This paper reviews the major achievements of the Working Group on Meteorology(WGM) of ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee since its establishment in 2004, especially in tropical cyclone observational research and scientific e...
The World Meteorological Organization(WMO) is planning to implement a Global Multi-hazard Alert System(GMAS) to aggregate official warning^1 information issued by authorities around the world and to serve as a one-sto...
Tropical Cyclone Research and Review is an international journal focusing on tropical cyclone monitoring,forecasting and research as well as its associated hydrological effects and disaster risk reduction.This journal...
To promote and coordinate the planning and implementation of measures required for minimizing the loss of life and material damage caused by typhoons in the Asia and pacific Region,the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee(TC)w...
The ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee(TC) is an intergovernmental regional organization, established by Governments of ESCAP Member Countries(or Member Territory) under the joint auspices of ESCAP and WMO in 1968 to minimiz...
Hydrological Component has been one of three essential parts of ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee.The Working Group on Hydrology(WGH)established at TC 33rd Session in 2000 is the first working group among three basic compon...
Years Significant EventsTC Chair/Vice Chair1968UN ESCAP at its 24th Session at Canberra in April 1968,WMO Executive Committee at its 20th Session in 1968 endorsed the establishment of the Typhoon Committee in accordan...
supported by WMO, CMA, ECRMC/CMA, STI/CMA, NCAR, HKO, RSMC Tokyo Typhoon Center/WMO and all TFPPs;Project activities are WMO, UNESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee, STI/CMA, ECRMC/CMA, HKO;National Basic Research Program of China 2015CB452806, 2009CB421500;National Natural Science Foundation of China 40921160381;Projects for Public Welfare (Meteorology) of China GYHY201506007, GYHY201406010, GYHY201006008
The "WMO Typhoon Landfall Forecast Demonstration Project(TLFDP)" was started in May 2010 in conjunction with the start of the Shanghai World Expo 2010. The project was successful in terms of assisting the local foreca...
In the project activities of the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee(TC), the National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management(NILIM), the SABO(Erosion and Sediment Control) Department of the Ministry of Land, Infras...
The World Expo 2010 was successfully held in Shanghai from May to October 2010. Activities related to the Expo were spread out in the Eastern China. To provide a better typhoon landfall forecast service for the Expo a...