JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2020

Presentation information

[E] Oral

M (Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary) » M-SD Space Development & Earth Observation from Space

[M-SD46] Effects of lightning, severe weather and tropical storms

convener:Mitsuteru Sato(Department of Cosmoscience, Hokkaido University), Yoav Yair(Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya), Xiushu Qie(Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Yukihiro Takahashi(Department of Cosmosciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University)

[MSD46-06] Implementation of the ULAT Project : Quasi-Real Time Monitoring of Lightning and Weather in the Philippines

*Mitsuteru Sato1, Glenn Vincent C. Lopez2, Yukihiro Takahashi1, Hisayuki Kubota1 (1.Department of Cosmoscience, Hokkaido University, 2.Advanced Science and Technology Institute, DOST)

Keywords:lightning, thunderstorm, severe weather

Monitoring and understanding thunderstorms are key components for mitigating the disasters by torrential rainfall and typhoons. The integration of lightning data has the potential to provide short term forecasts of thunderstorms, further meteorological studies, and supplement disaster risk response strategies. This presents the activities and updates on the Understanding Lightning and Thunderstorm for Extreme Weather Monitoring and Information Sharing in the Philippines (ULAT) Project, which is led by Hokkaido University and other Japanese institutes and ASTI/DOST in the Philippines supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). The ULAT Project is aimed at the following: a) establishment of a dense network of lightning and weather detectors in Metro Manila and nearby municipalities in order to provide thunderstorm “now-casting” and supplement weather-related research and disaster response studies and strategies; b) establishment of a ground receiving station for the direct reception of the satellite imagery and utilization of existing ground receiving facilities in order to develop effective observation methods by comparing 3D structures of thunderclouds from satellite images with lightning/precipitation data; c) establishment of a methodology for short term forecasts; and d) development of software for sharing information on short term forecast weather to concerned agencies. At the presentation, we will show the updated status of this project and will show the initial results derived from this project.