Taiichi HAYASHI (DPRI, Kyoto Univ.) Jun MATSUMOTO (Tokyo Metropolitan University)

Rainfall Observation with highly Temporal and Spatial Density in the

Northeastern Region of the Indian Subcontinent

Taiichi HAYASHI (DPRI, Kyoto Univ.)Jun MATSUMOTO (Tokyo Metropolitan University)

Toru TERAO (Osaka Gakuin University) Fumie MURATA (Res. Inst of Humanity & Nature)

Md. Nazrul ISLAM (BUET)

MAHASRI2006

BAY OF BENGAL

INDIA

(Meghalaya)

INDIA(West Bengal)

Dinajpur

Dhaka

MymensinghSylhet

Chittagong

INDIA(Tripura)

Rajshahi

Locations of AWS and raingauges in Bangladesh by KAGI21

• AWS– Dhaka(ICDDR,B)

– Data are accessable from everywhere in the world through the KAGI21 website.

• Raingauges– 6-locations ：□– 0.5mm tipping buck

ets

– Raingauges are installed in BMD observatories

2004/07/29 2005/02/28 2006/07

2004/08/24 2005/03/04 2006/07

2005/03/01 2006/07

2004/08/01 2005/03/03 2006/07

2004/08/11 2005/03/01 2006/07

2004/08/05 2006/07

2004/03/03 2006/07Dhaka

AWS

Chittagong

Dhaka

Dinajpur

Mymensingh

Rajshahi

Sylhet

RGs

Obs. time table of AWS and RGs.

30 Jun.- no data

Rainfall Observation Station in the Northeastern Region of Indian Subcontinent

High spatial and temporal resolution rainfall observation in Sylhet and Meghalaya

CherrapunjeeMawsingram

Border between Bangladesh and India 2006 May

Meghalaya Plateau

　 Severe Thunderstorms - Observation & Regional Modeling “STORM” Program

STORM

AWS Installation in the Northeastern India