SINGAPORE: Singapore will play a bigger role in improving the region’s ability to detect transboundary haze so countries can work faster to manage its effects.
This comes after the nation was picked by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) to host a specialised centre – the first in Asia and one of two worldwide – to deliver timely and quality vegetation fire and smoke pollution forecasts, observations and information.
Using forecasting models, the main focus of the Specialized Meteorological Centre for Vegetation Fire and Smoke Pollution will be predicting air quality and identifying how far such haze can spread.
“The centre aims to provide information to support decision-making in emergency response, environmental protection, public health management, fire management and law enforcement,” Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu said on Wednesday (Sep 4).
“We hope that these climate data will allow our regional partners to formulate and adjust their own climate adaptation strategies.”
She was speaking at a regional forum organised by the ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC) and WMO.
The new centre, which is hosted by the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS), became operational this month.
The other centre is in Canada, a nation prone to wildfire. Both Singapore and Canada were assigned to host centres during the WMO executive council’s 78th session in Geneva in June.
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This comes after the nation was picked by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) to host a specialised centre – the first in Asia and one of two worldwide – to deliver timely and quality vegetation fire and smoke pollution forecasts, observations and information.
Using forecasting models, the main focus of the Specialized Meteorological Centre for Vegetation Fire and Smoke Pollution will be predicting air quality and identifying how far such haze can spread.
“The centre aims to provide information to support decision-making in emergency response, environmental protection, public health management, fire management and law enforcement,” Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu said on Wednesday (Sep 4).
“We hope that these climate data will allow our regional partners to formulate and adjust their own climate adaptation strategies.”
She was speaking at a regional forum organised by the ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC) and WMO.
The new centre, which is hosted by the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS), became operational this month.
The other centre is in Canada, a nation prone to wildfire. Both Singapore and Canada were assigned to host centres during the WMO executive council’s 78th session in Geneva in June.
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