Training Workshop for National Meteorological and Hydrological Services

Training Workshop for National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) on Designing Socio-Economic Benefits Studies of Meteorological/Hydrological Services and Products for Members of Regional Association VI (Europe) 29 June - 3 July 2015 Zagreb, Croatia the Congress Centre of Kraš Mohammad Samawi Deputy Director General Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) JMD

RAED RAFID. n n n Jordan Meteorological Department. National Forecasting Cernter (NFC) /Head Of Forecasting Division. AHMAD AL-HALLAJ. n n n Jordan Meteorolgical Department. Internal Control Unit (ICU) / Internal Auditor. kaa_jometeo@hotmail. com raedrafid@yahoo. com Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) JMD

Location: Middle East, northwest of Saudi Arabia, between Israel (to the west), Iraq (to the east) and syria (to the north). Population: around 8 Millions. note: increased estimate reflects revised assumptions about the net migration rate due to the increased flow of Syrian refugees (July 2014 est. ) Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) JMD

Gross Domestic Product (GDP): around $ 80 billion (2014 est. ). Composition of GDP: • agriculture: 3% • industry: 30% • services: 70% (2014 est. ) Main industries and services: tourism, information technology, clothing, fertilizers, potash, phosphate mining, pharmaceuticals, petroleum refining, cement, inorganic chemicals, light manufacturing Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) JMD

Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) JMD

Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) JMD

JMD Brief Outline Ø JMD was established 1951 as part of the Civil Aviation Authority Ø Set up on 1967 as independent entity/MOT Ø World Meteorological Organization member since 1955. Ø Arab league member since 1955 Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD)

Role of JMD Ø Establishment of observations network and forecast offices Ø “ weather & climate” warnings and forecasts Ø services to transport , agriculture , hydrology and other economic sectors Ø climate data bank Ø Establishment of a rapid communications system for national and international data and products exchange Ø Promote research and training in the different fields of meteorology. Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) JMD

Organization Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) JMD

Director General Training Centre Planning Committee Entire Control FORECASTING Instruments & Maintenance Applied meteorology NFC C & CC Studies & Documentation Agro Metrology Observing Stations Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) JMD Administration & Finance

Budget Annual budget : 1. 8 M JD ≈ 2. 5 M $ Capital Fund = (25%) of the total budget Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) JMD

Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD

Infrastructure : It was developed over the years to fulfill the national and international requirements. Operational components Observation Network Forecasting Facilities Telecommunication sys. Climate Data Bank Admin. Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) JMD

JMD Operational components 32 Stations Observation Network Number of Meteorological station in Jordan 20 15 18 No. Stations 5 Station # 80 1 0 pe Up 20 0 Station Type 1950196019701980199020002010 Number of Meteorological station in Jordan 10 Main st ations: 18 16 C Main stations: l imate S 8 t ations: AClimate 6 4 go-clim Stations: 25 a te-stati 4 ons: 10 T o tal : 32 2 Stations # Ago-climate-stations: 8 10 6 6 5 Station # 5 30 20 0 Total : 49 So u Va th Ce lley n Ea tral No ste rth rn er n 10 0 1950 5 AW 40 40 10 4 10 S r. A Cl ir im a Ag te ro m Sy et no pt ic 60 50 Stations # 1960 1970 1980 1990 Year 2000 2010 Region Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) JMD

JMD Operational components Data Processing Forecasting Facilities (1 Main Forecasting Center and 6 Class 2 Forecasting offices) The raw data and products ( GRID, GRIB, T 4 ) are received from Global and Regional centers ( Offenbach, Toulouse, Braknell. . . ) and from JRM (HRM) regional model (new) Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD )

Data Processing JMD Operational components Telecommunication sys @ NFC SDUS, PDUS , HRPT, SADIS, MDD (old) MESSIR : Communication and processing data systems( AMSS / RETIM ) MSG-1 reception station (new) @ HQ Telecommunication sysØOperating Systems: ØLeased lines : -(2 ) , (1 ) ØNetworking : üArchiving Network. üClimate Network. üIntranet. üInternet. ØA-VPN: ü 10 Stations. ØIP-VPN: üOne line. MB head quarter MB NFC üWindows. üLinux. Ø Applications: üOracle Application Server. üOracle Data base 9 i /10 g üReg. CM üR ØWeb Site Hosting. ØAnti-virus Software. Ø IVR Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) JMD

Climate Data Archiving network

JMD Home Page http: //www. jometeo. gov. jo

Data Processing JMD Operational components Climate Data Bank @C & CC • checking • Readable format ng i v i h arc l Data rieva t e r Data ysis l a ation n t n A e a s trol Dat epre n R o c n lity atio m r o Qua f nd in a a t Da • QC-procedures “JCDM”“ “JCDM” • database 6. precipitation 7. clouds 8. Sun duration 9. evaporation 1. Temp (max, min, dry &wet 2. Grass temp, soil temp at 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 cm) 3. pressure 10. radiation 4. Relatively humidity 11. dew 5. wind temp, Climate Division Measured Data Forecasting Center Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) JMD

Measured Data Climate Division • history – Earliest Data Record: 1923 Climatological Data: • actual data • Daily • Synoptic • Upper air data • Derived data • Monthly • Normals • Extremes Forecasting Center • Data archiving and retrieval • Data processing (statistics, display, . . ) • Quality control JCDMS Oracle Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) JMD

Forecasting Facilities Telecommunication sys. Climate Data Bank Admin. Staff # administration & observers @ field @ Head Quarter @ Field year Staff # 2009 2010 2011 256 261 252 1 st U Degree 5 6 Retirement 14 10 3 2 nd U Degree 17 44 Resignation 6 2 - Diploma 17 35 Loss function 3 1 - High school 8 61 23 13 3 31 31 others Sum Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD)

ents m u r t s In & ance n e t n i Ma Calibration and Maintenance lab q Instruments specification q Instruments installing q Instrument calibration q Software and Hardware maintenance q Infrastructure Maintenance 25

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Achievements @National and international levels ü commitment with WMO ü MOU v Ministry of Water and irrigation v Arab Potash Company v Central Electricity Generation Co. v Japan International Cooperation Agency Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD)

On-Going Activities Ø Advanced training, rehabilitation or construction of flow measurement, monitoring and climate stations. Ø Purchase and installation of measuring and transmission equipment, additional equipment, and laboratory equipment. Ø Improvement of measurement networks in selected areas (pilot projects). Ø Database enhancement, extension of decision support systems for climate and climate change. Ø updating the WEB site Ø Updating dept. legisliation System Ø Ø GIS Data Portal Rainfall Enhancement projects Climate Change Modeling Seasonal forecast Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD)

• Challenges and Future Perspectives Contribute to the advancement and application of atmospheric and hydrological sciences and new technologies · Assist and train Staff in strengthening their capacity to meet national, regional and global needs · Ensure coordination in meteorology and operational hydrology at the national level and support similar efforts by other involved services at the national level · Contribute to addressing socio-economic sustainable development challenges Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD)

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