Title:
FORECASTING OF POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2017125863
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To issue automatic warnings or alarms in a timely way to organizations that might be affected by severe weather.SOLUTION: A computer-implemented method for forecasting the possibility of severe weather, causes a computing device to: receive data related to thunder activities; determine the position, moving velocity, moving direction and occurrence rate of one or more thunder activity cells on the basis of the received data; to compare the determined thunder occurrence rate with a threshold occurrence rate; to determine one or more geographical areas subjected to risk on the basis of the position, moving velocity, moving direction and occurrence rate of the one or more thunder activities regarding the one or more thunder activity cells; and issue, if the determined thunder occurrence rate surpasses the threshold occurrence rate, alarm to one or more remote monitoring apparatuses watching the risky area or areas.SELECTED DRAWING: None
Inventors:
ROBERT S MARSHALL
CHRISTOPHER DALE SLOOP
BENJAMIN E BEROUKHIM
LIU CHONGLIN
STAN HECKMAN
MARK A HOEKZEMA
CHRISTOPHER DALE SLOOP
BENJAMIN E BEROUKHIM
LIU CHONGLIN
STAN HECKMAN
MARK A HOEKZEMA
Application Number:
JP2017079814A
Publication Date:
July 20, 2017
Filing Date:
April 13, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
EARTH NETWORKS INC
International Classes:
G01W1/10; G08B21/10; G08B27/00; G08B31/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2005274321A | 2005-10-06 | |||
| JP2005106601A | 2005-04-21 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Axis International Patent Business Corporation