The main focus of a new centre here is predicting air quality and identifying how far such haze would be able to spread.
Haze from forest fires appears to envelop the city of Palembang, South Sumatra, on Sep 2023. SINGAPORE: Singapore will play a bigger role in improving the region’s ability to detect transboundary haze so countries can work faster to manage its effects.
“The centre aims to provide information to support decision-making in emergency response, environmental protection, public health management, fire management and law enforcement,” Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu said on Wednesday . The new centre, which is hosted by the Meteorological Service Singapore , became operational this month.
“In the new centre, we will be bringing in other products and other techniques that will help us to understand better where the haze is moving,” said Ms Koh.In cases where direct observations cannot be made, these products may be able to help process images and model wind and dispersion better, she added.
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