The CWB’s Growing Weather Initiative

[Pages:34]The CWB's Growing Weather Initiative

Organization of Presentation

? Rationale for the WeatherFarm Initiative ? The WeatherFarm Network ? The WeatherFarm Agricultural Portal ? Public Safety and other Public Good ? Why companies are participating

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Weather Information Challenges

? Traditional sources of weather information are not always

local nor timely

? Environment Canada changing strategy

? Weather data is not integrated into decision support tools

that growers and agricultural retailers can use

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Improvements needed

? Higher network density needed to relate screen

temperatures & precipitation amounts to actual field situation

? Higher frequency of data transmission needed to evaluate

damage caused by events such as frost

? Amount of data gathered by existing network could be

improved by continuous/rapid measurement

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A weather network is born

August 2007

? CWB, WeatherBug and Richardson International launch innovative on-farm weather network

? Within two years, it grows to more than 700 stations across the Prairies

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The Full WeatherBug Network - The largest weather network in the world

WeatherBug Metar

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Background on WeatherBug

Education--8,000+ schools

Consumers--Millions everyday rely on WeatherBug's Web, Desktop and Mobile solutions to plan a head with confidence. Media--Used by 120+ local television stations reaching over 80 million households Government--Over 200 government agencies Professional--Critical weather data and analysis to businesses and minimize risk International--Weather information for every location on the planet

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WeatherBug Staffing and Support

? 22 meteorologists on staff ? 15 field technicians located on site around

North America in large metropolitan areas cover the continent for support, maintenance and calibration of our weather network infrastructure.

? 24 x 7 x 365 support of clients and

infrastructure

? 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. EST M-F consumer support

of all desktop and mobile products

WeatherBug Operations Center Outside Washington, D.C.

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