1. A Brief Introduction to Institute of Urban Meteorology, CMA Sept., 7 2004

2. 2 Organization CMA BMB IUM Office of the DirectorUMDBranch UEMBranchFTBranchODPBranch

3. 3 Background IUM was established in December 2001, and is one of 8 research institutes under CMA, within the Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) of the People’s Republic of China, each of them specialize in one specific field 。 IUM is the only research institution in China dedicated to Urban meteorology.

4. 4 Background Goals To conduct applied research associated with urban meteorology; To conduct the thorough and innovatory study on urban meteorology with advanced observation, data processing and modelling techniques; To promote urban meteorology research in China.

5. 5 Focus Research Fields IUM Forecast Techniques Urban Ecological Meteorology Urban Meteorological Disaster Observation & Data Processing

6. 6 Observation & Data Processing Branch Objectives to design some observing networks to meet the requirements for meteorological and climate data in the urban environment. to develop new observing techniques in urban area; to develop the data base techniques for massive observation data quality control, data collection, transmission,archiving, distribution,etc.

7. 7 Forecast Technique Branch Objectives To develop various advanced forecasting techniques adapted to urban weather service, including: Specific and accurate weather forecasting technique in urban area( finer spatial scales); Data analysis and assimilation technique in city area; Post processing of mesoscale model output and verification technique; Severe weather nowcasting technique.

8. 8 Urban Ecological Met. Branch Objectives Relationship between urban development and climate change; Interactions between the weather and ecological system in urban area and their impacts on the human activities and health ; Air quality forecasting technique in urban area ; Urban biological and medical meteorology; Meteorological factors effects in the city planning.

9. 9 Urban Met. Disaster Branch Objectives Study on the Met. disaster mechanisms and disaster reduction techniques(heavy rain,high temperature,sand storm); Risk evaluation and consultation on policy making and city planning; emergency planning, response, and recovery in urban area.

10. 10 Accomplishment Accomplishment operational forecast in Beijing area; Developed mesoscale NWP system for daily operational forecast in Beijing area; air quality forecasting system for daily operational forecastDeveloped air quality forecasting system for daily operational forecast Developed dust weather and sand storm operational prediction system for BMBDeveloped dust weather and sand storm operational prediction system for BMB Highway visibility monitoring and Forecasting technique Highway visibility monitoring and Forecasting technique the relationship between weather, air pollution & city planning

11. 11 Research on the relationship between weather, air pollution & city planning A project financially supported by China Ministry of Science and Technology

12. 12 Operational dust weather prediction system for Beijing and neighboring areasOperational dust weather prediction system for Beijing and neighboring areas Satellite Image of Sandstorm in March 2002

13. 13 Project Under Way Weather Support System for 2008 Beijing Olympics Weather Support System for 2008 Beijing Olympics Project 1 ： Study Project 1 ： Study on 4D comprehensive data base of meteorological observation Project2: Study on precision forecasting technique in unban area

14. 14 Cooperation & Exchange (1) Widely exchange with several countries & regions, such as U.S.,Germany, Australia, Denmark, Korea, TaiwanWidely exchange with several countries & regions, such as U.S.,Germany, Australia, Denmark, Korea, Taiwan

15. 15 Cooperation & Exchange( Ⅲ ) Sino-US Workshop on Convective Storm NowcastingSino-US Workshop on Convective Storm Nowcasting IUM and NCAR scientists

16. 16 Collaboration Projects with NCAR/UCAR Development and applications of nowcasting systems for very short range prediction of convective weather;Development and applications of nowcasting systems for very short range prediction of convective weather; Developing techniques to retrieve water vapor information from ground-based GPS receivers;Developing techniques to retrieve water vapor information from ground-based GPS receivers; Developing advanced meteorological data processing and analysis systems, particularly the three-dimensional variational data assimilation techniques (3DVAR);Developing advanced meteorological data processing and analysis systems, particularly the three-dimensional variational data assimilation techniques (3DVAR);

17. Thank you !