The Pilot Project on Public-Private Engagement for Smart Meteorological Services in Mega-Cities (PPE-SMSC) was kicked off recently via an online meeting. (Photo: Meteorological Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality)
The Pilot Project on Public-Private Engagement for Smart Meteorological Services in Mega-Cities (PPE-SMSC) was kicked off recently by World Meteorological Organization via an online meeting. Representatives from the meteorological observatories from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao shared insights into how to build up a smart weather service featuring intelliSense, precision, interactiveness and sharability in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
The launch meeting was organized by China Meteorological Administration, Hong Kong Observatory and Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau. Echoing the Geneva Declaration (2019): Building Community for Weather, Climate and Water Actions, PPE-SMSC aims at developing an integrated urban meteorological, climate and water service base on a public-private engagement model.
The project outcomes are expected to be promoted across rapidly-developing cities in the Asia-Pacific region and help cope with challenges brought by extreme weather and climate changes.
The Meteorological Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality is leading one of the demonstration projects. According to the Bureau, in the next three years they will work together with their partners to develop a comprehensive weather service with multi-source data sharing and impact-based disaster risk warning.
Shenzhen will also advance targeting technologies in weather information release as to provide interactive and designated warning information for residents. An urban climate impact assessment will be carried out by partnering with other governmental departments and academic institutions.
Hong Kong Observatory stated in the meeting that they will develop a risk-based storm surge forecast service applicable to vulnerable costal areas. The Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau said it will prioritize optimization tip services for water immersion.
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