edu.ucar.opensky::articles:26425 UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact 2025-12-24T19:36:15.958237 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7d50rxs Advancing weather and climate forecasting for our changing world 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z publication https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7d50rxs https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0262.1 Brunet, G. author Parsons, D. B. author Ivanov, D. author Lee, B. author Bauer, P. author Bernier, N. B. author Bouchet, V. author Brown, A. author Busalacchi, Antonio J. author Flatter, G. C. author Goffer, R. author Davies, P. author Ebert, B. author Gutbrod, K. author Hong, S. author Kenabatho, P. K. author Koppert, H. author Lesolle, D. author Lynch, A. H. author Mahfouf, J. author Ogallo, L. author Palmer, T. author Petty, K. author Schulze, D. author Shepherd, T. G. author Stocker, T. F. author Thorpe, A. author Yu, R. author UCAR/NCAR - Library publisher Our world is rapidly changing. Societies are facing an increase in the frequency and intensity of high-impact and extreme weather and climate events. These extremes together with exponential population growth and demographic shifts (e.g., urbanization, increase in coastal populations) are increasing the detrimental societal and economic impact of hazardous weather and climate events. Urbanization and our changing global economy have also increased the need for accurate projections of climate change and improved predictions of disruptive and potentially beneficial weather events on kilometer scales. Technological innovations are also leading to an evolving and growing role of the private sector in the weather and climate enterprise. This article discusses the challenges faced in accelerating advances in weather and climate forecasting and proposes a vision for key actions needed across the private, public, and academic sectors. Actions span (i) utilizing the new observational and computing ecosystems; (ii) strategies to advance Earth system models; (iii) ways to benefit from the growing role of artificial intelligence; (iv) practices to improve the communication of forecast information and decision support in our age of internet and social media; and (v) addressing the need to reduce the relatively large, detrimental impacts of weather and climate on all nations and especially on low-income nations. These actions will be based on a model of improved cooperation between the public, private, and academic sectors. This article represents a concise summary of the white paper on the Future of Weather and Climate Forecasting (2021) put together by the World Meteorological Organizations' Open Consultative Platform. UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact PDF Text theme Resource Type 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z publication Copyright 2023 American Meteorological Society (AMS). None eng geoscientificInformation