Myanmar Flash Flood Guidance System (Myanmar FFGS)
Initial Planning Meeting 26–28 February 2018, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
Presentations
Day 1
- Overview and purposes of the Meeting
- Overview of the global FFGS
- Role of WMO
- Role of HRC and NOAA
- Overview of existing Weather Forecasting and Warning infrastructures in Myanmar
- Overview of existing Flood forecasting and warning infrastructures in Myanmar
- Needs of Disaster Management Agencies (DMA) for forecast and warning of hydrometeorological hazards
- Role of Disaster Management Agencies (DMA) with respect to flash floods, including urban flash floods, and landslides
- Disaster Managements perspectives on requirements for forecast lead times, location, accuracy of forecast, and impacts of forecast
- Need for closer collaboration or increased abilities of forecasting agencies
- Benefits of the Flash Flood Guidance System (FFGS) Implementation in Myanmar
- Available mesoscale NWP models: spatial and temporal resolution
Day 2
Day 3