NDLI: Pattern recognition of radar echoes for short-range rainfall forecast

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Author	Lai, E.S.T. Li, P.W. Chan, C.M. Chu, M.C. Wong, W.H.
Copyright Year	2000
Description	Author affiliation: Hong Kong Obs., Kowloon, China (Lai, E.S.T.)
Abstract	A four-layer feed-forward back-propagation artificial neural network (ANN) is applied to weather radar echo maps of reflectivity data for the prediction of heavy rainfall events in the short-range of 1 to 2 hours. Inputs for the ANN are the cross correlations of statistical measures of a sequence of radar images. The ANN is trained to capture increasingly organized echo patterns that often are preludes to localized heavy rain. Results show that the ANN is able to achieve a success rate of 89% against a false alarm rate of 33%. In parallel, a separate module utilizing Hough transform is developed to depict the lining up of echoes on the reflectivity maps. The module provides an objective analysis tool for forecasters to test the hypothesis that crossing or merging of echo lines, the so-called "X" patterns, would lead to enhanced convection at preferred locations. Working in tandem, the ANN helps to isolate specific sectors on the radar maps where organization is taking place so that the Hough transform module (HTM) can be meaningfully applied in the appropriate target areas. In turn, parameters derived from the HTM, along with the standard statistical measures, can be fed back into the ANN for further training and system enhancement in the identification of "X" patterns.
Starting Page	299
Ending Page	302
File Size	596491
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0769507506
ISSN	10514651
DOI	10.1109/ICPR.2000.902918
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2000-09-03
Publisher Place	Spain
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Pattern recognition Artificial neural networks Reflectivity Feedforward systems Meteorological radar Radar imaging Radar measurements Rain Pattern analysis Testing
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

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