Robert A Boldi

US Patent:

7062066, Jun 13, 2006

Filed:

May 11, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/144667

Inventors:

Marilyn Wolfson - Acton MA, US
Richard Johnson - Harvard MA, US
Barbara Forman - Framingham MA, US
William Dupree - Westborough MA, US
Kim E. Theriault - Milford NH, US
Robert Boldi - Sudbury MA, US
Carol Wilson - Acton MA, US
Robert G. Hallowell - Nashua NH, US
Richard L. Delanoy - Acton MA, US

Assignee:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge MA

International Classification:

G06K 9/00

US Classification:

382100, 382103, 382107, 382159, 702 3

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for forecasting the likely occurrence of convective weather events, such as thunderstorms. An image filter is used to identify areas of interest within a meteorological image that are likely to contain convective weather. The image filter and an image difference processor identify sub-image regions within the meteorological image that are likely to experience a growth and/or decay of weather events. The classification filter classifies sub-image regions within the meteorological image into a number of predetermined storm categories. The meteorological images are filtered using matched filters, features within the filtered images are tracked, and the resulting track vectors are combined according to the storm classification. The meteorological image, interest image, growth/decay image, classification image, and combined vectors are processed to produce the short-term forecast.

US Patent:

7391358, Jun 24, 2008

Filed:

Jun 22, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/472674

Inventors:

William Dupree - Westborough MA, US
Marilyn M. Wolfson - Acton MA, US
Richard J. Johnson - Harvard MA, US
Robert Boldi - Sudbury MA, US
Paul E. Bieringer - Arlington MA, US
Kim T. Calden - Milford NH, US
Carol A. Wilson - Acton MA, US

Assignee:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge MA

International Classification:

G01W 1/10
G01W 1/00
G01S 13/95
G01S 13/00

US Classification:

342 25R, 342175, 342176, 342179, 342195, 382100, 702 1, 702 2, 702 3, 7317016

Abstract:

Described are a method and a system for generating a short-term forecast of echo tops as defined by weather radar measurements. The method includes receiving echo tops images for different times. An echo tops growth rate and an echo tops maximum value are determined for pixels in one of the images and used to generate echo tops prediction values for an echo tops prediction image. For pixels in regions of the image determined to be subject to convective initiation but where convective weather does not exist, an echo tops initiation height and the echo tops maximum value are determined and used with a predicted precipitation value to generate an echo tops prediction value for each pixel.

US Patent:

20020114517, Aug 22, 2002

Filed:

Feb 19, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/079995

Inventors:

Marilyn Wolfson - Acton MA, US
Richard Johnson - Harvard MA, US
Barbara Forman - Framingham MA, US
William Dupree - Westborough MA, US
Kim Theriault - Pelham MA, US
Robert Boldi - Sudbury MA, US
Carol Wilson - Acton MA, US
Robert Hallowell - Nashua NH, US
Richard Delanoy - Acton MA, US

International Classification:

G06K009/00

US Classification:

382/181000

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for forecasting the likely occurrence of convective weather events, such as thunderstorms. An image filter is used to identify areas of interest within a meteorological image that are likely to contain convective weather. The image filter and an image difference processor identify areas within the meteorological image that are likely to experience a growth and/or decay of weather events. The meteorological image, interest image and growth/decay image are processed to produce the short-term forecast.