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Wuhan Institute of Heavy Rain (IHR), located in Wuhan
City of Hubei Province of China, is one of the nine special
meteorological research institutes (or,“one academy and eight
institutes”) under China Meteorological Administration
(http://www.cma.gov.cn). The mission of the IHR is to advance
understandings of the mechanisms for formations and evolutions of
mesoscale heavy rain systems and to improve the detection and forecast
technologies of heavy rain, especially for those associated with the
Jianghuai Meiyu front rain gush or within the prefrontal warm air
environment. Those heavy rain systems produce significant floods in the
Changjian (Yangtze) River valley and cause huge losses of properties and
human lives each year.
Wuhan Institute of Heavy Rain has a long history
that goes back to the March of 1960 when its predecessor, the Hubei
Meteorological Research Institute, was established. Since then, Wuhan IHR
has made great scientific advances in the understanding of mesoscale heavy
rain processes associated with the Jianhuai Meiyu front and in the numerical
modeling and forecasting of heavy rain in the Changjian (Yangtze) River
valley. In the recent years, a China heavy rain database has been built at
the IHR. New and advanced computational facilities have been established
for IHR’s high-resolution numerical weather prediction model development. A
mesoscale heavy rain field experiment combining operational weather radar
with mobile radar, local mesonet, and other high-density, non-conventional
surface and upper air observations is well underway.
Currently there are 50 dedicated research meteorologists in
the institute, working on five main research areas related to hazardous
heavy rain: 1) advanced observation and detection technologies; 2) formation
and evolution mechanisms; 3) numerical modeling and predictions; 4)
meteorological information processing and integration systems; and 5)
warning support for disasters including floods, flash floods, and
mudslides. The IHR has had close relationships with local operational
weather offices and developed strong collaborations on applied researches to
serve the operational forecast needs. In the future, the IHR will continue
strengthening such relationships with the operational offices and will
further advance the nowcasting and warning technologies for the heavy rain
along the Changjiang River valley. The IHR has also developed scientific
exchanges with international research communities in the recent years.
Wuhan IHR welcomes any opportunities for scientific collaborations on heavy
rain study, and hopes such collaborations will result in new improved
warning and forecast technologies that will save lives and reduce property
damage.
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Add:
Donghudong road 3#, Hongshan, Wuhan,
Hubei, China
Tel:
86-27-87806597
E-mail: ihr@whihr.com.cn
Fax:
86-27-87806597
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