Project VOTE-III

Project Investigator-Taiwan

Project Investigator-Philippine

Project Summary

The Philippines and Taiwan are often affected by similar severe weather (such as typhoons and monsoon torrential rains), causing significant damage and loss in the region. To address this, a collaborative project between meteorological agencies and academic communities in Taiwan and the Philippines was initiated in 2016. The project, called NSTC-DOST VOTE collaborative grand research project, aims to improve the understanding and forecasting capabilities in severe weather. In previous phases of the project (2016-2023), successful collaboration was achieved between meteorology communities in Taiwan and PAGASA on various tasks, including 9 training programs (such as, radar data processing, numerical modeling, and precipitation science) and technology support (real-time typhoon warning system and TC Threat Potential Forecast). During the COVID-19 pandemic, we still holding online meetings, in-person partnership meeting, a special session titled “Monitoring, Analysis, and Prediction of Typhoon and Climate Affecting Taiwan and the Philippines,” at the 2022 AOGS annual meeting respectively, and publication 9 papers in a special issue of the journal TAO in 2021.
Taiwan-Philippines VOTE III (2024-2026) in meteorology expects to continue to strengthen observations through bilateral academic communities (Taiwan includes National Taiwan University, National Central University, National Taiwan Normal University, and Chinese Cultural University) and operational agencies on the basis of the previous two phases of the plan. Data application, development of numerical weather forecasting model, and enhancement of analysis of typhoon and severe weather structure and intensity changes, to enhance the seamless monitoring and forecasting capabilities of Taiwan and the Philippines for typhoon and disaster weather. The overall project is divided into four parts as followings:

1. Research to Application on Typhoon and Marine Weather Services

Project 1A: Upscaling of Typhoon Forecast Support Systems for Efficient Operations

Project 1B: Optimization of Wave Prediction Operational System

2. Research to Application on Radar Product and Numerical Weather Prediction

Project 2A: Radar and Disdrometer Product Application for Rainfall Monitoring and Improvement of PAGASA regional data assimilation and modelling system

Project 2B: Improvement of PAGASA Regional Data Assimilation and Modeling System

3. S2S User Applications: Translation of S2S climate forecasts and Assessments toward sector-specific relevant Information

4. Project Landslide Investigations on Geohazards for Timely Advisories in the Philippines (LIGTAS)

The implementation process will include the operational capabilities of PAGASA personnel through technical training and jointly publish research papers to enhance the development of meteorological science and technology in the Philippines and further consolidate the Taiwan-Philippines meteorological cooperation.

Keywords: VOTE, Multi-scale seamless typhoon monitoring and prediction, CWB and PAGASA

The project is divided into four sub-projects for execution, as follows:：

1. Research to Application on Typhoon and Marine Weather Services 

Project 1A: Upscaling of Typhoon Forecast Support Systems for Efficient Operations

PI: 陳怡良(Yi-Liang Chen),黃椿喜(Treng-Shi Huang) of CWA, 蔡孝忠(Hsiao-Chung Tsai of TKU), 陳柏孚(Buo-Fu Chen of NTU) from Taiwan

PI: Mr. Juanito S. Galang, Mr. Robb P. Gile, John Carlo Sugui, Jerome Tolentino, Czarina Jane Rosales, Jun Ezra Bulquerin of PAGASA from Philippines.

Project 1B: Optimization of Wave Prediction Operational System

PI: 洪景山(Jing-Shan Hong)、朱啟豪(Chi-Hao Chu)、林芳如(Fan-Ju Lin) from Taiwan

PI: Ms. Maria Cristina C. Uson of PAGASA from Philippines.

2. Research to Application on Radar Product and Numerical Weather Prediction

Project 2A: Radar and Disdrometer Product Application for Rainfall Monitoring and Improvement of PAGASA regional data assimilation and modelling system

PI: 林品芳(Pin-Fang Lin)、張保亮(Pao-Liang Chang) of CWA, 周仲島(Ben Jong-Dao Jou of NTU), 張偉裕(Wei-Yu Chang)、鍾高陞(Kao-Shen Chung of NCU) from Taiwan

PI: Mr. Alvin G. Pura, Mrs. Maria C. Uson from Philippines.

Project 2B: Improvement of PAGASA Regional Data Assimilation and Modeling System

PI: 蕭玲鳳(Ling-Feng Hsiao)、蔡雅婷(Ya-Ting Tsai)、陳新淦(Shin-Gan Chen)、陳得松(Der-Song Chen) of CWA from Taiwan

PI: Mr. Gabriel S. Miro, Mr. Michael B. Simora of PAGASA from Philippines.

Project 2C: Improvement of PAGASA Radar data with Dual Polarization Quality Control Technique

PI: 林品芳(Pin-Fang Lin)、張保亮(Pao-Liang Chang) of CWA from Taiwan

PI: Mr. Lester Kim Lagrima, Mrs. Maria C. Uson from Philippines.

3. Sub-seasonal to Seasonal Climate Prediction Application

PI: 洪景山(Jing-Shan Hong)、陳孟詩(Meng-Shih Chen)、羅資婷(Tzu-Ting Lo), 蔡孝忠(Hsiao-Chung Tsai of TKU) from Taiwan

PI: Ms. Thelma Cinco, Ms. Ana Liza S. Solis, Dr. Marcelino Q. Villafuerte II of PAGASA from Philippines.

4. Project Landslide Investigations on Geohazards for Timely Advisories in the Philippines (LIGTAS)

PI: 張偉裕(Wei-Yu Chang of NCU)、周仲島(Ben Jong-Dao Jou of NTU)、鍾高陞(Kao-Shen Chung of NCU)、王重傑(Chung-Chieh Wang of NTNU) from Taiwan

PI: Dr. Decibel Faustino-Eslava from Philippines.

PAGASA Radar available data (2014–2023)

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• National Science and Technology Council

• Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration

• Central Weather Administration

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