China builds digital weather system for Olympics
( 2003-04-02 13:56) (Xinhua)
Qingdao, a host city of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games sailing events, is
building a new comprehensive digital meteorological system, to raise its weather
service to a world leading level.
Relying on powerful computers and a digital radar, the system will perform
remote measurements and remote sensing automatically and continuously, which
will greatly enhance the monitoring content and improve forecast accuracy for
sailing and other sports.
The system will include a new weather radar, 32 automatic weather stations
and a marine weather station, according to the city's weather authorities.
A scenic coastal city in east China's Shandong Province, Qingdao has long
relied on a manually operated weather service andsuffered a low accuracy
rate.
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