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72 capabilities with systems such as IBM GRAF . “ Scale and resolution was a problem we ’ d been working on for awhile , and it ’ s a problem that only IBM could help us solve on the weather side . So IBM GRAF was really designed to try and democratise weather forecasts around the world .” While Western countries such as the US and UK can be generally confident in the resolution and quality of forecasting data , emerging countries located in places such as Africa and South America have no access to the same level of forecasting . “ This is a true digital divide that helps perpetuate the economic
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● Run anywhere : On premises , on private and public clouds and in preintegrated systems divide that also exists ,” says Clayton . “ At best , their forecasts might update every six to 12 hours with a resolution between 25 and 30 kilometres .”
IBM GRAF , in comparison , updates hourly with a three kilometre resolution across the entire planet . “ It ’ s the first globally updating model at this resolution and fidelity to be able to predict individual thunderstorms ,”
AUGUST 2020