Weather satellite to provide more accurate data   

风云二号F星正式交付 中国台风预测更准确

20日上午，中国气象局局长郑国光宣布风云二号F星在轨正式交付，从此气象部门对台风等强对流天气的预测将更加准确。

Beijing (CNS) – Control of China's fourth geostationary meteorological satellite, the FY-2F, has been transferred to the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) and officially put into use, the CMA announced Monday.

The FY-2F is designed to have a longer service life and higher accuracy, and is significant to forecasting major weather events, said Wei Caiying, deputy director general of the National Satellite Meteorological Center of the CMA.

The FY-2F was launched in January.