UNIST (President Jong-Rae Park) is promoting the development of national climate prediction, AI weather information, and satellite data utilization technologies to respond to climate change.

UNIST announced on the 28th that it had won a large-scale research project worth 38.5 billion won hosted by the Korea Meteorological Administration.

This project aims to develop innovative technologies to respond to climate change and will be carried out for seven years (2025-2031).

This research project is led by Professors Myung-In Lee, Dong-Hyeon Cha, and Jeong-Ho Lim of the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Urban Engineering at UNIST, and they plan to develop cutting-edge technologies to respond to the climate crisis in different fields.

Professor Lee Myeong-in is in charge of the 14.1 billion won 'Development of a National Climate Prediction System to Respond to the Climate Crisis' project, which will build a climate prediction system for the Korean Peninsula and East Asia region.

We plan to develop a system that can independently produce climate forecast information for the next one month to ten years.

Professor Cha Dong-Hyeon is in charge of developing a 12.1 billion won AI-based customized climate information service system.

The information produced by the national climate system is used to improve accuracy and resolution by utilizing AI-based detailing technology, and customized climate information is provided in various fields such as disaster, health, tourism, and energy. That is the goal.

Professor Lim Jeong-ho is promoting a 'Meteorological Satellite Fusion Utilization Technology Development' project worth 12.3 billion won.

This project aims to advance hazardous weather detection and prediction technology by applying AI techniques using high-resolution data from Cheonsae Satellite No. 5.

Professor Lee Myeong-in emphasized, “In a situation where climate change is progressing rapidly, accurate predictions tailored to the Korean Peninsula and East Asia region are essential.”

Professor Cha Dong-hyun said, “We will be able to improve our climate crisis response capabilities by providing more precise climate information tailored to various industries.”

Professor Lim Jeong-ho said, “As extreme and hazardous weather becomes more frequent due to climate change, the importance of weather forecasting using satellite data has grown even more,” and “We will apply next-generation AI technology to strengthen our ability to detect and predict hazardous weather and provide precise and reliable satellite-based weather services.”

The AI-based climate prediction and satellite data utilization technologies introduced in this study are expected to play an important role in responding to climate change. Through this research, UNIST plans to secure international weather service competitiveness and contribute to resolving the climate crisis.

This research was conducted with the support of the National Research Foundation of Korea, the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Information and Communications Technology Planning and Evaluation Institute, and the Technology Development Project of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups.