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Climate (rainfall and discharge)
forecasting technology
RIMES-CFAN
BMD
RIMES
Flood forecast
RIMES
FFWC
Discharge
translation
Agro met
translation
Interpretation
RIMES, Local Partners
DDM, DAE
Communication
RIMES, Local Partners
End users
Fig. 9.3 Institutional collaboration for piloting the end-to-end generation, feedback and applica-
tion of fl ood forecasts application from national to the community level (SHOUHARDO I project
document)
Table 9.1 Organizational roles and responsibilities of each organization shown in Fig. 9.3
Organization
Activities
RIMES-CFAN
Generation of 1-10 day discharge in three major river stations (Ganges,
Brahmaputra and Meghna) using hydrological model.
BMD
Support local observed rainfall as well as ECMWF rainfall forecasts.
FFWC
Generation of 1-10 day fl ood forecasts in 18 locations using RIMES-CFAN
model and MIKE-11 hydrodynamic model
DDM
Interpret forecasts and disseminate to community.
DAE
Interpret and translate fl ood forecasts to agricultural outlook and send to
local representatives and farmers groups.
End Users
Union Disaster Management Committee and local volunteers who are aware
of the local community people.
(GATECH) established collaboration with the European Centre for Medium-Range
Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) for accessing its forecast products. At the national
level, a steering committee was formed consisting of the Department of Disaster
Management (DDM), Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Flood
Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC), Bangladesh Meteorological Department
(BMD) and Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES) to
evaluate the forecast products, interpret, translate and disseminate them at the
community level and to other decision-making processes as well. The institu-
tional partnership to connect all stakeholders with communities at risk is shown
in Fig. 9.3 .
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