Method and equipment for weather image prediction
First Claim
1. An equipment for weather image prediction comprising:
- a field extracting portion, which calculates the velocity fields of local echoes with respect to time and space from a plurality of time sequential frames of weather radar images for a plurality of frames therein, and which segments and extracts a field possessing similar velocities with respect to time and space as one precipitation field from said plurality of frames of weather radar images by employing said calculated velocity fields;
a moving velocity estimating portion, which estimates the moving velocity of a precipitation field by obtaining the amount of movement, among the neighboring frames, of the precipitation field segmented and extracted by said field extracting portion; and
a forecast image generating portion, which extrapolates a plurality of precipitation fields by employing a distance taken by multiplying the moving velocity of the precipitation field estimated by said moving velocity estimating portion by a desired forecasting time, and which generates a forecast radar image by synthesizing the resulting image.
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Abstract
An equipment for weather image prediction comprising: a field extracting portion, which calculates the velocity fields of the local echoes with respect to time and space from a plurality of time sequential frames of weather radar images for a plurality of frames therein, and which segments and extracts a field possessing similar velocities with respect to time and space as one precipitation field from said plurality of frames of weather radar images by employing said calculated velocity fields; a moving velocity estimating portion, which estimates the moving velocity of a precipitation field by obtaining the amount of movement, among the neighboring frames, of the precipitation field segmented and extracted by said field extracting portion; and a forecast image generating portion, which extrapolates a plurality of precipitation fields by employing a distance taken by multiplying the moving velocity of the precipitation field estimated by said moving velocity estimating portion by a desired forecasting time, and which generates a forecast radar image by synthesizing the resulting image.
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1. An equipment for weather image prediction comprising:
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a field extracting portion, which calculates the velocity fields of local echoes with respect to time and space from a plurality of time sequential frames of weather radar images for a plurality of frames therein, and which segments and extracts a field possessing similar velocities with respect to time and space as one precipitation field from said plurality of frames of weather radar images by employing said calculated velocity fields; a moving velocity estimating portion, which estimates the moving velocity of a precipitation field by obtaining the amount of movement, among the neighboring frames, of the precipitation field segmented and extracted by said field extracting portion; and a forecast image generating portion, which extrapolates a plurality of precipitation fields by employing a distance taken by multiplying the moving velocity of the precipitation field estimated by said moving velocity estimating portion by a desired forecasting time, and which generates a forecast radar image by synthesizing the resulting image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An method for weather image prediction comprising:
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a field extracting step, which calculates the velocity fields of local echoes with respect to time and space from a plurality of time sequential frames of weather radar images for a plurality of frames therein, and which segments and extracts a field possessing similar velocities with respect to time and space as one precipitation field from said plurality of frames of weather radar images by employing said calculated velocity fields; a moving velocity estimating step, which estimates the moving velocity of a precipitation field by obtaining the amount of movement, among the neighboring frames, of the precipitation field segmented and extracted by said field extracting step; and a forecast image generating step, which extrapolates a plurality of precipitation fields by employing a distance taken by multiplying the moving velocity of the precipitation field estimated by said moving velocity estimating step by a desired forecasting time, and which generates a forecast radar image by synthesizing the resulting image. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer readable recording medium which records a program for weather image prediction for execution by a computer comprising:
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a field extracting step, which calculates the velocity fields of local echoes with respect to time and space from a plurality of time sequential frames of weather radar images for a plurality of frames therein, and which segments and extracts a field possessing similar velocities with respect to time and space as one precipitation field from said plurality of frames of weather radar images by employing said calculated velocity fields; a moving velocity estimating step, which estimates the moving velocity of a precipitation field by obtaining the amount of movement, among the neighboring frames, of the precipitation field segmented and extracted by said field extracting step; and a forecast image generating step, which extrapolates a plurality of precipitation fields by employing a distance taken by multiplying the moving velocity of the precipitation field estimated by said moving velocity estimating step by a desired forecasting time, and which generates a forecast radar image by synthesizing the resulting image. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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