2269results about "Indication of weather conditions using multiple variables" patented technology

A method for providing location-based nowcast, comprises the steps of: a) initiation of a request, by an end-user, for a time evolution of user-selected nowcast weather parameters, the transmission of the request being made over a public communication network to a nowcast request processor; b) the determination of the end-user's actual location by the nowcast request processor; c) the nowcast request processor gathering raw weather data from data sources; d) processing the raw data into a time-series of nowcast parameter maps; e) extracting the time evolution of the user requested nowcast parameters from the time-series of nowcast parameter maps by positioning the end-user's location on said time series; and f) distributing the requested information to end-user regarding the user-selected nowcast parameters within the extracted time evolution.

A weather station (100) for indicating weather conditions, comprises a casing (110) having a screen (120) and an internal electronic operating circuit (90). The operating circuit (90) includes at least one sensor (70) for sensing an atmospheric parameter and a microprocessor (80) for ascertaining a weather condition based on the sensed atmospheric parameter and indicating the weather condition on the screen (120). The operating circuit (90) includes a memory (60) which stores several sets of images, each set representing a corresponding variation of the weather condition, for selection by the microprocessor (80) to indicate the weather condition in the variation as ascertained in an animated representation.

Methods and articles of manufacture for estimating or deriving weather observations / conditions for any given location using observed weather conditions from neighboring locations, radar data, lightning data, satellite imagery, etc. An initial estimate of weather conditions for a location is made based on a downscaling process using the current conditions the neighboring locations. A measure of corroboration between the radar data and surface weather conditions at official observing stations may be established. Through the results of the downscaling process, radar calibration statistics and estimates of ground-based precipitation, the corroboration can be iteratively tuned, resulting in a weather conditions vector containing associated meteorological fields for locations that lie between or near the sparse network of official observing sites from which an estimate of the weather conditions may be made.

A compact, portable weather station for predicting local extreme weather conditions and for reporting remote weather conditions. The weather station has sensors for determining local temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, ambient light, and ambient static charge. A microprocessor has memory for storing data relating to past weather conditions and data processing apparatus and algorithms for determining probable developing weather conditions responsive to sensed local conditions. The weather station has a radio receiver for communicating with global weather reporting communications systems utilizing cellular communications. Operating commands, predicted local weather conditions, and remote weather conditions are annunciated in synthesized voice in any one of a variety of predetermined languages. The weather station includes voice synthesizing and recognition apparatus for annunciating verbal prompts and weather conditions, and for responding to vocal control. The weather station is formed in two separable components, one having sensors and the other having radio communications apparatus.

The invention discloses a device for monitoring the state of a power transmission line tower-line system, which fully utilizes the advantages of corrosion resistance, wide operation temperature range, anti-electromagnetic interference, passivity, long measuring distance, reliable operation and long service life and the like of optical fiber sensors to configure the optical fiber sensors on a transmission conductor and a tower in a quasi-distributed structure for detecting the temperature, the strain and the acceleration of the transmission conductor and the multipoint stress variation on the tower which are transmitted to an optical modulator demodulator for demodulating and are sent to a computer analyzing and processing system for calculating to obtain the icing quality, the waving amplitude, the breeze vibration amplitude and frequency and the sag of the transmission conductor, and the inclination angle of the tower, thus realizing the simultaneous monitoring on the icing, the waving, the breeze vibration and the sag of the transmission conductor, and the inclination angle state of the tower, and being capable of finishing long-time reliable operation under the on-site severe environment conditions.

An ET based irrigation system includes a stand alone irrigation controller with a seasonal adjust feature and a stand alone weather station including at least one environmental sensor. The ET based irrigation system further includes a stand alone ET unit operatively connected to the irrigation controller and the weather station. The ET unit includes programming configured to calculate an estimated ET value using a signal from the environmental sensor and to automatically modify a watering schedule of the irrigation controller through the seasonal adjust feature based on the estimated ET value to thereby conserve water while maintaining plant health.

The present invention is directed to a sensor network that includes a number of sensor units and a base unit. The base station operates in a network discovery mode (in which network topology information is collected) in a data polling mode (in which sensed information is collected from selected sensory units). Each of the sensor units can include a number of features, including an anemometer, a rain gauge, a compass, a GPS receiver, a barometric pressure sensor, an air temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a level, and a radiant temperature sensor.

Watershed hydrology analysis and management process and system with a network of weather stations and artificial drainage systems with artificial and natural reservoir management through locks and pumping stations. It evaluates potential hydrologic risk in each area and analyses the possible consequences of future precipitations using simulations. To make the simulation, it calculates hydrographs for each sub-basin, streams and rivers in the basin. It simulates the behavior of the basin under different scenarios corresponding to different types of management of the operation of locks and / or pumps and compares its results in terms of loss of flooded area, economic loss in each area, loss for flooding of urban areas, etc. Optimization of the simulation through artificial intelligence (AI, meta-heuristic algorithms, neural networks, etc.) allows it to act as a search engine to find better solutions and the best configuration of resource management that allows minimizing the socio-economic impact on each basin.

Global Positioning System (GPS) route creation via server interaction or wireless terminal collection creates a GPS route data file that includes starting location GPS coordinates, ending location GPS coordinates, and at least one way point location data element. Each way point location data element includes respective way point location GPS coordinates and a respective link to a corresponding digital photograph data file. Wireless terminals having corresponding sensors collect local meteorological conditions that are associated with digital photographs and GPS coordinates at capture. The digital photographs, GPS coordinates at capture, and local meteorological conditions are used to produce local weather reports for requesting client terminals. Virtual tours could also be conducted using the captured digital photograph files.

A weather radar system or method can be utilized to determine a location of a weather hazard for an aircraft. The weather radar system can utilize processing electronics coupled to an antenna. The processing electronics can determine presence of the hazard in response to data related to returns received by the weather radar antenna and data from a lightning sensor. The system can include a display for showing the hazard and its location.

An agricultural system which includes at least one agricultural implement with at least one application device for applying crop inputs. A databus is connected to the at least one agricultural implement, and at least one input device is connected to the databus. At least one data storage device is connected to the databus, and an application controller is connected to the at least one application device. A processor is connected to the databus and the application controller, where the processor applies inputs to the application controller to adjust and / or optimize in real time a current operation of the application device(s) in order to efficiently and accurately apply the crop inputs.

An apparatus for providing weather information onboard an aircraft includes a processor unit and a graphical user interface. The processor unit processes weather information after it is received onboard the aircraft from a ground-based source, and the graphical user interface provides a graphical presentation of the weather information to a user onboard the aircraft. Preferably, the graphical user interface includes one or more user-selectable options for graphically displaying at least one of convection information, turbulence information, icing information, weather satellite information, SIGMET information, significant weather prognosis information, and winds aloft information.

A method for determining parameter of atmospheric environment includes using laser radar determining system to receive backward scattering light of atmosphere, splitting received light to be various lights required by laser radar, carrying out analysis and treatment of data as per set program after photoelectric detection for realizing measurement on atmospheric environmental parameters such as temperature, steam density, airosol extinction coefficient, scattering coefficient, airosol optical thickness, visibility and depolarization ratio of non-spherical particle backward scattering light.

The invention relates to a comprehensive measuring and controlling device of a high voltage pole tower, mainly comprising a power supply unit, an intelligent bird driving unit, a flashover and lightning stroke location detection unit, a pole tower inclination detection unit, a pole tower meteorological environment detection unit, a pole tower intrusion alarm unit, an transmission line icing parameter detection unit, a central controller, a wireless transceiving device and a thermostat, wherein the power supply unit comprises two parts which are a solar battery and a wind turbine, the wind turbine also fulfills the functions of wind speed and wind direction detection and is an important component part of the pole tower meteorological environment detection unit, the power supply unit stores collected electric quantity into a storage battery through a collection circuit and supplies the power to the device, and the wireless transceiving device sends information collected in situ to a distant monitor center through a GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) or a wireless local network. The invention can fulfill the functions of intelligent bird driving, flashover and lightning stroke location, pole tower inclination detection, meteorological environment detection, intrusion alarm, icing parameter detection and the like and has strong environment adaptability because the wind power and the solar power generation accord with the environment self-powered requirement, thereby enhancing the maintenance free performance of a system. The device is an important component part of an intelligent power grid, accords with the requirement of intelligent power grid establishment of a national power grid and has higher practical value and wide application prospect.

The invention discloses a grid meteorological disaster monitoring and early warning system which comprises a data collection subsystem, a data analysis subsystem, a data storage subsystem and a disaster weather comprehensive display subsystem, wherein the data collection subsystem is responsible for completing a collection task of original meteorological monitoring data. The original meteorological monitoring data is composed of automatic meteorological station data, Doppler radar data, meteorological satellite data and value forecasting data. The data analysis subsystem is responsible for analysis of original meteorological data, cutting a satellite cloud picture, and finally storing processed data into the data storage subsystem. The data storage subsystem is responsible for storing original data of data of various stages and types, including original data, a relational data, a vector data and a picture, the original data is received from a meteorological department, the relational data is analyzed by the data analysis subsystem, the vector data is analyzed by the data analysis subsystem, and the picture is processed by the data analysis subsystem. The disaster weather comprehensive display subsystem is responsible for system function display. The grid meteorological disaster monitoring and early warning system can accurately position grid facilities which are affected by disaster weather.

A system for monitoring a power transmission line of a power grid, including a first comprehensive sensor (402, 502) disposed at the intermediate position of a power transmission line between two towers including an altimeter, a first acceleration sensor, a temperature and humidity sensor and a rainfall sensor; a second comprehensive sensor (404, 504) disposed at the cable connector of the power transmission line including a leakage current sensor, a tension sensor and a wind speed and direction sensor; and a second acceleration sensor (406, 506) disposed at the intermediate position of the power transmission line between the cable connector of the power transmission line and the first comprehensive sensor (402, 502). A method for monitoring a power transmission line of a power grid, including a step of monitoring the sag condition, wind yaw angle, motion and position tracking, flutter conditions, breeze vibration level, fatigue life and icing situation of a power transmission line. The method and system for monitoring a power transmission line of a power grid effectively prevent and reduce incidents of the power transmission line of the power grid based on sensor multi-dimensional sensing technology combined with the advantages of wireless sensor network technology.

Weather forecasting systems and methods for deriving and producing very short-term weather forecasts. Weather data and forecast information maybe input to derive very short-term weather forecasts in the 0-6 hour time frame. The system and methods include an expert system employing a hybrid or blending of forecasting approaches, with dynamic or intelligent arbitration of the different numerical, statistical, and human-driven techniques to produce more accurate weather forecasts for very short-term time periods. A calibration or internal verification against ground truth may be run independently with a time lag to produce more accurate future predictions of atmospheric state. The systems and methods may run in modes that produce either high resolution weather forecasts in the short-term period of 0-6 hours or a combination of synthetic, real-time weather observations / conditions and high resolution, short-term weather forecasts.

An embodiment of the supplemental weather display system presents supplemental weather information on a display in a craft. An exemplary embodiment receives the supplemental weather information from a remote source, determines a location of the supplemental weather information relative to the craft, receives weather information from an on-board radar system, and integrates the supplemental weather information with the weather information received from the on-board radar system.

The invention discloses a comprehensive monitoring and early warning system based on meteorology and a power grid GIS and a method thereof. The system comprises a data layer and an application layer. The data layer consists of a meteorological database, a power grid GIS database, and a production and operation database. The application layer includes a meteorological monitoring module, a meteorological early warning module, a power grid weather module, an information display module, and an auxiliary decision-making module. The meteorological database, the power grid GIS database, and the production and operation database carry out communication mutually; and the meteorological monitoring module, the meteorological early warning module, the power grid weather module, the information display module, and the auxiliary decision-making module carry out communication with the meteorological database, the power grid GIS database, and the production and operation database respectively. According to the invention, meteorological monitoring information like the temperature, wind direction, and wind speed and the like of important power equipment like a transformer substation, a transmission and transformation line, and a tower can be gotten in real time; and visual meteorological real-time data can be provided for the power grid. Meanwhile, prediction and disaster early warning information of the typhoon and thunder and the like can be provided every 12 hours in the next seven days.

The laser radar system includes transmission system, receiving system, spectrum and photoelectric detection system, and data process system. After collimation, light sent from the pulse laser is sent to atmosphere vertically. The receiving system of the laser radar receives backscattering light generated after interaction between laser and molecules, particles in atmosphere. The received atmosphere echo signal of the laser radar is sent to spectrum system to carry out spectrum. Detected by the photoelectric detection system the spectrum is sent to the data process system to carry out analysis and process. Based on preloaded program, the invention obtains temperature value of atmosphere, density of vapor, optical character parameters of atmospheric aerosol, and depolarization ratio of backscattering light of not spheroidal particle.

Provided are a system and method for detecting air pollution, characterized by using an air pollution detecting device for detecting air pollutants, using a positioning device for locating the air pollution detecting device, and enabling a data transmission device to transmit air pollution data and position data to a data analysis and management device via a network system, and then enabling the data analysis and management device to perform analysis and management process on the data; accordingly, perceiving air pollution status at each area and thus proving air pollution information and improvement to air pollution areas in a shorter time.

The invention involves a method comprising the steps ofproviding (S3) a wind data set (3) including wind data of a plurality of positions,receiving (S4) data for a predicted airplane trajectory (311),providing (S5), based on the wind data set (3), a set of wind data elements (302), each including data concerning wind at a position along the predicted airplane trajectory (311),repeating steps of selecting a subset of wind data elements (302S), creating a wind profile (303), and comparing the wind profile (303) to the set of wind data elements (302), andselecting (S10) to be sent to a subscriber (2, 4) a subset of wind data elements (302S) based at least partly on which a wind profile (303) was created corresponding to the largest extent to the set of wind data elements (302).

The invention discloses a roadside sensing system based on vehicle-road cooperation and a vehicle control method using the same. The system comprises intelligent roadside equipment, the intelligent roadside equipment comprises a roadside sensing module, a roadside processing module and a roadside communication module, the roadside sensing module comprises a sensor and is used for collecting surrounding environment information of a target vehicle, the roadside processing module is used for carrying out fusion processing on the collected surrounding environment information to form road environment information, the roadside communication module is used for sending the road environment information to the target vehicle, the target vehicle comprises a driving behavior decision module, and the driving behavior decision module is used for carrying out path planning according to the road environment information and carrying out automatic driving according to a path planning result. Therefore,a common vehicle on a road can realize automatic driving by interacting with the intelligent roadside equipment, the whole vehicle cost of configuring a sensing system on the vehicle is effectively reduced, and the cost of an intelligent traffic system is effectively reduced.

A weather monitoring, measuring and reporting system which uses unattended, high-resolution digital cameras and laser rangers to both measure and display weather conditions in a local region, such as the region surrounding an airport. Visibility is estimated by processing images in the camera's field of view at known range distances. The light response of the camera is matched to the light response of the human eye. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the camera generates a digital pixel image of range objects; that is, prominent terrain objects such as, buildings, water towers, etc. in the camera's field of view. The digital pixel values of these range objects are stored in system memory at known address locations. The contrast between an average background pixel value in a region adjacent to an object and the average object pixel value is used to determine if the object is visible. Objects in the field of view are sequentially examined until the contrast to an object falls below the established threshold at which point the visibility is reported as extending to the next closest object with a contrast above the threshold. If the contrast for all objects exceeds the threshold, the process stops and the visibility range is reported as unlimited.

The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method of providing a landslide hazard assessment, including: inputting a region from which to retrieve geographic information from a database or from a user in real-time, using an input device of a computer system; retrieving geographic information from the database, on the region; retrieving satellite-based remote sensing data from the external database in real-time or near real-time from the region, the external database being accessed by the computer system over the internet; creating a susceptibility map which is divided into a plurality of categories that represent relative susceptibility to landslides; showing the plurality of categories on the susceptibility map on a display of the computer system, using a defining characteristic; comparing a current daily rainfall accumulation from the external database to a daily rainfall threshold; and issuing a moderate- or high-hazard level landslide nowcast, depending on a result of the comparison.

A system and method for generating weather reports and the like which are precisely computed automatically for a particular individual user's geographic location, e.g., home or work, and which are provided to the individual user in both graphical and textual format in a user interactive manner. A personalized weather report presentation in accordance with the present invention may include a tabular presentation of a plurality of forecast weather conditions for the user location of interest throughout a day, along with a linked graphical representation of at least one of those weather conditions overlaid on a map centered at the user location of interest. Under user control, the user may select the time of the forecast weather conditions shown in the graphical portion of the presentation.

The invention provides an extra high voltage transmission line online monitoring system, comprising that a data collection terminal collects comprehensive load, temperature of a transmission line, inclination angle of a pole, inclination angle of an insulator string, leakage current of the insulator string, meteorological information, vibration of transmission line and vibration of the pole, transmits the collected signals to a central data processing unit; the central data processing unit performs anti-interference process on each signals, packs and transmits to a background analysis device through a wireless communication network, and displays data information on a GIS electronic map; the background analysis device determines whether the transmission line is abnormal or not based on each signal and combination of mathematical model, transmits alarm information in time when being abnormal. The invention performs anti-interference process on the collected data, is capable of shielding interference of extra high voltage strong electromagnetic field and accurately monitoring working conditions of extra high voltage transmission line.

A computerized system for mapping an atmospheric phenomenon in a geographic region. Multiple free-space electromagnetic communications links are previously distributed in the geographic region. The system includes an interface to monitoring mechanisms attached respectively to the free-space electromagnetic communications links. The monitoring mechanisms respectively monitor attenuation levels of the free-space electromagnetic communications links. A processor simultaneously processes the attenuation levels, and maps in the geographic region the atmospheric phenomenon. The simultaneous processing preferably applies a non-linear model which relates the attenuation levels the atmospheric phenomenon, and solves a tomographic problem based on the non-linear model and the attenuation levels. The tomographic problem is preferably solved by an interactive algorithm based on consecutive refinement and linear inversion at each iteration. Alternatively, an interpolation is performed based on respective inverse distance from the communications links. Preferably, the interpolation is further based on respective lengths of communications links. A data interface preferably provides to subscribers temporal information related to the atmospheric phenomenon within portions of the geographic region.