In 2015, RIC Tsukuba began RIC Tsukuba Package activities with the National Institute of Meteorology of Mozambique (Instituto Naciona de Meteorologia: INAM) as a part of a JICA technical cooperation project. This was the first application of the package in Africa and the first time it had been used in a country whose official language is Portuguese.
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On-site surveying in relation to calibration capacity
RIC Tsukuba experts found that although INAM had national standard instruments and a calibration chamber, its inspection equipment had been out of order for a long time and meteorological calibration had not been conducted. -
Provision of national meteorological standard instruments
JICA donated a digital barometer and a thermometer to INAM as national standard instruments with international traceability in 2016 along with inspection equipment. -
Technical training in Japan and Mozambique
In December 2015, four INAM experts were invited to RIC Tsukuba for training on the importance of instrument traceability/calibration and practical training on thermometer and barometer calibration (Figure below, INAM visit for on-the-job training in calibration (2015)).
Two RIC Tsukuba experts were subsequently dispatched to INAM to check staff proficiency and visit a local station to provide technical advice on on-site calibration. (Visit to INAM for on-site training in calibration (2016))
