Integrated Weather Projection Systems, Methods, and Apparatuses
AssigneeI.M. Systems Group, Inc.
InventorLe JIANG
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Abstract
The systems, methods, and apparatuses described herein provide integrated weather forecast products designed to assist operations managers with operational decision-making related to a designated event or set of events. The present disclosure provides a way to process weather data from various sources and in diverse data formats containing varying spatial resolutions and temporal resolutions, in order to generate an integrated and cohesive weather projection product such that the weather projection product is continuous in both. spatial and temporal domains, subject to data availability, relative to a designated event or set of events.
Claims21
1-16. (canceled)
An integrated weather projection system for assisting strategic and tactical operational decision-making related to a designated event or set of events, the system comprising:
- (a) a weather projection module comprising one or more weather projection sub-modules, including at least a first sub-module, a second sub-module, and a third sub-module, wherein each of the weather projection sub-modules is configured to:
- receive a system operating parameter indicating at least a spatial range and temporal range, wherein a spatial range of the second sub-module has a comparatively further distance than a spatial range of the first sub-module, and wherein a spatial range of the third sub-module has a comparatively further distance than the spatial range of the second sub-module;
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- generate a weather projection product based on the received system operating parameter, wherein the weather projection module is configured to generate an integrated weather projection product that is based on each weather projection product generated by each weather projection sub-module;
- (b) a geospatial data converter communicatively coupled to the weather projection module and configured to convert each weather projection product into one or more geospatial map layers;
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- (c) a decision support tools module communicatively coupled to the geospatial data converter and configured to generate one or more graphical display outputs;
- wherein the weather projection module is installed at one or more locations relevant to air traffic management and control, and wherein computational workload of the integrated weather projection system is distributed among each of the one or more weather projection sub-modules.
A method of assisting strategic and tactical operational decision-making related to a designated event or set of events, the method being implemented by an integrated weather projection system comprising at least a weather projection module having one or more weather projection sub-modules, the method comprising:
- receiving, by each weather projection sub-module, a system operating parameter indicating at least a spatial range and temporal range;
- generating, by each weather projection sub-module, a weather projection product based on the received system operating parameter;
- generating, by the weather projection module, an integrated weather projection product based on each weather projection product generated by the one or more weather projection sub-modules;
- converting, by a geospatial data converter communicatively coupled to the weather projection module, each weather projection product into one or more geospatial map layers;
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- generating, by a decision support tools module communicatively coupled to the geospatial data converter, one or more graphical display outputs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.