26-11-2025:According to the observations at 15:30 hrs MST today, the Cyclonic Storm “SENYAR” over the Strait of Malacca and adjoining Northeast Indonesia has moved West-Southwestwards and start to cross coastal areas of Indonesia. It is centered at about 305Nautical miles South of Kawthaung (Myanmar), 155 Nautical miles West-Southwest of Penang(Malaysia), 45 Nautical miles East of Kuta Makmur(Indonesia) and  395 Nautical miles Southeast of Car Nicobar (India). According to the observations at 15:30 hrs MST today, the Well Marked Low pressure Area over the Southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas of Southeast Sri Lanka still persists. It is likely to move North-Northwestwards and further intensify into a depression during next 24 hours. Weather is a few cloud over the North Bay, partly cloudy over the Central Bay and cloudy over the Andaman Sea and elsewhere over the Bay of Bengal.

The meeting of The Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) of Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (EANET)

Thursday, November 22, 2012 - 17:30

The Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) of Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (EANET) held its session in 2012 (SAC2012) from 22 to 24 November 2012 in Hotel Yangon, Yangon, Myanmar. The session was organized by the Secretariat and the Network Center (NC) for the EANET and host by the Government of Myanmar.

The session was attended about (50) persons by the members of SAC and the o ther nominated persons from the participating countries of the EANET, namely; Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam as well as the Secretariat and the NC . The Session was also att ended by the expert from Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU), Norway. Major points of the discussion included :

  • It was clarified by the Secretariat that expected contributions from the participating countries have been calculated b ased on the propos ed budget for each year and UN - scale burden sharing percentage.
  • The NC informed that the NC core budget was estimated based on the Medium Term Plan (MTP) for the EANET (2011 - 2015) adopted at the IG12 in 2010 and the Procedure and Guidelines for Voluntary Financial Contribution to the EANET (2011 - 2013) adopted at the IG12, and 3 - year average was used without any changes for 3 years.
  • It was introduced that the “ Procedures for Establishing Task Forces and Expert Groups under the Scientific Advisory Committee of the EANET ” adopted at the Tenth Session of the Intergovernmental Meeting (IG10) in 2008 will be included in the “ Draft Revised Guidelines on Administrative and Financial Management for the Secretariat and the Network Center ” to be submitted to the IG20 12.
  • The NC informed that the raw data of the EANET monitoring for each year can only be downloaded from the special website upon the request from researchers.

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