Weather, Climate and Hydrological Research and Development
RIMES provides the following services to National Meteorological and Hydrological Services:
- Generation of localized and customized:
- Analysis of risks to climate variability and change, and identification of risk management and adaptation options
- Development of decision support tools
- Development of new generation risk information products
Earthquake & Tsunami Watch Provision
RIMES provides the following services to National Tsunami Warning Centers of Member States:
- Seismic, sea level and deep ocean monitoring
- Data exchange, processing and analysis, and archiving
- Provision of earthquake alerts and regional tsunami bulletins
Capacity Building in End-to-End Early Warning
RIMES provides the following services to national and local level institutions within each Member States’ early warning frameworks:
- Assistance in establishing and maintaining observation and monitoring stations of regional benefit
- Training of scientists: in-country training and through secondment arrangements at the RIMES Regional Facility
- Development of decision-support tools and their application. These include risk assessment, interpretation and translation of early warning information products into impact outlooks and response options.
- Application of tailored risk information at different time scales in decision-making
- Early warning system audits
- Strengthening national early warning provider and user interface