The
National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology today launched its channel
"UAE Weather" (YouTube.com/UAEWeather) on a YouTube site that
specialises in broadcasting weather bulletins, videos and programmes to reach a
wider audience.
The
channel aims to unify sources of meteorological and seismic information in
order to avoid the spread of rumors across Internet and social networking
sites.
The
YouTube channel is the first of its kind in the Arab world in the field of
meteorology, providing daily weather forecasts and weekly programmes in Arabic.
The channel also includes additional programmes such as Safar that showcases
the best travel and tourism spots inside and outside the country during
different seasons, programmes for health, events and other developments of the
Center's programs and projects as well as photography and video competition
programmes.
Dr.
Abdullah Al Mandoos, Executive Director of the Centre, said, "The launch
of the channel came in line with the vision of the wise leadership in establishing
the foundations of e-government, and to facilitate the arrival of
meteorological services and earthquakes in the easiest and fastest route
available."
He
explained that this channel is the first step in creating a specialised
programme in weather and climate affairs, adding that the channel will be
exclusive through electronic media platforms for the transfer of expert Daily
News in meteorology.
Al
Mandoos also addresses the aim of the channel in connecting sources of
meteorological and seismic information to prevent rumours that are circulating
on social networking sites, where accurate information provided by the centre
should not be tampered with as it significantly pertains to the daily life of
every individual.
He
noted that the weather forecasters are the core of the channel, providing
official daily weather forecasts sourced from meteorological and seismic
information in the United Arab Emirates. With the combination of the latest in
technology and the best in expertise, information on weather conditions becomes
efficient and reliable.
Al
Mandoos points out that the channel will target all the areas inside and
outside the country, indicating that the number of daily visitors on their
website reaches 50,000 and increases to up to two million during different
weather phenomena. The primary interest of the centre is to communicate with
the public and with the utmost effort in providing all the necessary
information accurately and fast.
For
his part, Omar Al Yazeedi, Director of Research, Development and Training
Department, explained that the centre has established its very own broadcasting
studio with latest technology and staff training to ensure the delivery of
programmes, pointing out that he has worked with all current employees of the
channel to create a new generation of broadcasters that are experts in this new
media content of weather forecasts in addition to preparing local talents in
specialised meteorological and seismic information.
Al
Yazeedi added that the centre is currently working to monitor changes in the
atmosphere and crust- and exchanging this information and data regionally and
internationally, according to the rules and regulations of the World
Meteorological Organisation and the International Civil Aviation Organisation
and regional and international organisations concerned with the weather.
The
centre during the past five years, has worked on the development and
modernisation of air and seismic monitoring devices with an increase in the number
of monitoring stations at the state level as well as computer systems, networks
and the drivers and receivers of information from satellite monitoring. In
addition, the centre has contributed to raising the efficiency of performance
in the areas of forecasts while developing the use of numerical forecasts and
information technology.
In
the academic realm, the centre was launched in collaboration with the
Polytechnic University of Abu Dhabi's first Bachelor in the field of
meteorology in the UAE. The centre has worked closely in communication with
regional and international universities to discuss cooperation in the field of
research and studies.
The
centre provides information on weather and seismic activity twenty-four hours a
day while allocating decision-making centers, traffic management and National
Emergency Management Authority, crises and disasters of all meteorological and
seismic information. The center is an official member of the Executive
Committee of the Group of Emergency Management, crises and disasters in the
Emirate of Abu Dhabi. –End-
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