Fast generation of weather-radar echo maps in vector format and accurate localization of weighted centroid of dBZ (dBZ stands for decibels of reflectivity of a radar signal reflected off a remote object) are the basis of studying the characteristic tracking algorithms which are based on the vector echoes. The authors principally studied the approach to generating the vector echo map, and discus...

Fire simulation studies that use models such as FARSITE often assume that ignition locations are distributed randomly, because spatially explicit information about actual ignition locations are difficult to obtain. However, many studies show that the spatial distribution of ignition locations, whether humancaused or natural, is non-random. Thus, predictions from fire simulations based on random...

Title of dissertation: SYNCHRONIZATION IN CHAOTIC SYSTEMS: COUPLING OF CHAOTIC MAPS, DATA ASSIMILATION, AND WEATHER FORECASTING Seung-Jong Baek, Doctor of Philosophy, 2007 Dissertation directed by: Distinguished University Professor Edward Ott Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering The theme of this thesis is the synchronization of coupled chaotic systems. Background and introductory...

Sudden weather changes have long been thought to be associated with negative impacts on human health, but relatively few studies have attempted to quantify these relationships. We use large 6-h changes in atmospheric pressure as a proxy for sudden weather changes and evaluate their association with hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Winter and summer seasons and positive and...

Three experiments examined how bottom-up and top-down processes interact when people view and make inferences from complex visual displays (weather maps). Bottom-up effects of display design were investigated by manipulating the relative visual salience of task-relevant and task-irrelevant information across different maps. Top-down effects of domain knowledge were investigated by examining per...

Some typical cases of i n te l l i gen t handling of weather forecasts such as t ranslat ion, v i s u a l i z a t i o n , e t c . are decomposed into two subprocesses ~ analysis and s y n t h e s i s . S p e c i f i c techn iques are presented f o r a n a l y s i s and s y n t h e s i s of weather f o r e c a s t texts as well as f o r g e n e r a t i o n of weather maps. These techn iques deal...

An algorithm based on a support vector machine (SVM) is proposed for hydrometeor classification. The training phase is driven by the output of a fuzzy logic hydrometeor classification algorithm, i.e., the most popular approach for hydrometer classification algorithms used for ground-based weather radar. The performance of SVM is evaluated by resorting to a weather scenario, generated by a weath...

Maps of the world are common in classroom settings. They are used to teach the juxtaposition of natural and political functions, mineral resources, political, cultural and geographical boundaries; occurrences of processes such as tectonic drift; spreading of epidemics; and weather forecasts, among others. Recent work in scientometrics aims to create a map of science encompassing our collective ...

The effects of rapid Arctic warming and ice loss on weather patterns in the Northern Hemisphere is a topic of active research, lively scientific debate and high societal impact. The emergence of Arctic amplification--the enhanced sensitivity of high-latitude temperature to global warming--in only the last 10-20 years presents a challenge to identifying statistically robust atmospheric responses...