High impact weathers, such as torrential rain and strong wind associated with typhoons, heavy fog and severe convection occur frequently not only in the big island area but also in the economically developed coastal regions. Each year a lot of disasters including property and even life loss are caused by these severe weathers. Collection of marine weather data in real-time is essential to improving the model prediction and thus weather services in the marine and coastal areas. To this end, a variation of marine meteorological observation techniques (including satellite remote sensing, aircraft observation, buoy network, island-based stations and coastal weather radars) is required and has been developed. An overview on these techniques is presented and followed with some outlooks.

marine meteorology  /  observation technique  /  unmanned vehicle measurement  /  atmospheric environment