M. Asyraf Haiqal Baharum 2017/2018

Farah Amirah Kamis 2017/2018

M. Amir Syarifuddin M. Norhisam 2018/2019

HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING OF UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA SUB CATCHMENT USING HECHMS

Internship

3 August – 3 October 2013

Newcastle University visit was hosted by Prof Hayley Fowler…a well known Prof on climate change research in the UK..Amazed by her work and spirit on research even with small kids and going to office 3 times a week to take care of her babies… great example!! Trough this visit I have learned on regional frequency analysis and homogeneous regions…the UK experts, however, does not really agree on PMP..They prefer freq analysis to estimate extreme rainfall values.

JASTIP COLLABORATION (ASEAN-JAPAN)

31 JANUARY TO 2 FEBRUARY 2017

UTM-APCE (ASIA PACIFIC CENTER FOR ECO-HYDROLOGY) –LIPI INDONESIA COLLABORATION

Team

Nor Eliza Alias (Climate Change Rg, FKA, UTM)

Prof Zulkifli Yusop (Dean, Resource Sustainability Research Alliance)

Kogilavani Annammala (FKA, UTM)

Pm Fadhilah Yusof (Climate Change Rg, FS, UTM)

Dr.Norazlina Ismail (Climate Change Rg, FS, UTM)

SPECIAL AUNSEED-SRJP (6 – 30 March 2017)

11-14 March 2017

The host from MRI was Dr. Tosiyuki Nakaegawa, head of the Climate Research Department, of MRI. They requested for me to present on my current research and followed by a presentation by Dr. Nakaegawa on their current research related to extreme weather. The presentation was also observed by Mr. Shuhei Maeda, Head of the second research laboratory, Climate Research Department, MRI, Dr. Hidetaka Sasaki, Head of the Atmospheric Environment and Applied Meteorology Research Department, MRI and Dr. Izuru Takayabu, Director of the Atmospheric and Applied Meteorology Research Department, MRI. A lot of beneficial information and suggestions were given by them especially on the extreme rainfall events of the Kelantan December 2014 flood. Discussions with them have strengthened the proof of an existence of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) and more intense monsoon wind during December 2014 due to the temperature below anomalies at the Siberian high. They had also presented on their current project of projections of the climate data using Japanese Global Climate Model and management of their rainfall data such as the CORDEX-South East Asia. All of this information is beneficial for analyzing extreme weather events and flood management.

MRI Building

Presentation of my research regarding the rainfall of the December 2014 Flood as well as presenting about UTM

Mr. Shuhei Maeda explaining on the MJO and pressure distribution related to the December 2014 Kelantan Extreme Rainfall events

Dr. Nakaegawa explaining on GCM and Regional Climate Research

in MRI discussion room.From left: Dr. Nakaegawa, Dr. Takayabu, Jamila, me, Mr.Shuhei Maeda, and Dr. Hidetaka Sasaki

AUNSEED-SRJP Visit

11-14 March 2017

Next visit was to Tsukuba University. The host professor which manages my visit was Prof. Jun Asanuma of the Center of Faculty of Life and Environmental Science. Other faculty members joining the discussion were Prof. Kuniaki Miyamoto also from the same faculty and Assistant Professor Dr. Naoko Kaida from Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems Division of Policy and Planning Sciences. Discussions with them are mainly about projects related to the disaster which they are conducting in Malaysia with the Malaysian-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT). One possible future research was able to discuss relating disaster management and early warning.

In front of MJIIT-Tsukuba University Meeting Room. From left: Prof. Kuniaki Miyamoto (Hydrologist-Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences), Jamila san, me, Prof. Jun Asanuma (Hydrologist-Evapotranspiration-Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences) and sweet Dr. Naoko Kaida (Asisstant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, information and Systems, Division of policy and Planning Sciences)

— Great people… — 

 

AUNSEED-SRJP Visit 2017

16-17 March 2017

Last visit was in Tokyo- FRICS. Dr. Hideyuki Kamimera was the host for my visit. Very in depth discussion about dissemination of early warnings were conducted during the visit. Ir. Minoru Kuriki, Senior Director of FRICS was also present during the discussion. Dr. Kamimera first presented on the history of how the current disaster warning dissemination system is developed. J-Alert was established since 2007. However few municipalities uses the system. After the 2011 tsunami disaster experienced in Tohoku, higher percentage of municipalities use the system. Similar to Malaysia, the improvement of application or development of an early warning system are deployed after a massive and extreme disaster event.
J-alert is a nationwide warning system in Japan. It has been operated by Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA) under the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC). The system disseminates information on civil protection from Cabinet Secretariat (CAS) and the emergency warnings on severe weather, earthquake, tsunami and volcanic eruption from Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) to residents in real time for rapid evacuation and emergency response.

J-alert System

Other discussion during the FRICS visit is also on implementation after warnings were given. For example, in 2004 a warning was given to the municipal office; however the city mayor at that time was not fully educated about such warning events and proceeded to ignore the warnings to be given to the public. Hence, disaster occurs and lives were lost. One of the steps being done by the Japanese government is to educate not just the people but focused on educating the politicians. Such awareness program is conducted through the Ministry of Land Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Improvement of the warning system is also being conducted by involving the public and getting feedbacks from the public regarding existing risk maps developed by the authorities. Such plan is the My time line program. The program includes training course for residents by the disaster management companies. Residents are given risk maps, and are practice to use and identify the routes safe for evacuation. From such programs better reaction of the people from available resources of risk maps can be obtain. Improvement of guidelines by the cabinet was also conducted such as guidelines on when to issue the warnings. A report on what have been made by FRICS and their suggestion and recommendations to other disaster management agencies was shared through their publication Modernization of hydrological services in Japan.

Report related to early warning and what can be done for improvement

Ir Minoru Kuriki and Dr. Hideyuki Kamimera in Ir Minoru Kuriki’s office

A very fruitful meeting and discussion..very humble host

SPECIAL AUNSEED-SRJP (6 – 30 March 2017)

11-14 March 2017

The visit to ICHARM was accepted and guided by a research specialist, Dr. Duminda Perera. He has presented and shown activities being conducted by ICHARM. One of their ongoing projects is developing and improving an inundation model. Two main model developed by them are Integrated Flood Analysis System (IFAS) and Rainfall-Runoff-Inundation Model (RRI). Dr. Perera has presented and thought me on the usage of the model. The models are beneficial for predicting flooded areas and can be used for long-term early warning through risk maps. The advantage of the model is that shorter simulation time of inundation areas can be conducted compared to available flood modeling software. The use of both satellite images (GS-maps) or surface stations is acceptable for the software. Flash flood and monsoon flood can also be simulated by the computer program.

 

In front of ICHARM building (From left Ms Jamilah, Dr Perera, Me)