South Asia Hydro-met Forum (SAHF) is a regional initiative that provides capacity building and training activities to support National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) to generate and transform climate data into reliable information that is critical in saving lives and assets and strengthening the resilience of communities in South Asia.
The World Bank’s “SAHF South Asia Regional Development in Operational Forecasting and Service Delivery” program under its Regional Program on hydromet, early warning and climate services is implemented by RIMES to address technical, institutional, and capacity gaps in SAR. Through this program, RIMES supports the WB in administering the delivery of SAHF priority activities for regional capacity building, dialogue, engagement and knowledge sharing.
RIMES facilitates SAHF to bring together various stakeholders in the South Asia region to enhance regional collaboration and address hydrological and meteorological challenges that are unique to the region.
SAHF countries include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka
SAHF Knowledge Hub
The SAHF Knowledge Hub development, initiated in 2021 incorporates the following key features:
- RIMES-ECMWF Data Exchange (DataEx) platform- for visualisation of the forecast and observation data
- Learning Management System
- Forecasters’ forum to enhance operational cooperation between NMHSs.
The SAHF Knowledge Hub supports data and forecast access through, as well as forecast verification (module under development and testing).