Taiwan: NARL touts integrated weather forecast system

The National Applied Research Laboratories (NARL) has developed an integrated radar weather forecast system to provide an emergency warning and response advisory six hours before a potential disaster strikes, reducing casualty rates in disaster-prone areas, reports Taipei Times.

The system is the first in the nation that incorporates data collected by radars, with torrential rain forecast accuracy improved by between 20 percent and 47 percent compared with the systems employed by the Central Weather Bureau, NARL researcher Tsai Chih-chien (蔡直謙) said. The system is expected to be launched to detect typhoons next year.