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THE ENVIRONMENT
Research The Royal Observatory participates in international co-operative programmes to improve the standard of weather services. In 1983, special observations were made and sent to other countries in Southeast Asia during the Second Typhoon Operational Experiment organised under the auspices of an international Typhoon Committee. Two forecasters were seconded to the International Experiment Centre in Tokyo to carry out operational studies during actual typhoon situations.
Research is also directed at meeting the demand for meteorological analyses by industry and for engineering projects. Other projects during the year included work on design wind and rainfall parameters, and modelling storm surges and currents using computers. The micro-meteorological study carried out in Junk Bay to investigate local conditions which may affect new developments was completed, while a similar study for western Victoria Harbour was started.
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