OUR PRODUCTS
OBSERVATION & MONITORING SYSTEMS
TRANSFORMING DATA INTO ACTIONABLE INFORMATION
USER-RELEVANT, TAILOR-MADE SERVICES
CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT
Asia, Africa, and the Pacific are prone to hydro-meteorological and geologic hazards which severely undermine the livelihoods of people and the overall growth trajectory of the countries. Generating accurate and actionable early warning information is heavily dependent on monitoring and observation data and provides a foundation for effectively managing and reducing disaster and climate risks.
Availability of data from dense observation networks is key to generating high-resolution forecasts. However, Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDs) in the region, although disproportionately affected by climate impacts, have significant gaps in observation systems and lack adequate resources and appropriate institutional mechanisms to address these gaps.
RIMES assists National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) in low-capacity countries to enhance data availability by establishing and upgrading observation and monitoring systems.
RIMES provides expertise and support for the operation of national stations of regional importance to ensure sustained data flow that is assimilated into modeling systems for improving forecast accuracy.
Hydrometeorological Observation and Monitoring System
With the purpose of bridging the data gap for early warning systems as well as enhancing monitoring capacities for sectoral applications, RIMES assists NMHSs according to the needs of the host country in setting up hydrometeorological observation stations eg. Automatic Weather Stations (AWS), Automatic Water Level stations (WLs) and an array of other agro and hydro-meteorological systems.
RIMES offers expertise throughout the project life-cycle which includes, support for site selection and survey, instrument calibration, installation, testing, and maintenance as well as building systems for telemetry and data integration.
Ocean Observation Systems
RIMES establishes sea-level stations in the region that transmit data via telemetry to the data centers and distribute it globally to the Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS) network. RIMES also deploys wave rider buoys that use satellite telemetry for data transmission.
These oceanic observation stations are key to capturing vital marine observation data to support ocean state forecasting and tsunami warning systems. Earthquake monitoring, detection, and estimation of seismic parameters within the region are made possible through a network of seismic stations. The regional facility at RIMES meets this capability through streams of seismic data from seismic stations established with support from various sources such as ESCAP, INCOIS to increase the availability of seismic observations for tsunami warnings.
Seismic Observation and Monitoring System
RIMES installs seismic stations in the region to monitor earthquakes including in remote areas ensuring a dependable communication network for accurate earthquake detection. RIMES has established a number of broadband stations using advanced satellite telemetry and cellular telemetry to the requirement of the region to transmit real-time seismic data.
These stations contribute not only to the local data center but also to the global seismic network, e.g., Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS).