Essays about: "Precipitation Forecast"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the words Precipitation Forecast.
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1. Quality assessment of private weather station Netatmo
University essay from Lunds universitet/Förbränningsfysik; Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionenAbstract : Netatmo is a brand of private weather stations that over the past decade, in many countries, have grown to outnumber the number of government based weather stations. In most fields of research, a high number of data points can increase accuracy and precision. READ MORE
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2. Anticipating Glacier Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs): an impact-based forecasting framework for managing GLOF risks in Nepal.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : Glacier lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are an increasingly documented threat across the Himalayan region, wherein Nepal is situated. GLOFs involve a rapid discharge of water from a lake situated at the side, front, within, beneath, or on the surface of a glacier. READ MORE
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3. Evaluation of probabilistic forecasts in Uppsala and its potential use in winter road maintenance
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapsläraAbstract : Efficient winter road maintenance is crucial for safety and societal function during the winter months in Sweden. This report aims to evaluate the MetCoOp ensemble system CMEPS and investigate its potential use as a basis for formulating criteria for snow removal that accounts for forecasted weather. READ MORE
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4. Precipitation Nowcasting using Deep Neural Networks
University essay from KTH/FysikAbstract : Deep neural networks (DNNs) based on satellite and radar data have shown promising results for precipitation nowcasting, beating physical models and optical flow for time horizons up to 8 hours. “MetNet”, developed by Google AI, is a 225 million parameter DNN combining three different types of architectures that was trained on satellite and radar data over the United States. READ MORE
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5. Testing the potential to evaluate vegetation optical depth with ecosystem water dynamics in a temperate forest
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : Warming trends have been associated with drought which induces and heightens agents and factors that cause tree mortality. Remotely sensed observations are increasingly being used in vegetation studies and are obtained from Earth observation satellites. READ MORE