{"id":4806,"date":"2021-12-21T14:21:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T13:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hypermeteo.com\/high-resolution-weather-data-and-services-supporting-decision-making-processes-in-the-utilities-sector-a-case-history-hera-s-p-a-in-rimini\/"},"modified":"2023-02-26T12:10:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T11:10:38","slug":"high-resolution-weather-data-and-services-supporting-decision-making-processes-in-the-utilities-sector-a-case-history-hera-s-p-a-in-rimini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hypermeteo.com\/en\/high-resolution-weather-data-and-services-supporting-decision-making-processes-in-the-utilities-sector-a-case-history-hera-s-p-a-in-rimini\/","title":{"rendered":"High-resolution weather data and services supporting decision-making processes in the utilities sector. A case history: Hera S.p.A. in Rimini"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Exposure to the weather plays an important role in the <strong>management of integrated hydraulic infrastructures<\/strong>, affecting service efficiency and safety.&#13;\nTo handle severe weather conditions, <strong>meteorological<\/strong> <strong>information<\/strong> must include<strong> high space-time details<\/strong> and provide <strong>ready-to-use outputs<\/strong> that <strong>enable operational management of critical situations<\/strong>. This degree of precision is achieved by applying <strong>new processing techniques<\/strong>, i.e. \u00a0<strong>retrospective analysis<\/strong>, or <strong>reanalysis<\/strong>, techniques that can <strong>digitally process<\/strong> all meteorological information obtained from the <strong>observational set <\/strong>and distribute this flow over an <strong>ordered grid<\/strong> of true and proper <strong>virtual weather stations<\/strong> \u2014 <strong>digital weather monitoring points <\/strong>with no physical instrumentation, but which are <strong>highly representative<\/strong> (Fig. 1).<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"www.hypermeteo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hypermeteo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hypermeteo-visual-tecnico-IT_NO-LOGO-1024x684.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4752\" width=\"475\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hypermeteo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hypermeteo-visual-tecnico-IT_NO-LOGO-1024x684.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hypermeteo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hypermeteo-visual-tecnico-IT_NO-LOGO-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hypermeteo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hypermeteo-visual-tecnico-IT_NO-LOGO-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hypermeteo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hypermeteo-visual-tecnico-IT_NO-LOGO-1536x1026.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.hypermeteo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hypermeteo-visual-tecnico-IT_NO-LOGO.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>1. The process that fostered the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypermeteo.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hypermeteo<\/a> <\/strong>virtual weather stations<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>The joint project with <a href=\"https:\/\/eng.gruppohera.it\/group_eng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hera S.p.A.<\/strong><\/a>, designed to monitor the sewage system of Rimini \u2014 coordinated by Engineer<strong> Sandro Boarini<\/strong> (Manager of the Hera S.p.A. Group Remote Control Centre and Technical Call Centre) involved implementing a territorial weather monitoring system that integrates multiple layers of information: the <strong>first layer provides real-time information on rainfall <\/strong>, thanks to data from weather radars installed throughout the territory; the <strong>second provides information on lightning and hence on storm activity<\/strong> that can produce particularly intense, localised rainfall (typical in summer, the period specifically targeted by the monitoring); the <strong>third<\/strong>, more local, layer of information integrates weather data from Rimini&#8217;s proprietary X-band radar, <strong>to promptly and accurately analyse current rainfall in the area <\/strong>\u00a0(using double polarisation technology); finally, the <strong>fourth layer provides nowcasting forecasts<\/strong>, using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radarmeteo.com\/en\/solutions\/meteocast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MeteoCast<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong><\/a> platform to provide a detailed display of the evolution in the following hours (Fig. 2).<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hypermeteo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MeteoCast_new_lr-1024x526.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4750\" width=\"564\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hypermeteo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MeteoCast_new_lr-1024x526.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hypermeteo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MeteoCast_new_lr-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hypermeteo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MeteoCast_new_lr-768x394.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hypermeteo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MeteoCast_new_lr-1536x789.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.hypermeteo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MeteoCast_new_lr-2048x1052.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><figcaption>2. The Meteocast<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> decision support platform<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>Hera S.p.A. decided to avail itself of professional meteorological support (Fig. 3) to <strong>deal with the critical issues it was facing to safeguard and protect the Rimini coastal environment<\/strong>. The hydraulic framework of this area is quite unique. Here, the main challenge is to contain upstream rainwater \u2014 so as to not overtax the lifting devices \u2014 and prevent, or at least reduce, the need to discharge it into the sea \u2014 with consequent ban on bathing and socio-economic and environmental repercussions.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hypermeteo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sala-operativa-hera-tech_Fotor-1024x517.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4754\" width=\"569\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hypermeteo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sala-operativa-hera-tech_Fotor-1024x517.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hypermeteo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sala-operativa-hera-tech_Fotor-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hypermeteo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sala-operativa-hera-tech_Fotor-768x388.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hypermeteo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sala-operativa-hera-tech_Fotor.png 1079w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><figcaption>3. 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