Research Progress on the Port Meteorological Service in View of Benefit Assessment

Abstract

Based on the status of port meteorological service at home and abroad, the benefits of meteorological service for Zhoushan Port, Ningbo, were evaluated through disaster risk reduction and operation time extension, furthermore, the importance of customized meteorological service of ports and technology road map were put forward in this paper in order to improve the quality of meteorological service and promote the development of port economy. Disaster risk reduction was analyzed from the risk of potential disaster-causing factors and the vulnerability of disaster-bearing bodies. The intensity of disaster-causing factors generally showed a decreasing trend, and the vulnerability index increased rapidly with the increase of the return period. The operation time had been continuously extended with targeted meteorological services, generating benefits of up to hundreds of millions of yuan each year. Customized meteorological service should focus on demand leading, exclusive products, integrated platform, and efficient mechanism.

Keywords

• meteorological service of ports
• benefits of service
• customized meteorological service
• disaster risk
• operation time