The 29th Olympic Games which were held in Beijing from August 8 to 24 in 2008 were the largest ever Olympic Event in history. New and higher demands were proposed for weather services from a variety of competition events, activities related to the Olympic Games, the public daily life and the city operation during the Games. Also, the games occurred during the later half of summer when the risks of severe convective weathers such as heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, strong winds, hails, etc. appeared higher; timely weather forecast and warning to the development and evolution of these weather phenomena were a significant challenge for the international meteorological community. Therefore, to develop and apply the advanced short-term, nowcasting weather technique as well as its operational system for severe convective weathers became one of the key and most important tasks for Beijing Olympic weather services.

Preface

Executive Summary

Part I: Summary Report of the Project

 1 Background, Rationale and Goals of the project

 2 Participating Systems and Executive Organization

 3 Implementation the of B08FDP

 4 Discussions and Conclusions

 Appendix A. Product List of the B08FDP

 Appendix B. Milestones of the WWRP B08FDP

Part II. Summary Reports of Participants

 Summary Report on BJANC and VDRAS

 Summary Report on CARDS

 Summary Report on GRAPES-SWIFT

 Summary Report on MAPLE

 Summary Report on NIWOT

 Summary Report on STEPS

 Summary Report on SWIRLS

 Summary Report on TIFS

 Summary Report on B08FDP Data Environment

 Summary Report on RTFV and Verification

 Summary Report on Social and Economic Impact Assessment