Meteorological radar precipitation pattern prediction method and apparatus
First Claim
1. A meteorological radar precipitation pattern prediction apparatus comprising:
- image input means for inputting radar images of a precipitation region;
image storage means for storing the input radar images as time-series two-dimensional images;
image processing means for calculating various image-feature quantities with respect to two or more two-dimensional past images stored in the image storage means;
calculation means for calculating a spatial-temporal transition of the amount of precipitation using an advection-diffusion equation system which indicates various physical effects relating to precipitation phenomena, with the various image-feature quantities as initial values;
prediction means for predicting transition of a pattern with respect to the precipitation region based on results calculated by the calculation means; and
output means for outputting predicted results as time-series images.
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Abstract
Meteorological radar precipitation pattern prediction methods and apparatus are provided, by which operational costs can be reduced, a series of physical processes in a precipitation region and topographical influences can be considered. The main method has the steps of inputting radar images of a precipitation region storing the input radar images as time-series two-dimensional images; calculating various image-feature quantities with respect to two or more of the stored two-dimensional past images; calculating a spatial-temporal transition of the amount of precipitation using an advection-diffusion equation system which indicates various physical effects relating to precipitation phenomena, with the various image-feature quantities as initial values; predicting transition of a pattern with respect to the precipitation region based on results of the calculation; and outputting predicted results as time-series images. Preferably, the advection-diffusion equation system includes time, advection, diffusion, source, sink, and dispersion terms, and a gray-level at each pixel is supplied to the equation as a variable corresponding to an amount of precipitation. If the advection-diffusion equation system includes an advection term which is a product of an advection vector and the first derivative with respect to a gray-level of a relevant pixel in a precipitation pattern, the amount of precipitation is varied according to transition of advection vectors.
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74 Claims
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1. A meteorological radar precipitation pattern prediction apparatus comprising:
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image input means for inputting radar images of a precipitation region; image storage means for storing the input radar images as time-series two-dimensional images; image processing means for calculating various image-feature quantities with respect to two or more two-dimensional past images stored in the image storage means; calculation means for calculating a spatial-temporal transition of the amount of precipitation using an advection-diffusion equation system which indicates various physical effects relating to precipitation phenomena, with the various image-feature quantities as initial values; prediction means for predicting transition of a pattern with respect to the precipitation region based on results calculated by the calculation means; and output means for outputting predicted results as time-series images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 40)
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28. A meteorological radar precipitation pattern prediction apparatus comprising:
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image input means for inputting radar images of a precipitation region; image storage means for storing the input radar images as time-series two-dimensional images; image processing means for outputting area-transition information of a precipitation region with respect to two or more two-dimensional past images stored in the image storage means as one-dimensional time-series signals; function fitting means for fitting a non-linear function into the one-dimensional time-series signals by using the least square method; prediction means for predicting future area-transition based on results of the function fitting; and output means for outputting a pattern transition of the precipitation region as time-series images based on predicted results. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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31. A meteorological radar precipitation pattern prediction apparatus comprising:
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image input for inputting radar images of a precipitation region; image storage means for storing the input radar images as time-series two-dimensional images; image transition detecting means for detecting an intensity transition between two or more two-dimensional past images stored in the image storage means; image generating and vanishing means for generating or vanishing a local precipitation-region image according to the detected intensity transition by using an image processing method; and prediction means for predicting transition of a pattern with respect to the precipitation region based on results image-processed by the image generating and vanishing means; and output means for outputting predicted results as time-series images. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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35. A meteorological radar precipitation pattern prediction apparatus comprising:
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image input means for inputting radar images of a precipitation region; image storage means for storing the input radar images as time-series two-dimensional images; image processing means for detecting and outputting intensity and area transitions between two or more two-dimensional past images stored in the image storage means as one-dimensional time-series signals; precipitation-region growth and decay predicting means for predicting transition with respect to growth and decay of the precipitation region based on the one-dimensional time-series signals; and output means for outputting a pattern transition of the precipitation region as time-series images based on predicted results. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39)
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41. A meteorological radar precipitation pattern prediction method comprising the steps of:
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inputting radar images of a precipitation region; storing the input radar images as time-series two-dimensional images; calculating various image-feature quantities with respect to two or more of the stored two-dimensional past images; calculating a spatial-temporal transition of the amount of precipitation using an advection-diffusion equation system which indicates various physical effects relating to precipitation phenomena, with the various image-feature quantities as initial values; predicting transition of a pattern with respect to the precipitation region based on results of the calculation; and outputting predicted results as time-series images. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 71, 74)
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68. A meteorological radar precipitation pattern prediction method comprising the steps of:
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inputting radar images of a precipitation region; storing the input radar images as time-series two-dimensional images; outputting area-transition information of a precipitation region with respect to two or more of the stored two-dimensional past images as one-dimensional time-series signals; fitting a non-linear function into the one-dimensional time-series signals by using the least square method; predicting future area-transition based on results of the function fitting; and outputting a pattern transition of the precipitation region as time-series images based on predicted results. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70)
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72. A gas-distribution pattern prediction apparatus comprising:
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image input means for inputting gas-distribution images of gas distributed in the air; image storage means for storing the input images as time-series two-dimensional images; image processing means for calculating various image-feature quantities with respect to two or more two-dimensional past images stared in the image storage means; calculation means for calculating a spatial-temporal transition of the distributed gas using an advection-diffusion equation system which indicates various physical effects relating to gas discharged into the air, with the various image-feature quantities as initial values; prediction means for predicting transition of a pattern with respect to the gas distribution based on results calculated by the calculation means; and output means for outputting predicted results as time-series images.
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73. A gas-distribution pattern prediction method comprising the steps of:
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inputting gas-distribution images of gas distributed in the air; storing the input images as time-series two-dimensional images; calculating various image-feature quantities with respect to two or more of the stored two-dimensional past images; calculating a spatial-temporal transition of the distributed gas using an advection-diffusion equation system which indicates various physical effects relating to gas discharged into the air, with the various image-feature quantities as initial values; predicting transition of a pattern with respect to the gas distribution based on results of the calculation; and outputting predicted results as time-series images.
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