Automation of the meteorological models development process
Authors:   Academy of State Fire Service of
            EMERCOM of Russia, Ryzhenko Natalya Yuryevna , Sukhoverkhova Lyudmila Vasilyevna ,   Academy of State Fire
            Service of EMERCOM of Russia, Sorokovikova Ekaterina Vladimirovna ,   Academy of State Fire
            Service of EMERCOM of Russia
Published: December 2024

Introduction. The chief specialist in working with information resources and
geoinformation systems (GIS) of the crisis management centers of EMERCOM of Russia for
managing forces and means in responding to natural and man-made crisis situations or
their threat develops models of the situation and sends them to cooperating
organizations that are part of the Unified state emergency prevention and response
system situations (RSChS). With the simultaneous occurrence of several crisis situations
of different nature, the time for effective management may be missed. Along with other
crisis situations, a complex of adverse meteorological phenomena, is a threat of
emergency situations. For successful and timely processing of meteorological information
to be provided to responding units, it is necessary to constantly improve the methods of
working with it. A software application can automate routine actions and reduce the
processing time of weather data, the use of which will minimize the threat of an
emergency situation. Goals and objectives. The purpose of the study is to model the
process of preparing documentation for probable scenarios of the development of the
situation in connection with adverse meteorological conditions, which helps to reduce
labor costs and increase the validity of decisions made by officials managing forces and
means in crisis situations. To achieve this goal, the following tasks have been solved:
the analysis of data, methods and tools that are used in the daily activities of the
chief specialist in working with information resources and GIS technologies has been
carried out; the existing problems were identified; a computer software application was
developed; a study of the developed software application using meteorological data for
the Irkutsk region for 2023 was conducted. Methods. To achieve the goal and solve the
tasks of the study, methods of system analysis and data systematization were used.
Results and discussions. An algorithm for collecting meteorological data and a
functional model of the software application is proposed, which made it possible to
automate the process of developing models of the development of the meteorological
situation for interacting organizations that are part of Unified state emergency
prevention and response system situations (RSChS). This allows you to prepare
documentation in the shortest possible time, carry out preventive measures, and also
contributes to the adoption of operational management decisions in crisis situations.
Conclusion. A software application was developed in the object-oriented programming
language Visual Basic using the "Atlas of Hazards and Risks" system. Using
meteorological data for the Irkutsk region for 2023 as an example, the effectiveness of
its use is shown. Keywords: software application; meteorological data; process
automation; crisis management.