Real-time precipitation forecasting system

• US 10,078,155 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2017
• Issued: 09/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tomorrow Companies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: ClimaCell Inc.
• Inventors: Elkabetz, Shimon, Zlotnik, Itai, Goffer, Rei, Ribnik, Jacob, Nossenson, Nir, Bar-Or, Rotem, Ginter, Karl
• Primary Examiner(s): Ngon, Ricky
• Application Number:
  US15/632,025
• Publication Number:
  US 20170371074A1
• Time in Patent Office: 452 Days
• Field of Search: 702 3
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/95 for meteorological use
• CPC Class Codes: G01W 1/10 Devices for predicting weather conditions computers per se G06; display devices G09
• CPC Class Codes: G01W 1/14 Rainfall or precipitation gauges measuring volume in general G01F
• CPC Class Codes: G01W 2203/00 Real-time site-specific personalized weather information, e.g. nowcasting
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

A computerized method of processing data for use in weather modeling is provided. The method includes receiving, from a first data source, by a first server, microwave link data including signal attenuation information. The method also includes pre-processing, in real time, by the first server, the microwave link data, thereby producing pre-processed microwave link data, The method also includes storing the pre-processed microwave link data in a first data store. The method also includes receiving, from the first data store, by a second server, the pre-processed microwave link data. The method also includes processing, on a scheduled routine, by the second server, the pre-processed microwave link data using a data transform, thereby producing first weather data.

Claims

1. A computerized method of calculating location-specific weather data, the computerized method comprising:

receiving, from a first data source, by a network interface of a first server in electronic communication with the first data source via a first electronic communications network, microwave link data including a signal level measurement and at least one location identifier or link identifier;

pre-processing, in real time, by the first server, the microwave link data, thereby producing pre-processed microwave link data having an extracted power measurement corresponding to the signal level measurement and an extracted location corresponding to the at least one location identifier or link identifier;

transmitting, via a second electronic communications network, the pre-processed microwave link data from the first server to a first data store, the first data store storing the pre-processed microwave link data;

transmitting, via a third electronic communications network, from the first data store to a second server, the pre-processed microwave link data; and

processing, on a scheduled routine, by the second server, the pre-processed microwave link data using a predefined data transform, the predefined data transform calculating first location-specific weather data based on the pre-processed microwave link data,

wherein pre-processing of the microwave link data and processing of the pre-processed microwave link data include associating the pre-processed microwave link data with a cadence instance M_i of a cadence cycle, the cadence cycle having a predetermined time delay between cadence instances, and

wherein each of the first, second and third electronic communications networks are separate networks or wherein one or more of the first, second and third electronic communications networks are the same network.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising storing the first location-specific weather data in a second data store.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving, by the second server, the first location-specific weather data;

receiving, by the first server, from a second data source, second location-specific weather data;

storing the second location-specific weather data in a third data store; and

processing, by the second server, the first location-specific weather data and the second location-specific weather data, thereby producing blended weather data.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the blended weather data includes at least a precipitation intensity for a plurality of tiles, each tile corresponding to a geographic region.

5. The method of claim 3 further comprising storing the blended weather data in a fourth data store.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

receiving, by a third server, the blended weather data; and

processing, by the third server, the blended weather data, thereby producing processed blended weather data, the processed blended weather data usable by an on-demand information product.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the processed blended weather data includes map data usable to display a map on a viewing device.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein the on-demand information product is a real-time precipitation map.

9. The method of claim 5 wherein two or more of the first data store, the second data store, the third data store, and the fourth data store are included in a common database.

10. The method of claim 3 further comprising producing, by the second server, forecast data based on the blended weather data.

11. The method of claim 3 further comprising:

receiving, by the second server, blended weather data;

calculating, by the second server, forecast weather data based upon the blended weather data; and

storing, by the second server, in a fourth data store, the forecast weather data.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

receiving, from the fourth data store, the first forecast weather data;

producing, based on the first forecast weather data, second forecast weather data; and

storing, by the second server, in the fourth data store, the second forecast weather data.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the microwave link data comprises terrestrial wireless network data including wireless network topology information and wireless link information.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the first data store and the second data store are included in a common database.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the predefined transform is calculated using an additional server in electronic communication with the first server.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein processing of the pre-processed microwave link data occurs successively for multiple cadence instances of the cadence cycle.

17. The method of claim 1 wherein the predetermined time delay is less than five minutes.

18. The method of claim 1 wherein the predetermined time delay is less than fifteen minutes.

19. The method of claim 1 wherein storing of the pre-processed microwave link data occurs successively for multiple cadence instances of the cadence cycle.

20. The method of claim 1 wherein each cadence instance includes one or more tile layers, at least one tile layer representing pre-processed microwave link data.

21. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving, by the second server, the first location-specific weather data;

calculating, by the second server, forecast weather data based upon the first location-specific weather data; and

storing, by the second server, the forecast weather data in a fourth data store.

22. The method of claim 21 further comprising:

receiving, from the fourth data store, the first forecast weather data;

producing, based on the first forecast weather data, second forecast weather data; and

storing, by the second server, in the fourth data store, the second forecast weather data.

23. A computerized system for calculating location-specific weather data, the computerized system comprising:

a first server having a network interface in electronic communication with a first data source via a first electronic communications network, the first server (i) receiving microwave link data including a signal level measurement and at least one location identifier or link identifier, and (ii) pre-processing the microwave link data, thereby creating pre-processed microwave link data having an extracted power measurement corresponding to the signal level measurement and an extracted location corresponding to the at least one location identifier or link identifier;

a second server receiving the pre-processed microwave link data and processing the pre-processed microwave link data using a predefined data transform, the predefined data transform calculating first location-specific weather data based on the pre-processed microwave link data, the second server in electronic communication with the first server via a second electronic communications network; and

a first data store (i) receiving the pre-processed microwave link data via a third electronic communications network from the first server to store the pre-processed microwave link data and (ii) transmitting the pre-processed microwave link data via the second electronic communications network to the second server,

wherein pre-processing of the microwave link data and processing of the pre-processed microwave link data include associating the pre-processed microwave link data with a cadence instance M_i of a cadence cycle, the cadence cycle having a predetermined time delay between cadence instances, and

wherein each of the first, second and third electronic communications networks are separate networks or wherein one or more of the first, second and third electronic communications networks are the same network.

24. The system of claim 23 further including a second data store storing the first location-specific weather data, the second data store in electronic communication with the second server.

25. The system of claim 24 further including a third server, the second server receiving the first location-specific weather data and second location-specific weather data and processing the first and second location-specific weather data to produce blended weather data, the third server receiving the blended weather data and producing processed blended weather data usable by an on-demand information product, the third server in electronic communication with the first server and the second server.

26. The system of claim 25 further including a fourth server calculating the predefined data transform, the fourth server in electronic communication with the first server, the second server and the third server.