After the earthquake of 8.1-magnitude in Nepal, China Meteorological Administration (CMA) connected with Nepal Department of Hydrology and Meteorology(DHM) as soon as possible to learn about the operational conditions of CMACast and MICAPS system.

Due to earthquake, the internet of Nepal has broken off. Without relying on local internet, CMACast and MICAPS became the main weather forecast platform within 24 hours after earth quake which provided powerful supports for earthquake relief and also showed the systems' emergency capabilities.

It's reported that CMA donated CMACast and MICAPS systems for 19 Asia-Pacific countries including Nepal.

CMACast is the updated satellite data broadcast system of CMA based on DVB-S2 technology with both file and multimedia transmission capability. It is a major component of CMA national and international data dissemination network. CMACast is also a major component of IGDDS and GEONETCast.

Meteorological Information Comprehensive Analysis and Process System is short for "MICAPS", which is a man-human interaction system supporting weather forecast. Via searching various meteorological data, it displays graphics of meteorological data, edits and processes various meteorological graphics, and provides a medium-term, short-term, nowcasting analysis platform for meteorological forecast and business staff, meanwhile, provides abundant second construction interface, and constructs secondly on the basis of original version according to users' needs.

CMA has dispatched expert teams to Nepal DHM to carry out technical aid and training on CMACast, MICAPS, and GMSOFT in 2012, 2013 and 2015.

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