1. GAME Data management activity in phase 2 Kiyotoshi Takahashi (MRI/JMA) 1. Activity in 2003 2. Development of GAME Database

2. 1. Activity in ２００３ GAIN-Hub web site: http://gain-hub.mri-jma.go.jp Issues of several CD-ROM sets No.1 GAME-Tibet CD (8 CDs) No.2 GAME-Reanalysis Ver.1.1 (7 CDs) No.3 GAME-Standard Data CD (5 CDs) for the IOP(1998 ） No.4 GAME-Tropics CD (1 CD) No.5 GAME-Reanalysis Ver.1.5 (7 CDs) No.6 GAME-AAN （ No.7 GAME Achievement Report ） No.8 GAME-Siberia Planning GAME-Tropics Vol.2 GAME-AAN Vol.2

3. 2. Development of GAME database Proposed in the GISP last year Development of GAME database for multi-year comparative study ● Data request letters were sent to weather bureau of each country in the east and south Asia in June 2003 ● Collected data will be provided to users with CD-ROM (or comprehensive DVD) and via the Internet. ● Collected data will be open to the international research community.

4. Proposal: Development of GAME database for multi-year comparative study 2. Target period Year199719981999200020012002 EventsTibet(POP)GAME/IOPHUBEXSiberia-IOP CEOP (Oct. ～ ) 1.Why do we need multi-year data ? GAME IOP year (1998) was a particular year due to strong El-Nino. GAME observations have been done continuously in other years except the IOP year. 3.Specification of Target data type: Station data Surface: Rainfall, Temperature, Pressure, Wind, Humidity, Sunshine duration, etc Sonde data: raw data if available, at least significant level data if it wasn’t transmitted. Basically daily data, 6 hourly or more frequent data are desirable if readily available Number of target stations ～ the same as that of the IOP data 4. Status of provided data and feedback to data providers Basically the GAME International Data Resource ( to be open for the international research community). Issue of Data CD including other GAME observation data in this period together ex. GAME-Tropics CD by Dr.Agata.GAME-Tropics CD 5.Schedule: by the end of May 2003 (nearly within 6 months) 6. Re-organizing Data Management Working group in relation to this proposal

5. : Number : Quantities Malaysia : Thailand : Vietnam Myanmar Cambodia Laos Vietnam Philippines : 56 : Precip, Temp, Ps, Rh, Max/Min temp, Wind Singapore : 1 : Precip Bangladesh India Sri Lanka Nepal China : 180 : Precip, Temp, Ps, Rh, Sunshine, Wind Korea Russia Indonesia Japan : 153 : Hourly data Taiwan Current Status of GAME database development in GAME phase2 (as of Nov.1, 2003) List of countries I sent a request letter

6. Upper air data Number of station A: Sonde Malaysia Thailand Vietnam3 B:Pilot balloon (6 hourly) Thailand Myanmar 5 Surface data Daily rainfall data Thailand Malaysia Myanmar80 Cambodia12 Laos11 Vietnam62 Philippines56 Singapore1 Bangladesh34 India100 Sri Lanka10 Nepal China180 Korea73 Japan153 Taiwan Other major daily surface elements Thailand Malaysia Myanmar25 Cambodia10 Laos5 Vietnam22 Korea73 Japan153 3-hourly surface data Thailand Korea73 Japan153 Current Status of GAME database development in GAME2 (as of Nov.1, 2003) Other countries that Russia Indonesia Philippines ： Temp, Ps, Rh, Precip., Max/Min temp China: Temp, Ps, Rh, Sunshine D, Precip. Singapore ： Precip Japan: More choice