Iirobhothi ezingaphantsi kwamanzi ezikwimo yee-gliders ziya kuhamba kuLwandle oluseMantla zithatha imilinganiselo, efana nosawoti kunye nobushushu phantsi kwentsebenziswano phakathi kweZiko leSizwe leeLwandle (i-NOC) kunye ne-Ofisi yeMet ukuphucula ukuqokelelwa kunye nokusasazwa kwedatha evela kuLwandle oluseMantla.
Iiglider zodidi oluphezulu ziyakwazi ukusebenza ngokuzimeleyo ixesha elide ngelixa izinzwa zazo ezibukhali zigqwesa ekuqokeleleni ulwazi olubalulekileyo malunga neelwandle zase-UK. Idatha eqokelelwe yi-gliders iya kubaluleka ukwazisa iimeko zexesha elizayo zemodeli yolwandle kunye neepatheni zemozulu, kwaye iya kuxhasa ukuthathwa kwezigqibo kwiinkonzo ezibalulekileyo zase-UK, ezifana nokukhangela nokuhlangula, ukuchasana nokungcoliseka, kunye ne-biodiversity yolwandle.
Le ntsebenziswano ijolise ekuqokeleleni idatha yolwandle echanekileyo ngakumbi ngexesha langempela ukuphucula ukuchaneka kokubikezela imozulu kunye nokuvelisa uhlalutyo olungcono lwemeko yoLwandle oluseMantla.
Ukulinganiswa kobushushu obutsha kunye nobungakanani betyuwa ziirobhothi ezingaphantsi kwamanzi kuza kondliwa imihla ngemihla kwiimodeli zeMet Office zokuqikelela. Oku kuyinxalenye yenkqubo ebanzi yokwandisa inani ledatha yokujonga yokufakwa kwiimodeli ezisebenza kwi-supercomputer entsha kwaye kuya kuxhasa umsebenzi oqhubekayo weMet Office ukuphucula ukuchaneka kwengxelo.
I-NOC ibambisene ne-Ofisi ye-Met ukususela ngo-1990, iphuhlisa imifuziselo yolwandle exhasa olu phuhliso kwisakhono sokuqikelela imozulu. Impumelelo kulo nyaka uphelileyo ikhokelele ukuba i-Ofisi ye-Met yandise isivumelwano kunye ne-NOC ukuze ibonelele ngale milinganiselo eminye iminyaka emithathu.
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IZiko leSizwe leeNdawo zoLwandlekazi ngo-2024. Iindaba - Iirobhothi ezingaphantsi kwamanzi ezisemgangathweni ophezulu ziya kudlala indima ebalulekileyo ekubikezeleni imozulu. Iposiwe nge-5 kaMatshi 2024. Ifumaneka apha https://noc.ac.uk/news/state-art-underwater-robots-play-crucial-role-weather-forecasting
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