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Monitoring weather and climate in the Cyprus
Meteorological ServiceMatheos Papadakis
Silas MichaelidesKaiti Savvidou
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In the eastern Mediterranean..
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The Cyprus Island
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Meteorological Service History (a) 1866-1870: First meteorological
observations 1878: British occupation 1881:Climatological Stations in Lefkosia,
Ammohostos, Larnaka, Pafos, Keryneia, Lemesos(1882)
1899: Second Climatological Station in Lefkosia
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Meteorological Service History (b) 1900-1956: The department of Public Work
had the responsibility of the meteorological observation
1957: Establishment of Meteorological Service
1967: A scientist (physician) was employed
1968: A specialist organizes the Meteorological Service
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Meteorological Service History (c) 1970: Decade of intensive development 1976: Establishment of the Meteorologial
Office in Larnaka Airport 1981: Establishment of the radiosonde in
Athalassa 1983: Establishment of the Meteorological
Office in Athalassa
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Meteorological Service History (d) 1984: Establishment of the radiation center
in Athalassa 1986: Analog satellite photos 1990: Digital reception system (Meteosat) 1993: First output of LAM for Cyprus (ETA) 1994: Meteorological Radar in Kykkos (EEC)
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Meteorological Service History (e)
1997:-- Telecommunication network between Larnaka forecasting office and Greek Meteorological Service
-- New radiation sensors in Athalassa 2000 :Development of the Database
(ACCESS, soon SQL, migrating to ORACLE)
2001 :Installation of the first AWS 2004 : NWP models accepted as official
forecasting tools
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Evolution of the Network for the Meteorological Observations
Climatological and Rainfall StationsYEAR No of climatic stations No of rainfall stationsbefore Turkish invasion (whole island)1881 5 --1882 6 --1901 9 171902 9 361910 10 55 1931 7 60 1951 21 611961 28 90after Turkish invasion (areas under gov. control)1974 31 1011980 45 1051990 47 1122000 40 105
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Meteorological Service Personnel
Met Officers:22• Degrees in Physics or Mathematics• Specialization in Meteorology
(Forecasting, Agrometeorology, Statistics)
Met Assistants: 54• Met Observations• Quality Control• Data Entry• Preparation of Reports• Station Inspection
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Met Service Offices
Lefkosia – Headquarters, Climatology Unit
Larnaka&Pafos Airport – Synoptic Unit
Athalassa – Upper Air &Actinometric Station, Technical Support
Kykkos Site - Radar
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The Radar site EEC, C- band Doppler radar, operating since 1996 RVP 6 Two unix workstations, one located at site, one at the
forecasting office at Larnaka Airport Full control to the forecaster Will be upgraded within the next 2 years (hardware
and software) Valuable tool for research programs funded by
European Union Data assimilation into Local Area Models
Kykkos site
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Kykkos site
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Radar output
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24/7/365, 2 officers, 10 assistants Numerical Modelling
◦ MM5, Bolam, WRF, WAM, DWD, Cosmo (we only receive output in GRIB)
Verification WEB dissemination Research (models, dynamics of the
atmosphere, neural networks)
NSA , ISO 9001 certified !!!
Synoptic and Aviation Meteorology Section
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Synoptic and Aviation Meteorology Section
Exchange meteorological information with international entities
Weather forecasts and warnings for Cyprus Disseminate weather forecasts and warnings to the
general public through media channels (press, radio and television) for :◦ The area of the island of Cyprus◦ For the area of Nicosia F.I.R.◦ For the NAVTEX sea areas of Southeast Kritiko, Delta, Crusade
and Taurus Provide weather forecasts and warnings and other
information for the needs of civil aviation, shipping and other marine activities in the sea area around Cyprus and the eastern Mediterranean
Synoptic and upper-air observations
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Business in the forecasting office
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Meteorological Records◦Daily Precipitation (1916 - ) (ISO stations)◦Daily Maximum & Minimum Temperatures
(1976 - ) (~ 40 stations)◦Two Hourly Temp.& RH Data (1976 - ) (40 stations)◦AWS Data (2000 - ) (20 stations)◦Upper Air Data (1985 - ) (Athalassa)◦Evaporation (1976 - ) (20 stations)◦Solar Radiation (2000 - ) (Athalassa)◦Global Radiation (2000 - ) (7 stations)
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The station Network
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Synoptic Stations 3 -->3 Climatological Stations 40 --> will gradually
be replaced by automatic stations Automatic stations 26 --> 66 Rainfall gauges 111 --> most will remain for
historical reasons Radar (C-band) --> upgraded and
supplemented with two X-band to cover the entire Island. Networked??
2-3 wind profilers (budget not approved)
The Network in numbers
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Participation in various organizations
1. WMO 2. FAO 3. GEO 4. CAF 5. EUMETNET 6. JOINT RESEARCH CENTERS 7. EMY 8. ICARDA 9. COST
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European Funded Research Activities◦ VOLTAIRE, FLASH, EWENT (FP5, FP6, F7)◦ RISKMED, PRODIM (Interreg)
Locally funded research activities◦ AERAS (GIS and neural network forecasting of
dust events)◦ HEAT ISLAND (GIS and neural network distribution
of heat in urban areas and forecasting severe heat events)
Publications and contributions to conferences
The C.M.S. In Research
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THANK YOU :-)
Communication Telephone+357 22802935 Fax +357 22305500 Weather line+357 24817998 Web www.moa.gov.cy/ms E mail [email protected] Address 28 Nikis Ave., 1086 Nicosia Cyprus or
Meteorological Service, 1418 Nicosia, Cyprus
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