Beijing Government Applies IBM’s Cloud Computing To Solve Smog Problem
July 13, 2014
Grazed from ChinaCSR. Author: Editorial Staff.
The Beijing municipal government has reached a cooperation agreement with IBM to use the tech company’s advanced weather forecast and cloud computing technologies to solve the stubborn smog problem in the city.
Facing serious environmental pollution problems, the Chinese government has promised citizens that it will take measures to improve the environmental situation. To handle the haze and pollution problems, it is necessary to enhance data collection and monitoring and forecast abilities. Beijing has reportedly established an early warning system with data from 35 monitoring stations and the system can warn about heavily polluted weather three days in advance and adjust traffic volume accordingly…
Under the agreement signed by the two parties, the Beijing municipal government will become an partner of IBM’s ten-year Green Horizon project, targeting the Chinese market. This project aims to use IBM’s forecast and data collection abilities to predict the occurrence of smog…
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