Thinking Point – Phil Evans
summary
Space observations already provide 70% of numerical weather prediction accuracy and new assets include a lightning imager on the December 2022 geostationary launch plus next‑year Metop Second Generation LEOs and an infrared sounder for short‑range extremes. Europe records €13 billion of weather losses last year and historical costs exceed €500 billion with up to 14,000 deaths 1980–2020 while global temperature hits 1.5°C. A Destination Earth data lake and the European Weather Cloud go operational, AI begins to outperform traditional models and an Arctic small‑sat constellation shows a 50:1 ROI.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Thinking and weather significance
- 1:08Economic impacts of weather
- 2:31Climate change and infrastructure
- 3:55Space observations in weather prediction
- 5:19Next-gen satellites and forecasting
- 6:45Future missions and private data
- 8:57Satellites in digital infrastructure
- 10:21AI in environmental prediction
- 11:46Opportunities and future collaboration