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Weather Science Research Programme [Closed for Applications]

Objectives
Research Areas
Awarded Projects
General Enquiries

Objectives

The Weather Science Research Programme (WSRP) aims to enhance Singapore's ability to understand and predict tropical urban weather, including extreme weather events arising from climate change. The WSRP focuses on improving weather prediction for Singapore and the region by incorporating the latest scientific and technological developments in this area. Managed by the Climate and Weather Research Programme Office (CWRPO), the WSRP is jointly delivered through the Climate and Weather Research Alliance Singapore (CAWRAS), a national research platform established by NEA, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU Singapore), and National University of Singapore (NUS).

 

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Research Areas

There are four broad R&D areas under the WSRP:
  1. Observations: Improve the use of novel observations data, including satellite and radar data, through advanced data assimilation techniques to enhance understanding of local weather patterns and improve predictive capabilities;
  2. Next-Generation Models: Develop advanced next-generation weather/climate modelling systems tailored for tropical regions by representing local processes to provide faster, more accurate, and higher-resolution weather forecasts for Singapore and Southeast Asia;
  3. Regional Reanalysis: Produce a comprehensive high-resolution historical weather dataset for Southeast Asia for past 50 years, providing detailed reconstruction of past weather patterns to support understanding of historical extreme weather events and training of next-generation AI/ML models; and
  4. Post-Processing: Develop and apply novel processing techniques to better use weather model forecasts to optimally extract valuable weather information and enable improved weather prediction for various applications and sectors.

The WSRP incorporates Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (AI/ML) methods as a cross-cutting theme across all four R&D areas, leveraging AI/ML to enhance the development of novel weather prediction products.

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Awarded Projects

 

Name of Proposal

Principal Investigator

Host Institute

Enhancing Next-Generation Numerical Weather Prediction Over Singapore with Radar Data Assimilation in the Joint Effort for Data Assimilation Integration (JEDI)

Dr Srivatsan V Raghavan

National University of Singapore

Novel Data Assimilation Methods for Tropical Weather Prediction

Associate Prof Wen Bihan

Nanyang Technological University

Representing the Complexity of Singapore's Urban Environment and Understanding its Effects on our Weather, Including Extremes

Prof Matthias Roth

National University of Singapore

Understanding the Effects of Multi-Scale Atmospheric Processes in the Prediction of Tropical Weather Systems

Assistant Prof Wang Jingyu

Nanyang Technological University

Understanding the Effects of Air-Sea-Land Interactions on the Weather of the Maritime ContinentDr Kaushik SasmalNational University of Singapore
AI Foundation Models for Regional Weather Prediction in the Maritime ContinentAssistant Prof Zhu LailaiNational University of Singapore
Maritime Continent Atmospheric Regional Reanalysis (MCARR)Dr Koh Wee ShingAgency for Science, Technology and Research
Predicting Convective Hazards in the Maritime ContinentDr Xiang ShiliAgency for Science, Technology and Research
Blending Weather Forecasts from Multiple ModelsDr Yin YifangAgency for Science, Technology and Research
Clustering Ensemble Realisations into Weather Scenarios with Uncertainty EstimatesAssistant Prof He XiaogangNational University of Singapore

 

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General Enquiries

Please refer to the following contact details: nea_cwrpo@nea.gov.sg if you require further information.
 
Please contact Helpdesk@researchgrant.gov.sg / nrf_rgp@nrf.gov.sg if you require assistance with the Research Grant Portal (RGP). Alternatively, refer to the training manual for grantees at https://www.rgp.gov.sg/rgp-resources.
 
To report any incident of potential abuse of grant, fraud or misconduct arising from NEA administered Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) Funding Initiatives, funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF), please refer to this page.

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