About the RMI
Observations
Producing, collecting and providing high quality observations is historically our primary activity.
How?
- Land based observations through weather stations, radars and LIDAR
- Observations from space through weather balloons and satellites
Why?
- For climatological purposes:
- Study the climate change
- Analyze the past severe weather events
- As input to the numerical weather prediction models for Belgium and at international level:
- The better the observations, the better the forecasts and warnings
- Validation of the models and fine tuning
Risks?
- Lack of required funding from the government to maintain and improve the observational network
- Not having the resources to take part in collaborative projects on new obervation technologies
