Britain allocates £ 1.2 billion to support the creation of technologies for superior weather and climate forecasting systems

Arab Weather - The UK will launch the latest high-computing technology for weather and climate data, by setting aside £ 1.2 billion to create a state-of-the-art supercomputer to improve weather and extreme weather forecasts.

Thanks to the British government allocating £ 1.2 billion to finance the development of modern supercomputers, announced today Monday by the Minister of Business and Energy and President of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change cop26 Alok Sharma, the prediction of severe weather and the impacts of climate change will be faster and more accurate since when.

The government will be informed of the data that high-potential computing technologies will issue for numerical models to be part of the policy to combat climate change and achieve the goal of reducing climate harmful emissions to zero.

Data from this new supercomputer (which is expected to be the most advanced in the world devoted to weather and climate) is expected to contribute to more accurate forecasting of storms, and help in selecting the most suitable locations for flood defenses and predicting climate changes globally.

The new supercomputer, which will be managed by the British Met Office, will be used to help ensure communities are better prepared to weather weather disturbances, including:

• Precipitation forecasts are more accurate, helping the environment agency to quickly deploy mobile flood defenses.
• Better forecasts for airports so you can plan for any obstruction or air obstructions that may occur.
• More detailed information about the weather for the power sector to help them mitigate power outages and potential storms.

With the British government announcing its current year as climate action, the news also shows that the UK is taking the lead in working towards it before hosting the United Nations Climate Conference COP26 , as the world meets to agree on more ambitious measures to combat climate change.

"For the past 30 years, modern technologies have been concerned with more accurate weather forecasting," said Minister of Business and Energy and COP26 Chairman Alok Sharma. "The new supercomputer will increase the accuracy and speed of weather forecasts, thereby helping people prepare for any upcoming air event and plan their various actions." ".

The new supercomputer will also boost UK's supercomputing and data technology capabilities, driving innovation and developing world-class skills across supercomputing, data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence.

In turn, the CEO of the British Meteorological Office, Professor Benny Endersby said: "This investment will ultimately provide a more accurate early warning of extreme weather, provide the information needed to build a more resilient world in a changing climate and will also help support the transition to a low carbon economy throughout United kingdom".

This would help the UK continue to be a leader in weather and climate science and services, and support work collaboratively to ensure that the results of their work help the government, public and various industries make better decisions to stay safe and prosperous.

"The high-performance Met Office computer upgrade agreement is welcome news. The enhanced processing power will provide a gradual change in weather forecasting and climate modeling in the UK, such as the further development of the Earth Systems model, which includes the further development of the Earth Systems model, which includes Collaboration with many UKRI-NERC funded research centers

He stated that this would also contribute to improving daily-to-seasonal forecasts and longer-term climate forecasts and thus would provide society with a greater ability to proactively protect itself from the adverse effects of climate change.

The UK Met Office is at the forefront of climate-related supercomputing, using its existing technology to drive advances in environmental prediction.

As a result, the UK is now forecasted in detail every hour instead of every three hours, providing important updates in time when severe or extreme weather approaches.

This development was recently capitalized on by the storms of Ceará and Denis, which were predicted five days ago, enabling local councils and emergency services to prepare plans to cope with them.

Likewise, the Environmental Agency has used the latest UK climate forecasts at the Met Office to develop possible future flood scenarios and how best to allocate funding to meet them.

Today, Monday 17 February 2020 , the government also announced a £ 30m investment in advanced computing services, providing researchers with access to the latest technology and expert software engineers. It will also help them accelerate scientific discoveries such as the development of "food fingerprints" to detect chemical contaminants in foods and improve drug design.

The funding will support seven high-performance computing services managed by universities from across the United Kingdom, including Queen's University Belfast, University of Edinburgh and Durham University.

Source: metoffice