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A Vision for Numerical Weather Prediction in 2030: the inaugural GWE Forum presentation 30 June 2020

Climate research scenarios

This GWEF webinar explored the issues surrounding open data in the context of weather and climate data and services.

A full life-cycle IT approach for flood management

Business of Weather talks to Dr. Jan Dutton, serial weather business entrepreneur and CEO of Prescient Weather Ltd., about setting up a weather-based business startup

The impact of of flooding on mosquito surveillance and control

Working in partnership to drive global awareness of hazardous and impactful weather.

Acclimatise's Amanda Rycerz presents the Inter-American Development Bank’s flagship publication “Development in the Americas”

Continuous temperature and humidity profiles from lidar. A powerful tool towards robust weather forecasting

Next generation real-time hydrologic monitoring standard for increased reliability and accuracy of flood warning data

A unique integrated solution to support wind shear detection for aviation in all types of weather conditions

Delivering Impact and Value - Transforming Hydro Meteorological Services for the Public

InterMET Asia 2019 panel discussion: Public sector - Commercial Services?

Urban haze and photovoltaics

Vaisala & the Finnish Meteorological Institute: space-based technology

Winter services save lives. In a pilot project, Technical Services Offenburg (TBO) show how their database can be improved with little effort.

Options for urban flood resilience within Indian cities: Findings from the high level national stakeholder consultation

Multi-hazard Early Warning System initiatives in Indonesia.

River Flood Assessment Based On Ethno-Geography Perspective on the People at Musi River South Sumatra Province, Indonesia

High precision lightning data – Business impact

Lightning detection for critical urban infrastructure and leisure facilities

Green revetment solutions for riverbank erosion protection

IMPACT investing to balance financial return and social good by solving weather related issues for NGOs, foundations, non-profits, governments and philanthropies

This Technical Note is aimed primarily at professionals in National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs), who are trying to improve the quality and relevance of their services to match their societies’ growing needs for meteorological and hydrological information.

WMO 68th Executive Council - a speaker's personal view

Investing in resilience – the economic and humanitarian case

Cloudburst resiliency: Innovative solutions to heavy rainfall and coastal flooding

The importance of good communications in the Global Weather Enterprise

Explores the “vitals” for successful public and private engagement. These include open data policies enabling private sector participation with a clear division of roles and responsibilities between sectors, as well as non-restrictive country legislation and legal frameworks.

Air pollution, public health and changing weather

A discussion on the operation of a national meteorological service as a commercial enterprise.

Experience of global small sensor co-location comparison studies and applications

Investing and trading in the weather derivatives market - Real life examples of using the weather market for benefit

How Ground Based Doppler Lidar improves Weather Observations and Forecasts

Communication with the individual supporters for operational weather forecasting

Private observations improve operational weather forecasts

Application of smart weather and climate services to increase safety and efficiency of port operations

Urban Flooding and Threats to Sustainable Development: A Study of Srinagar and Chennai Floods.

Business of Weather speaks to the co-founder of Shipped by Sail, a novel shipping broker using sailing ships to transport cargo

Balancing resolution and latency

WMO Open Consultative Platform (OCP) Innovation Seminar - 3 July 2020

Information Ecosystem Mapping: Designing Inclusive Weather Forecasting Services for Cities

Gap-filling stations and their role within a Road Weather Information System

Automated meteorological observation process – benefits for the societal output of meteorological organizations

ClusterTech co-hosts a live webinar with Pure Storage and NVIDIA.

Episode 1 - Sky and Cloud Observation with Ceilometers

One of the most striking and persistent climate anomalies of recent years has been the widespread unusual warmth that has affected the North Pacific Ocean.

Data sharing – Incentive-based data exchange

Collaborative digital workflows for integrated flood management

Lessons Learned from an NWS Director

Severe weather impacts on ground and flight operations and the application of innovative observing systems for risk reduction.

Business of Weather talks to World Energy & Meteorology Council about the importance of weather data to increasing the use of renewable energy and in enhancing energy efficiency

A value chain of activities of the public, private and academic sectors providing accurate, reliable and timely weather and climate related information

‘Blue labelling’ to highlight weather related flood risks

A view from the Central Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG), which is Austria’s national meteorological & hydrological service.

Development of a riverflow forecasting system with minimum requirements

A series of podcasts by Earth Networks dedicated to helping today’s top executives mitigate threats that can threaten their operations

Business of Weather spoke to the founder, CEO and chairman of Raymetrics, Nikos Kontos, about the company and about pollution monitoring and other applications for LIDAR technology

Effective early warning systems for building resilience to flood hazard: Challenges and opportunities

Operational irradiance forecasting for advanced PV grid integration in Singapore

Recent Advances in Air Quality Modelling in Australia

Forecast-based Financing is a highly innovative way of applying weather forecasts. The aim is to enhance humanitarian action to protect lives and livelihoods by making resources available to act before a disaster actually occurs.

Business of Weather talks to Dimitar Ivanov, the Director of Public-Private Engagement at the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)

In 2020, the global energy industry depends on high-quality weather forecasts for critical decision making like never before.

Benefits of Lightning Information as a service

Advanced Automated MET System

For insurers and reinsurers, it is a real focus to understand and evaluate extreme weather and climate risks now and into the future by using advanced risk modelling

The Royal Society has published a themed issue of its Philosophical Transactions journal addressing “Air Quality, past, present and future”.

Business of Weather investigates a new tool which could significantly increase the accuracy of tornado forecasting

Co-operation between the public, private and academic sectors is crucial to the effective use of weather & climate data to help save lives, build social resilience, and to enhance economic efficiency and financial stability

Business of Weather spoke to Mary Glackin about the challenges that lay ahead for U.S. meteorologists.

In this episode of the WeatherPod, co-presenters Alan Thorpe and David Rogers talk to hugely experienced broadcast meteorologist, Gerald Fleming

Water and cities; coping with floods, droughts and pollution

Digital transformation of flood warnings. Making critical information available at the right time to the right people in the right way

Prediction of summer rainfall over the source region of the Blue Nile

Environmental Intelligence platform for odour and air quality management of smart cities

Changing the game of flood fighting

Planning for flooding within a city water resilience framework.

The Kosi Flood Forecasting and Early Warning System

Business of Weather talks to the Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative (SRMGI), an international, NGO-driven project that seeks to expand the global conversation around the governance of climate engineering research

Sensor-based air quality monitoring: opportunities, impacts and challenges

Integrating stakeholder knowledge domains to improve urban flood resilience

A tale of two revolutionary changes: Urbanization and advances in high-resolution hydro-meteorological forecasts

Asian Megacities presentation: Towards an Operational Urban Flood Forecasting System

Planning for urban flood resilience through blue, green and grey glasses

Business of Weather talks to Louise van Schaik who heads up the Planetary Security Initiative which was launched in 2015 by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs to research new approaches to reducing climate-related risks to conflict and stability

EEC Technology for Hydrometeorological Applications: Weather Radar and QPE

Risk sensitive land use and infrastructure planning