In 2023 we started the adventure of building our own machine learning weather models. The goal of our first experiment was to create a high-resolution weather model for Iceland. As the backbone architecture we chose the ClimaX weather model proposed by Microsoft.

The weather in Iceland 1994-2011 has been downscaled at a horizontal resolution of 3 km with the ARW-WRF atmospheric model with boundary data taken from the atmospheric analysis of the ECMWF.

The overall goal was to enhance Belgingur’s weather forecasting system by integrating it with a 3D/4D-variational data-assimilation module and to develop tools to disseminate forecasts, from a plethora of providers, in a unified manner as well as make the forecasts available to end-users through a novel fleet management system. We ...

Belgingur offers a range of medium to high resolution wind forecasts that can be transformed into energy production estimates. These estimates can be optimized by using operational data. The wind forecasts can also be adapted for direct use as input to existing wind power prediction software.

SARWeather offers search and rescue operators online on demand high resolution weather forecasts anywhere in the world, enabling them to respond quickly to emergency situations where time and accurate information can make all the difference.