Forecast weather alerts for insurance companies
Are weather extreme events increasing in frequency and intensity? Can we attribute these extreme weather events to climate change?
Meteorology and Development
How specialized Private Weather Companies are helping National Meteorological Services in Developing Countries
Low Emission Zones
What is a Low Emission Zone (LEZ)?
An LEZ is a defined area within a city where access to the most polluting vehicles is restricted to reduce emissions and improve air quality.
Blasting planning tools
Controlled detonations or “blasts” represent a key and recurrent activity during the performance of certain relevant economic activities, mainly in the mining, mining, construction and building demolition industries.
Will artificial intelligence replace the conventional weather forecasting system?
The 76th anniversary of the landing of Normandy was celebrated some days ago, a relevant historical event for the end of the Second World War and when meteorology played a crucial role. The landing took place exactly on June 6, 1944 due to the prior weather forecasts successfully conducted.
Model output data integration using a Web Map Server
Maps are one of the basic products that can be created from numerical model output data. Whether numerical weather prediction models, air quality photochemical models, air dispersion models, wave models or any other, it is useful to show in a map different fields like the air temperature, wind speed and direction, pollutants concentration, significant wave height or any other variable obtained from the model.
Chemical risk management
The most severe industrial accidents are those involving dangerous chemicals, as they represent a significant threat to health and the environment. Furthermore, such accidents cause huge economic losses and disrupt sustainable growth.
The effect of diesel engines in road emissions
Recently, the diesel engine and its reputation have drop dramatically as the interest in the environment was growing. The current Spanish vice president and Ecological Transition Minister Teresa Ribera said in 2018 that it is a public health matter, and that diesel will have no future.