On the evening of November 19^th, 2023, the 17th Pacific Games opened at the National Stadium in Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands. Among the participating teams in this edition of the Games was a presence of the "Chinese Team" – a meteorological support service team dispatched by the China Meteorological Administration, working closely with the local authorities to provide weather-related support for the event, including the participation of meteorological experts from Guangdong. As the new year begins, the experts from the Guangdong Meteorological Bureau, who successfully completed their overseas mission, granted an interview to the media, reflecting on the experience of providing significant meteorological services abroad for the first time.

The Solomon Islands, located in the South Pacific, is an island country. Since 1963, the Pacific Games and its predecessors have been held alternately among various island nations in the Pacific. At the end of October 2023, the Solomon Islands approached the China Meteorological Administration with a request for meteorological support services. The China Meteorological Administration promptly organized an overseas support mission in response. Yang Guojie, the Chief Forecaster of the Guangdong Meteorological Service, thus formed a connection with the Solomon Islands and the Pacific Games. His main responsibilities included on-site support, assessing the forecast performance of numerical models, and coordinating the work before and after the event.

"Looking back now, I realize that many of the support products we brought played a crucial role in our overseas mission," said Yang Guojie. He explained that in early November 2023, experts from the China Meteorological Administration conducted on-site research in the Solomon Islands. From November 15^th onwards, they officially entered a status for specialized support. During their collaborative work with the Solomon Islands Meteorological Service, Yang Guojie discovered that the meteorological development in the Solomon Islands remained at a relatively nascent stage. To quickly address this challenge, Yang Guojie, along with other Chinese experts and local meteorological professionals in the Solomon Islands, adopted primitive observation methods to obtain meteorological data. They climbed to the rooftop of the meteorological service building for manual observations at different times of the day. Additionally, they compared the manual observations with the forecast conclusions provided by the Chinese domestic support team, analyzed the characteristics and patterns of weather changes, evaluated the performance of model forecast products, and reduced forecast errors.

"On the day of the opening ceremony, we stood firm with our local counterparts from morning until 23:00. After the conclusion of the opening ceremony, during our exchange and discussions, our counterparts expressed surprise and gratitude for our dedicated and responsible attitude," said Yang Guojie.

In December 2023, when David Hiba Hiriasia, the Director of the Solomon Islands Meteorological Service, attended the launching ceremony of the GBA branch of the World Meteorological Center Beijing, where he expressed gratitude to the China Meteorological Administration, the Guangdong Meteorological Service, and all the Chinese experts. He also expressed his hope for continued cooperation, exchange, and collaboration between the two sides.

Source :Yangcheng Evening News

广东气象专家助所罗门群岛“观风测雨”

当地时间2023年11月19日晚，第17届太平洋运动会在所罗门群岛首都霍尼亚拉市国家体育场开幕。本届运动会中，出现了一支“中国队”的身影——中国气象局派出气象保障服务团队，与所方紧密合作，为运动会提供气象保障服务，其中也包括了来自广东的气象专家。新年伊始，圆满完成援外任务的广东省气象局专家接受媒体采访，回顾“中国气象国家队”首次在海外开展重大活动气象服务保障的经历。

所罗门群岛是一个位于南太平洋的岛国。自1963年起，太平洋运动会及其前身便持续在太平洋各岛国间轮流举办。2023年10月底，所方向中国气象局提出气象保障服务需求，中国气象局迅速组织援外工作。广东省气象台首席预报员杨国杰因此与所罗门群岛及太平洋运动会结缘，他主要负责现场保障、检验评估数值模式的预报性能以及前后方工作的协调。

“现在回看，我发现我们带去的不少保障产品，为援外工作提供了至关重要的保障。”杨国杰介绍，2023年11月初，中国气象局专家先行赴所参与实地调研，11月15日起正式进入专项保障值班专班状态。在与所罗门群岛气象局同行共同工作中，杨国杰发现所罗门群岛气象事业发展还处于相对初级的状态。为迅速化解“初级状态”对气象服务的影响，杨国杰与其他中国专家以及所罗门当地气象专家一方面采用最原始的观测方式获得气象数据，每天分时段爬到气象局楼顶进行人工观测记录；另一方面将人工观测记录与国内保障团队提供的众多保障产品所给出的预报结论进行对比，分析天气演变特征和规律，评估模式预报产品性能，减少预报误差。

“运动会开幕式当天，我们和所方同行从早上一直坚守到23时。在开幕式结束后的交流讨论中，所方同行对我们这种尽心尽责的态度感到惊讶和感动。”杨国杰说。

2023年12月，所罗门群岛气象局局长大卫·希巴出席世界气象中心（北京）粤港澳大湾区分中心启动仪式时，对中国气象局、广东省气象局以及各位中国专家表示感谢，并希望双方继续加强合作交流，携手同行。

文｜梁怿韬 实习生 樊雨晴 通讯员 叶萌