Key Scientific and Technological Problems Study on Metropolitan Weather Services

In recent years, rapid urbanization with accompanying environment stress, adverse environment effects, and urban disaster risk has been increasing persistently. In the context of global warming, extreme weather events occur more frequently. The weather services in the city are imminently expected due to city security, disaster reduction, socio-political and economic activities, ecological environment protection, sustainable development and climate change. Based on the fact that rapid urbanization has significant effects on environment, climate and meteorological disasters, this article demonstrates the urbanization impact on weather, climate and meteorological disasters in cities. The key technological problems for improving meteorological service ability are also discussed through investigations and analyses of forecasting services demand. A review of urban meteorological theoretical research and an analysis of forecasting technologies ability are made.
Finally, the development vision and key tasks on future weather forecasting services for metropolis are proposed.