic observatories : 47 b. Pilot Observatories : 20 c. Rawinsonde Observatories : 4 d. Agro met observatories : 12 e. RADAR Stations: 5 (operational, out of 3 is Doppler Radar)

f. Earthquake Monitoring • Rawinsonde • Agromet Stations: 10 Observatory Observatory Moulvibazar Doppler VSAT Antenna Khepupra Radar Cox’s Bazar Radar Radar

Dhaka Radar Rangpur Radar Composite Radar Radar Coverage Picture Meteorological RADAR Coverage of BD

VSAT – APSTAR satellite Very small aperture terminal

Satellite Receiving Stations

BMD has the following satellite receiving ground stations: • Himawari • NOAA

First Satellite Ground Receiving Stations was established at Dhaka in 1998 GMS & NOAA Satellite Ground Receiving Stations SATELLITE Himawari

First Satellite Ground Receiving Stations was established at Dhaka in 1998 GMS & NOAA Satellite Ground Receiving Stations Regional Meteorological Telecom Network (RA II)

GTS link was established with the financial and technical support of WMO Upgraded form 2.4 Kbps to 64 Kbps in 2007 -- WMO Surface and Upper air observation

Observatory GPS Transmitter Receiver W. Sensors

Observers are taking observations

By Satellite system

By GTS (Global Telecommunication System)

By Local communication system By Internet Analyzed Synoptic Charts GFS 10 Days F/C_Precipitation GFS 10 Days Temperature WRF_03km_Low Cloud GFS_10 Days Low Cloud WRF_09km_Low Cloud Alert System Stations_BMD IIT-D Storm Surge Model: Storm surge due to cyclone Sidr Simulated surge for cyclonic storm Sidr’2007 Maximum value of peak surge = 5.56 m How to Issue Warnings

Charts

Satellite Data

RADAR Warnings

NWP Forecaster Products

Other Information Early Warning Dissemination Mechanism

BMD Weather App BMD Aquaculture App Agromet Forecast: Weekly Weather Forecast Three Month Outlook Climate Division

❑Archives all weather, climate data, & historical records of all meteorological and seismological extreme events. ❑Assessing Climate change scenario. ❑Sunset & Sunrise time. ❑New Moon Phase. ❑Ramadan Sheri & Iftar time.

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Jun_01 Jun_02 Jun_03 Jun_04 Jun_05 Jun_06 Jun_07 Jun_08 Jun_09 Jun_10 Jun_11 Jun_12 Jun_13 Jun_14 Jun_15 Jun_16 Jun_17 Jun_18 Jun_19 Jun_20 Jun_21 Jun_22 Jun_23 Jun_24 Jun_25 Jun_26 Jun_27 Jun_28 Jun_29 Jun_30 BWCSRP (comp A) by the soft loan of the WB for BMD

Name of the Project: Strengthening Meteorological Information Services and Early Warning System under Bangladesh Weather and Climate Services Regional Project (BWCSRP) Component A Duration of the Project: July 2016 to June 2021 Total Amount of the Taka: 462.93 core (RPA) (58.88 million US$) and 57.22 core (Govt.) Taka. Signing Ceremony Financing Agreement Objective of the project The South Asia region is highly prone to water related hazards such as floods, drought, tropical cyclones and thunderstorms. Last two decades more than 750 million people have been affected by at least one natural disaster. In Bangladesh Tropical Cyclone/Depression, Storm Surge, Wind driven surge, Heavy rainfall, Land slide, Floods, Local severe thunderstorm/Tornadoes, Heat wave, Cold wave, Drought, River Erosion, Earthquakes etc are in common natural disaster. To strengthen capacity of Bangladesh Meteorological Department and to mitigate weather and climate related hazards by improving the accuracy and lead time of weather forecasts and warning and improving the quality of climate Services in Priority sectors. Main Activities of the Project

Modernization of surface, Ocean and upper air monitoring networks and ICT systems: ❑ Strengthening of weather Observing systems by installing 200 Ag-Automatic Weather Station all over the country. ❑ To set up 3 Buoys system in the sea and install Super Computer in SWC , 3 Rader for International airport for Aero dram forecast. ❑ Strengthening six divisional climate centers ❑ Connect all observatories of BMD through a network ❑ Vertical extension of Meteorological Complex ❑ To establish a national framework of climate ❑ Upgrade GTS Link for receiving and disseminating data internationally. ❑ Capacity buildup training program. Overall Project Management (BWCSRP comp A)

The Government of Bangladesh is responsible for project management and coordination through its Ministry of Defence. The implementation of this project requires close coordination between the different Government agencies. The coordination is needed around several issues including cooperation to install monitoring equipment. Ministry of water resources, Ministry of Local Government etc to get permission to install the equipment. For smooth implementation of the project a JTWG committee was formed. BMD G1 Synoptic AWS : 35 Ag AWS : 200 ARG in 5 urban areas : 65 G2 AWOS (Aviation Weather Observing System ) : 3 BMD G3 CMAN (Coastal Marine Automated Network ) Stations : 40 BMD G4 Moored Buoy systems : 3 BMD G5 Portable Hydrogen Gas Generators : 11 BMD G6 Equipment and facilities to calibrate station sensors including wind tunnel (P1) BMD G7 C-Band Weather Radar : 3 BMD G8 ICT, Data Center and Communications BMDG9 GIS software BMDG10 data sharing software BMDG11 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) : 1 BMDG12 Weather Workstation : 1 BMDG13 Nowcasting Workstation : 1 BMDG14 HPC (High Performance Computer) : 1 BMD NS1 Data Digitization and Rescue BMD NS2 Media and sector user outreach BMD NS3 Internet Connectivity BMD NS4 Training Plan BMD NS5 Community Based Early Warning System BMD NS6 Survey of Bathymetry and coastal elevation monitoring for modeling tropical cyclone associated storm surge BMD W1 Refurbishing meteorology offices at HQ and 6 divisional offices BMD C1 Meteorological Systems & Service Integrator (MSSI) BMD C2 Sr. Procurement Specialist for PIU (National consultant) BMD C3 Senior Financial Management Specialist for PIU (National consultant) BMD C4 Senior Project Technical Coordinator (National Consultant) BMD C5 International Procurement Consultant (Bid Evaluation) BMD C6 International Technical Consultant (Bid Evaluation) BMD C7 Senior M&E specialist for PIU (National) BMD C8 Technical consultancy on M&E: BMD C9 Building - Structural assessment and design options BMD C10 Development of a national data sharing policy BMD C11 Develop roadmap for regional collaboration BMD C12 Design and implementation of dissemination of forecasts, weather and climate reports and data to users through mobile applications BMD C13 Multiple technical studies BMD C14 Design, implementation and training on Common Alerting Protocal (CAP) BMD C15 Develop software of Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) BMD C16 Consultancy for BMD Climate Services Product generation BMD C17 Technical Consultants for meteorology training including general meteorology training and NWP product interpretation BMD C18 Install, configure and train on WRF BMD C19 Install, configure and training on storm surge and wave models BMD C20 Design, installation, training on climate modeling and prediction Established JTWG for BWCSRP

 Established JTWG for strategic guidance and effective implementation of BWCSRP (Comp. A,B,C) in order to provide improved weather and climate Services and products. JTWG reduce the gap between the service provider and the users. Every three month JTWG members meeting will be held in. Weather Information Dissemination

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