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How is science helping us to improve life in the city? How does it help | How is science helping us to improve life in the city? How does it help | ||
- | us to predict high-impact weather events? Water and wind today influences all of our lifes: by its impact on travel, by strong dependence of renewable energy on clouds and winds, and by the dependence of agriculture and so many other | + | us to predict high-impact weather events? Water and wind today influences all of our lifes: by its impact on travel, by strong dependence of renewable energy on clouds and winds, and by the dependence of agriculture and many other |
parts of or modern society on the atmosphere, precipitation, | parts of or modern society on the atmosphere, precipitation, | ||
and wind! | and wind! | ||
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high-impact events like heavy thunderstorms with strong precipitation, | high-impact events like heavy thunderstorms with strong precipitation, | ||
do it even every three hours with a forecast lead time of one day (24 hours). | do it even every three hours with a forecast lead time of one day (24 hours). | ||
- | than means we have about 30 minutes to carry out the task. We want to get forecasts for the next 6-12 hours every hour, and forecasts for the next 2 hours every 5 minutes! To do this, it needs very advanced science, new high-resolution measurements, | + | That means we have about 30 minutes to carry out the task. We want to get forecasts for the next 6-12 hours every hour, and forecasts for the next 2 hours every 5 minutes! To do this, it needs very advanced science, new high-resolution measurements, |
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- | **Public Service.** Providing a service for the public every three hours, or | + | **Public Service |
- | every hour, or every 5 minutes with reliable forecasts cannot be carried out by a university. If each and every airplane departure depends on such a service, you need a very reliable team of people. Think about this: if the impact is very important for the whole society, it should not be done by a company. The state needs institutions like a national weather service, equipped with a modern supercomputer to do this. At the same time, the scientists which program the forecasts need the intense interaction with researchers which are not bound by the constraints of immediate delivery. And all of us need different companies to work on services and products based on the insight, algorithms and methods which scientists develop day by day ... | + | |
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- | **Your Role.** Where is your own role? What attracts you most: the basic science, trying to understand the phenomena? Or the applied science, with algorithms and programs? Or the science working in the framework of a supercomputing centre, making it work efficiently for a large-scale | + | **Your Role.** |
+ | Find your own role and place, and then enjoy it and contribute! | ||
(Roland Potthast) | (Roland Potthast) |
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