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TVB adds new dimension to its weather reporting with MetraWeather’s Weatherscape XT
ByRiajati July 1, 2012March 10, 2019
Hong Kong, July 1st, 2012: Today Hong Kong’s leading free-to-air broadcaster, Television Broadcasts Limited (‘TVB’), launched a series of enhanced weather programmes featuring world-leading weather graphics system Weatherscape XT, from MetraWeather. In response to ever-increasing public interest in weather, meteorology, pollution, typhoons and other atmospheric conditions, TVB has been steadily expanding the frequency and sophistication…
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Lightning | Weather
TOA Systems lightning technology to assist with Alaska wildfire management
ByRiajati July 8, 2010October 28, 2018
TOA Systems, Inc. announced that it has been selected by the Bureau of Land Management Alaska State Office to provide the lightning detection system for the BLM Alaska Fire Service (AFS). The Alaska Fire Service, located in Fort Wainwright, Alaska, provides wild-land fire suppression services for all Department of the Interior and Native Corporation Lands…
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Aviation | Lightning | Weather
Subang airport closed after lightning strikes runway
ByRiajati May 5, 2010October 28, 2018
PETALING JAYA: The Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah airport in Subang was partially closed for an hour after lightning damaged its runway during a thunderstorm. Department of Civil Aviation director-general Datuk Azharuddin Abdul Rahman said lightning yesterday created three holes in the middle of the runway, each one averaging two feet (60cm) in diameter and six…
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Lightning | Weather
UPM pusat teknologi perlindungan kilat
ByRiajati March 18, 2010November 10, 2018
Bunyi guruh dan pancaran kilat sememangnya tidak asing bagi kita yang berada di negara beriklim tropika. Namun apa yang paling ditakuti ketika fenomena tersebut sedang ‘mengamuk’ adalah panahan petir yang mampu menghanguskan apa jua benda yang disambarnya. Di Amerika Syarikat (AS) , Pentadbiran Lautan dan Atmosfera Kebangsaan (NOAA) merekodkan 47 kematian manakala 246 orang lagi…
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