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Climate Services and Research

Enhancing Climate Prediction Services through Innovative Research and Technology

Climate Prediction

Operation of Climate Prediction Systems and Provision of Climate Information Services for the Asia-Pacific Region

Prediction Research & Development

Development of Innovative Technologies for Predicting Climate Extremes

Climate Change Analysis

Assessment of the reproducibility of extreme climate events on a decadal time scale and development of high-resolution downscaling technology to enhance the applicability of climate change analysis

Climate Model Testbed

Operation of the KMA Climate Prediction System Testbed and Establishment of a Verification Framework

Information System and Security

 

Prediction Research & Development Department

Goal

Development of Innovative Technologies to Enhance Prediction Capabilities for Climate Extremes

Basic Functions

Development of Advanced Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Forecasting Approaches for Seamless Predictions

Exploring Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Better Forecast of Climate Extremes

Support for the KMA’s 1-Month Forecast & Operation of the East-Asia Extreme Climate Monitoring System

Main Research

The Prediction Research Development Department conducts research to extend the APCC’s forecasts to the subseasonal time scale, which is particularly suitable for predicting climate extremes. We are exploring advanced subseasonal-to-seasonal forecasting methods for seamless predictions and are working to enhance the APCC in-house model, SCoPS, to generate subseasonal forecast data. 
 

Our research also focuses on addressing the growing challenges of climate extremes by leveraging Artificial Intelligence technologies to improve the accuracy of climate predictions. This includes developing AI-based models, building inventories of climate extremes tailored for these models, and providing a prototype climate extremes alert system for regions vulnerable to climate disasters.