00960 High Impact in South Africa infographic-5 · WCSSP South Africa is part of the Weather and...
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WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP Predicting High Impact Weather in South Africa BENEFITS FOR SOUTH AFRICA AND THE UK Produced by the Met Office. Met Office and the Met Office logo are registered trademarks. © Crown copyright 2019, Met Office 00960 IMPROVING MODEL PERFORMANCE WCSSP South Africa is part of the Weather and Climate Science for Service Partnership programme, supported by the UK Government’s Newton Fund. The WCSSP programme is developing a global network of projects and partnerships that harness the scientific expertise needed to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable communities to weather and climate variability. South Africa OBSERVATIONS MODEL South African research partners UK research partners Evaluated the performance of the Met Office Unified Model in simulating the timing and location of heavy showers and thunderstorms. Developed the model leading to improved prediction of heavy showers and thunderstorms over South Africa. Findings from the research in South Africa will lead to improvements in predicting heavy showers and thunderstorms in the UK. South African scientists are continuing to develop and improve model performance of high-impact weather over South Africa, in collaboration with the Met Office and the University of Reading. Improved information on the risk of heavy showers and thunderstorms means government, businesses and communities in South Africa can be better prepared, reducing the impact of severe weather.
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WORKING IN PARTNERSHIPPredicting High Impact Weather in South Africa
BENEFITS FOR SOUTH AFRICA AND THE UK
Produced by the Met Office. Met Office and the Met Office logo are registered trademarks. © Crown copyright 2019, Met Office 00960
IMPROVING MODEL PERFORMANCE
WCSSP South Africa is part of the Weather and Climate Science for Service Partnership programme, supported by the UK Government’s Newton Fund. The WCSSP programme is developing a global network of projects and partnerships that harness the scientific expertise needed to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable communities to weather and climate variability.
SouthAfrica
OBSERVATIONS MODEL
South African research partners UK research partners
Evaluated the performance of the Met Office Unified Model in simulating the timing and location of heavy showers and thunderstorms.
Developed the model leading to improved prediction of heavy showers and thunderstorms over South Africa.
Findings from the research in South Africa will lead to improvements in predicting heavy showers and thunderstorms in the UK.
South African scientists are continuing to develop and improve model performance of high-impact weather over South Africa, in collaboration with the Met Office and the University of Reading.
Improved information on the risk of heavy showers and thunderstorms means government, businesses and communities in South Africa can be better prepared, reducing the impact of severe weather.
