Meteoblue
| Established | September 26, 2006  (20 years ago) |
|---|---|
| Legal status | Aktiengesellschaft |
| Owners | Windyty, University of Basel |
Meteoblue AG (stylized as meteoblue) is a Swiss weather forecasting company. It provides weather and climate services to consumers and to businesses in sectors including agriculture and renewable energy.[1] The service originated at the University of Basel, and the company was established as a university spin-off in 2006.[2][3] Meteoblue uses artificial intelligence to combine forecasts from multiple weather models.[4]
In 2024, the weather service Windy acquired a majority stake in Meteoblue.[5]
History
[edit]In 1986, the Sandoz chemical disaster near Basel exposed gaps in cross-border meteorological analysis when Swiss, French and German meteorological services produced conflicting assessments of the direction in which potentially toxic smoke was moving.[6] The disaster gave new impetus to regional climate research,[7] and the University of Basel subsequently established the Institute for Meteorology, Climatology and Remote Sensing to improve local weather modelling.[2]
The forecasting work that became Meteoblue was developed at the institute.[8] By 2005, meteoblue.ch was providing publicly accessible, high-resolution forecasts for Europe and had received the SWITCH Innovation Award.[9] Meteoblue AG was established as an independent university spin-off in 2006.[3][8] For the 2020 release of Microsoft Flight Simulator, developed by Asobo Studio, Meteoblue supplied global weather data used to simulate weather conditions in the game.[10]
Services and technology
[edit]Meteoblue produces weather forecasts using its own global and regional numerical weather prediction models together with forecast data from external providers. Its model families include NMM and NEMS.[11] The company's Meteoblue Learning MultiModel (mLM) system combines output from multiple models with weather observations, radar and satellite data, using machine learning to produce location-specific forecasts.[12][4]
Forecasts are made available through Meteoblue's website and mobile applications. The company also supplies forecast and historical weather data through API and provides climate datasets.[1][11]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "About meteoblue". meteoblue. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
- 1 2 Tschirren, Jürg (24 September 2020). "Live-Wetter im Flugsimulator – Microsoft fliegt mit Schweizer Wetter". SRF (in German). Retrieved 24 August 2026.
- 1 2 "Our Start-ups". University of Basel. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
- 1 2 Stepanek, Martin Jan (1 January 2020). ""Jeder glaubt, wir verhauen ständig die Wettervorhersage"". Futurezone (in German). Retrieved 24 August 2026.
- ↑ "Windyty, S.E. Acquires Majority Stake in meteoblue, A.G." Meteoblue. 2024-06-15.
- ↑ Tschirren, Jürg (24 September 2020). "Microsoft fliegt mit Schweizer Wetter". SRF (in German). Retrieved 24 August 2026.
- ↑ Parlow, Eberhard (March 1994). "Faktoren und Modelle für das Klima am Oberrhein: Das Regio-Klima-Projekt REKLIP" [Factors and models for the climate of the Upper Rhine: The REKLIP regional climate project]. Geographische Rundschau (in German). 46 (3): 160–166. ISSN 0016-7460. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
- 1 2 "Wind und Wetter" [Wind and weather] (PDF). Uni Nova (in German). No. 114. University of Basel. May 2010. pp. 48–49. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
- ↑ "Switch Award geht an Meteoblue.ch" [Switch Award goes to Meteoblue.ch]. IT Magazine (in German). 16 November 2005. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
- ↑ Brown, Fraser (12 June 2020). "Here's how Microsoft Flight Simulator creates its realistic weather". PC Gamer. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
- 1 2 "Datasets". Meteoblue Technical Documentation. Meteoblue. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
- ↑ "Forecast API overview". Meteoblue Technical Documentation. Meteoblue. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
External links
[edit]- http://www.meteoblue.com web site of meteoblue