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Japan experts recommend AI to improve typhoon forecasts
Japan experts recommend AI to improve typhoon forecasts

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Japan experts recommend AI to improve typhoon forecasts

A group of experts are recommending that Japanese weather officials improve the accuracy of typhoon forecasts by using artificial intelligence, and provide more precise data about a storm's path. The Japan Meteorological Agency asked the experts to discuss ways to improve typhoon information. The discussion began in September last year. The agency cited changes in society's responses to typhoons, including the suspension of public transportation services, and the move for wide-area evacuation. In the recommendations released Thursday, the experts called for intense observations using aircraft and ships, and the use of AI for forecasts. The Japan Meteorological Agency said European weather officials have reported that storm's paths can be projected more precisely by using the AI-based forecast models they are developing. The Japanese experts also recommended that more precise typhoon information be provided to respond to the needs of people. The agency officials plan to improve their forecasting information from around 2030. They say they will announce potential areas where typhoons are likely to form one month before they appear. The officials also said they will develop technology for more frequent updates of areas showing the predicted position of a storm. They currently update the graphic every 24 hours, but they aim to do so every six hours. Fudeyasu Hironori of Yokohama National University is the chair of the expert group. He said by using new observation technologies and the new tool of AI they will be able to make more accurate forecasts than ever before.

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