Thursday, March 26, 2020

Taiwan Typhoon and Flood Research Institute

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The '''Taiwan Typhoon and Flood Research Institute''' (TTFRI) is a research institute which is part of the [[National Applied Research Laboratories]] of [[Taiwan]].

==History==
The Taiwan Typhoon and Flood Research Institute was inaugurated in 2011 in the city of [[Taichung]]. Lee Cheng-shang was the inaugural Director.<ref></ref>

TTFRI is a coordinator of research into quantitative precipitation forecasting.<ref></ref>

TTFRI has worked with the Central Weather Bureau to develop a radar assimilation system which has increased the accuracy of the six hour rainfall forecast by twenty percent.<ref></ref>

In 2018 TTFRI began a project to improve the flood management of [[Cayo District]] in [[Belize]] in partnership with the Belizean Government which is one of Taiwan’s few remaining official diplomatic allies.<ref></ref>

==Equipment==
In 2015 TTFRI acquired a set of UAVs from Australia for use their typhoon research program. Early attempts to acquire UAVs in 2005 were scrapped due to stricter air traffic controls imposed as a result of global terrorism.<ref></ref>

==References==


[[Category:2011 establishments in Taiwan]]
[[Category:Research institutes in Taiwan]]


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