US 10,520,369 B2 · Temperature estimation

Abstract

An illustrative method of estimating a temperature for at least one of a plurality of sites based on temperature information from at least one of a plurality of temperature measurement stations includes several steps. The sites are clustered into a plurality of clusters. Respective centroids for the clusters are determined. The centroids are associated with respective measurement stations. One of a preselected plurality of estimating techniques is respectively assigned to the measurement stations. The assigned estimating technique provides a temperature estimate at the measurement station that is more accurate than others of the preselected plurality of estimating techniques. A temperature at the at least one of the plurality of sites is estimated using the estimating technique assigned to the measurement station associated with the centroid of the cluster that includes the site of interest.

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A method of estimating a temperature for at least one of a plurality of sites based on temperature information from at least one of a plurality of temperature measurement stations, the method comprising an estimator device:

clustering the plurality of sites into a plurality of clusters;
determining a centroid for each cluster;
associating each centroid with a measurement station;
assigning one of a preselected plurality of estimating techniques respectively to the measurement stations, wherein the assigned estimating technique provides a temperature estimate at the measurement station that is more accurate than others of the preselected plurality of estimating techniques for the measurement station, and wherein lapse rate is a parameter of the assigned estimating technique;
and
estimating a temperature at the at least one of the plurality of sites using the estimating technique assigned to the measurement station associated with the centroid of the cluster including the at least one of the plurality of sites.

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A non-transitory storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions to:

cluster a plurality of sites into a plurality of clusters;
determine respective centroids for the clusters;
associate the centroids with respective measurement stations;
assign one of a preselected plurality of estimating techniques respectively to the measurement stations, wherein the assigned estimating technique provides a temperature estimate at the measurement station that is more accurate than others of the preselected plurality of estimating techniques for the measurement station, wherein the estimating technique assigned to a first one of the measurement stations is different than the estimating technique assigned to a second one of the measurement stations;
and
estimate a temperature for at least one of the plurality of sites using the estimating technique assigned to the measurement station associated with the centroid of the cluster including the at least one of the plurality of sites.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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