IN2ACTION

Operations and safety of increasingly automated and connected socio-technical systems are significantly influenced by weather and space-weather events. High-precision shortterm forecasts (nowcasting) of system-critical events are essential to prevent operational disruptions. In In2Action (Insight, Information, Action), the physical understanding (insight) of significant weather and space weather will be processed in such a way that usable and reliable short-term forecasts (information) of small-scale phenomena are made possible, leading to direct recommendations for action. DLR has various methodological chains for nowcasting significant weather and space-weather events in the minute to hour range. A new generation of weather models, satellite data and developments in artificial intelligence promise great potential for improving nowcasting systems and allow information to be derived with unprecedented resolution and quality. In In2Action, modern nowcasting products are being developed and deployed in the three methodological branches of space-weather, cloud and thunderstorm/wind nowcasting in mission-critical situations. To this end, five demonstrators are being set up in the programmatic of aviation, space, security, energy and transport, which highlight the added value of the information chains developed at DLR for application. In the spaceweather branch, the existing service will be extended to additional user groups in the maritime and, in particular, aeronautical sector. Cloud, solar-radiation, thunderstorm and wind nowcasting complement each other in the areas of safe and efficient aviation, secure satellite communication, grid-stable renewable energy systems (solar and wind) and automated transport systems. External co-operations and contacts from the specialist areas are closely integrated into the project in order to enable targeted developments. The project identifies new points of contact for knowledge and technology transfer and realises them in cooperation with public/industrial users.