Research and Operational Advance on Weather Service Benefit Assessment

The evolution situation and the prospect about the weather service benefit assessment (shorten as WSBA) is introduced in this paper. The theories and techniques about WRBA concerned with social benefit and economic benefit are exhibited. The achievements on WSBA, especially after the foundation of the CMA Public Weather Service in 2008, are showed. It is indicated that the theory and the technique of WSBA need to be added and perfected because WSBA covers multi-subjects such as mathematics, statistics, sociology and so on. It also shows that WSBA ought to develop various WSBA products, taking into account the weather service features in China. Therefore, more attention must be drawn theoretically and practically, and the talented people are urgently needed.