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Tibet will spend 929 million yuan (136 million U.S. dollars) during the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-2015) introducing a system to monitor climatic changes on the Tibetan Plateau.
In recent years, Tibet has been improving its ability of climatic precaution and weather forecast preciseness.
In 2009, Tibet saw 92 percent of the accuracy rate of its weather forecasts, according to a regional meteorology meeting held in Lhasa Monday.
Tourists appreciate the picturesque view of the Yamzhog Yumco Lake, considered one of the three major holy lake in Tibet. (Xinhua Photo)
Song Shanyun, a leading official of Tibet's Meteorological Bureau, noted that this system involves meteorological disaster prevention and reduction, climatic changes monitoring, weather services for farming and animal husbandry, the introduction of professionals from other areas and reconstruction of basic observatories.
"Based on current observation stations on the plateau, we will enhance our capability in climatic, ecological, snow and ice, as well as frozen ground monitoring, in order to make our all-weather monitoring more dynamic and comprehensive," he added. |
