Enhancing preparedness and response in the Philippines
This case study highlights the UK's Met Office support provided to the Philippines Department of Science and Technology, and its National Meteorological Service. It presents project case studies (Heavy Rainfall pilot project: High resolution forecasting for Greater Metro Manila Area), benefits and strengths in the partnership, as well as the forecast, model and operational improvements. This partnership is built on three pillars: i) Development and delivery of Met Office Unified Model (MetUM) numerical weather prediction (NWP) products; ii) Development of MetUM seasonal forecast products; and the iii) Human resource development.