Title :
CloudCast: Cloud Computing for Short-Term Weather Forecasts
Author :
Krishnappa, Dilip Kumar ; Irwin, David ; Lyons, E. ; Zink, M.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
Abstract :
CloudCast provides clients with personalized short-term weather forecasts based on their current location using cloud services, generating accurate forecasts tens of minutes in the future for small areas. Results show that it takes less than 2 minutes from the start of data sampling to deliver a 15-minute forecast to a client.
Keywords :
cloud computing; geophysics computing; weather forecasting; CloudCast; cloud computing; cloud services; personalized short-term weather forecasts; time 15 min; Cloud computing; Electronic commerce; Online services; Performance evaluation; Scientific computing; Amazon EC2; Nowcasting; cloud computing; measurements; performance analysis; scientific computing;
Journal_Title :
Computing in Science & Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/MCSE.2013.43
