RIC Tsukuba conducts testing and experimentation on meteorological instruments and observation methods.
- The experiments described in the following documents were reported at the 13th session of WMO Regional Association II (Asia) in Hong Kong, China (7 - 15 December 2004) by Shigeru Onogi, the Co-Rapporteur on Regional Aspects of Instrument Development, Related Training and Capacity Building:
- JMA (2006): Rainfall Measurements with Raingauges Installed in Various Locations
- JMA (2006): Examination of Traveling Standard of Barometer
- Report by Aoshima et al. (2010): RIC-Tsukuba (Japan) Intercomparison of Thermometer Screens/Shields in 2009 - 2010:
- A 2013 report by Kumamoto et al. tiled Field Experiment on the Effects of a Nearby Asphalt Road on Temperature Measurement is available on the SOLA website.
- Report by Umehara et al. (2016): Field experiments to determine the effect of boundary fences on temperature observation:
This content was presented at the WMO Technical Conference on Meteorological and Environmental Instruments and Methods of Observation (Helsinki, Finland, 30 August - 1 September 2010) (TECO-2010).
This content was presented at TECO-2016 (see "International meetings & workshops").