Memorandum of Technical Cooperation between the Central Weatber
Bureau (CWB) of the RePublic of China (ROC) and the Thai Meteor-
ological Department (TMD) of Thailand (revised version)
I.Date: August 13, 1999
II.Place: Central Weather Bureau, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
III.Objective: Minimizing and preventing damage caused by meteo-
rological disasters including floods, tropical cyclones, and
monsoons.
IV.Actions to be taken by the two Parties of the CWB and the TMD
:
1.Implement data exchange.
The TMD agrees to send Regional Telecommunication Hub (RTH)
data to the CWB, and the CWB agrees to provide synoptic and
upper-air data as well as numerical weather prediction (NWP
) products to the TMD.
2.The TMD and the CWB agree to upgrade the speed of Bangkok-
Taipei GTS circuit from 2400 bps to 9600 bps and to change
the protocol to be X.25 with ASCII & GRIB transmission.
3.The CWB agrees to bear the extra costs due to the upgrading
of the telecommunications system. The payment should make
to deposit as a fund to the Bangkok Bank in Taipei.
4.The upgrading of the circuit will be operated within 2 mon-
ths after the ink of both sides.
5.Improve data collection from the Southeast Asia region thr-
ough the assistance provided by the CWB and the TMD.
6.Exchange scientists including technology transfer and trai-
ning
(1) The CWB offers to provide the TMD with training on NWP t-
echniques.
(2) The TMD proposes to exchange the visits of weather forec-
asters through the familiarization flight.
(3) The TMD offers to provide necessary accommodations in Ba-
ngkok for CWB scientists to be trained in Bangkok at met-
eorological seminars under international training progra-
ms.
7.The TMD and the CWB will jointly organize meteorological s-
eminars or meetings in Bangkok or Taipei for the concerned
Southeast Asian countries.
8.The TMD and the CWB agree to exchange the publications rel-
ated to the above mentioned subjects.
9.Nowadays, the GRIB data, GRID data and Satellite data are
available at RTH-Bangkok, The abbreviated headers are as f-
ollows:
* Forecast text
* Notice text
* Bathy(Japan area)
* Synop
* Satob
* Satem
* TBUS
* Upper air data (Airep, Temp, and Pilot)
* Warnings
* Singapore GRID model
* Sarep: cloud data from the satellite
* ECMWF GRID model; 90°E-180°E, 45°S-45°N 2.5*2.5 degr-
ees
* Bracknell (England) GRID model
V.Conclusion:
The TMD and the CWB agree to undertake the proposed plans spe-
cified in this Memorandum which is duly authorized by the rep-
resentatives of each Party.
VI.Please note:
This Memorandum shall not affect any other agreements between
the two countries.



─────────── ───────────
Lt. JG. Wit Worakupt Mr. Shinn-liang shieh
Director General Director General
Meteorological Department Central Weather Bureau
Thailand Republic of China