Advances in the Use of Crowdsourced Data in Numerical Weather Prediction
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Atmospheric Techniques, Instruments, and Modeling".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 February 2022) | Viewed by 5543
Special Issue Editors
Interests: NWP; COSMO/ICON model; synoptic meteorology; severe weather; urban meteorology; data assimilation; post-processing; verification
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
More and more often direct and indirect weather-related observations from non-conventional sources are being investigated for their use in the atmospheric sciences. In fact, as the spatial resolution of numerical weather prediction (NWP) models increases steadily so does the need for weather observations for data assimilation or validation purposes. Since the installation and maintenance of new professional meteorological observing equipment is costly and expensive, it is much more convenient to exploit existing information. Examples of data sources include smartphones, personal weather stations, cellular communication networks, and vehicles (such as bicycles and cars). Although they are much more available, such data are often less accurate and representative than traditional meteorological observations; therefore, quality control is crucial when using crowdsourced data. The ultimate goal is the improvement of nowcasting forecasts of hazardous weather, such as heavy fog, urban heat island (UHI) effects, excessive rainfall, and thunderstorms, and these kinds of observations could definitely improve numerical weather prediction and help the forecasters.
This Special Issue aims to give an overview of the sources of non-conventional data and provide a focus on their use in the most recent NWP applications.
Manuscripts on all aspects of crowdsourced data are welcome for this Special Issue, including case studies, measurement campaigns, validation, and data assimilation.
Dr. Massimo Milelli
Prof. Dr. Gert-Jan Steeneveld
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- observations
- data quality
- assimilation
- meteorology
- model validation
- post-processing
- urban areas
- air quality
- nowcasting
