Quantitative Precipitation Estimation (QPE) and Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting (QPF)

Members

Thai Side

• Patchara PETVIROJCHAI – Thai Meteorological Department (TMD)
• Mongkol RAKSAPATCHARAWONG – Kasetsart University (KU)
• Kamol PROMASAKHA NA SAKOLNAKHON – Thai Meteorological Department (TMD)
• Somkuan TONJAN – Thai Meteorological Department (TMD)
• Chatchai CHAIYASAEN – Thai Meteorological Department (TMD)

Japanese Side

• Shinta SETO – Nagasaki University (Nagasaki U)
• Masashi KIGUCHI – The University of Tokyo (UT)

Objective
To improve Quantitative Precipitation Estimation (QPE)/ Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting (QPF) products to get closer to the hydrological requirements and can be used more widely in hydrology and disaster reduction in practice such as integrate QPE/QPF into real-time operational flood forecasting and disaster monitoring and warning.

Expected Outcomes

• High resolution precipitation products support to hydrological forecasting, disaster risk reduction, water resource management and decision-maker.
• Hourly QPE from Radar and Satellite
• The amount of rainfall under Climate Change (CMC) such as extreme precipitation.
• Khon Kaen province QPF

Description of Activities

• Quantitative Precipitation Estimation (QPE)
  • Estimation of Quantitative Precipitation from Radar (METRADAR-QPE) and Satellite (METSAT-QPE)
• Integrated METRADAR-QPE and METSAT-QPF for high resolution precipitation product
• Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting (QPF)
  • Run WRF model simulation short range forecast, focusing on severe weather, heavy rainfall and precipitation prediction in Northeastern of Thailand
  • Data assimilation
• End user response Management
  
  • Disseminating result via TMD website (www.tmd.go.th) and social network. Workshop/seminar

Progress in June 2020