The 15th ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee Attachment Training 2015 course was held at JMA Headquarters from 22 to 31 July 2015.

The RSMC Tokyo — Typhoon Center has organized ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee Attachment Training courses every year since 2001 with the support of the WMO Tropical Cyclone Programme (TCP) and the Typhoon Committee to enhance the capacity of Committee members in typhoon analysis and forecasting. In accordance with a decision passed at the 3rd Joint Session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones and the Typhoon Committee held in February 2015 in Bangkok, this training was attended by six experts from the Typhoon Committee and the Panel on Tropical Cyclones. These were Mr. Soim Monichoth from Cambodia, Ms. Praphasri Udjai from Thailand, Mr. Tran Van Hung from Vietnam, Mr. Md. Azizur Rahman from Bangladesh, Mr. Hussain Afshal from the Maldives, and Mr. Hla Tun from Myanmar.

The training focused on imparting practical information and skills on tropical cyclone analysis and forecasting through lectures and exercises using the Satellite Analysis and Viewer Program (SATAID). The teaching covered a range of areas including Dvorak analysis, interpretation of microwave data, quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE), quantitative precipitation forecasting (QPF) and storm surge forecasting. All attendees gave presentations to help JMA staff understand the current status of their meteorological and hydrological services. Prof. Yuichi Ono (the Assistant Director of the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) at Tohoku University) also gave an introductory lecture on the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015 – 2030 to enhance related understanding and promote the use of the framework for the enhancement of such services.