The development and operational use of an integrated Numerical Weather Prediction System in the National Center of Meteorology of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

IF 3 3区地球科学 Q2 METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES

Weather and Forecasting Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI:10.1175/waf-d-23-0034.1

Platon Patlakas, Christos Stathopoulos, Christina Kalogeri, Vassilios Vervatis, John Karagiorgos, Ioannis Chaniotis, Andreas Kallos, Ayman S. Ghulam, Mohammed A. Al-omary, Ioannis Papageorgiou, Dimitrios Diamantis, Zaphiris Christidis, John Snook, Sarantis Sofianos, George Kallos

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Abstract The weather and climate greatly affect socioeconomic activities on multiple temporal and spatial scales. From a climate perspective, atmospheric and ocean characteristics have determined the life, evolution, and prosperity of humans and other species in different areas of the world. On smaller scales, the atmospheric and sea conditions affect various sectors such as civil protection, food security, communications, transportation, and insurance. It becomes evident that weather and ocean forecasting is high-value information highlighting the need for state-of-the-art forecasting systems to be adopted. This importance has been acknowledged by the authorities of Saudi Arabia entrusting the National Center for Meteorology (NCM) to provide high-quality weather and climate analytics. This led to the development of a numerical weather prediction (NWP) system. The new system includes weather, wave, and ocean circulation components and has been operational since 2020 enhancing the national capabilities in NWP. Within this article, a description of the system and its performance is discussed alongside future goals.

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沙特阿拉伯王国国家气象中心综合数值天气预报系统的发展和业务使用

天气和气候在多个时空尺度上对社会经济活动具有重要影响。从气候的角度来看，大气和海洋特征决定了世界不同地区人类和其他物种的生命、进化和繁荣。在较小的尺度上，大气和海况影响到民防、粮食安全、通信、运输和保险等各个部门。天气和海洋预报显然是高价值的资料，因此需要采用最先进的预报系统。沙特阿拉伯当局已经认识到这一重要性，委托国家气象中心(NCM)提供高质量的天气和气候分析。这导致了数值天气预报系统(NWP)的发展。新系统包括天气、海浪和海洋环流组件，自2020年以来一直在运行，增强了国家在NWP方面的能力。在本文中，将讨论系统及其性能的描述以及未来的目标。

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Weather and Forecasting 地学-气象与大气科学

CiteScore

5.20

自引率

17.20%

发文量

131

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Weather and Forecasting (WAF) (ISSN: 0882-8156; eISSN: 1520-0434) publishes research that is relevant to operational forecasting. This includes papers on significant weather events, forecasting techniques, forecast verification, model parameterizations, data assimilation, model ensembles, statistical postprocessing techniques, the transfer of research results to the forecasting community, and the societal use and value of forecasts. The scope of WAF includes research relevant to forecast lead times ranging from short-term “nowcasts” through seasonal time scales out to approximately two years.