CloudCast: Cloud Computing for Short-Term Weather Forecasts

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-...

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Published in:Computing in science & engineering 2013-07, Vol.15 (4), p.30-37
Main Authors: Krishnappa, Dilip Kumar, Irwin, David, Lyons, Eric, Zink, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amazon EC2
Cloud computing
Electronic commerce
measurements
Nowcasting
Online services
performance analysis
Performance evaluation
Scientific computing
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1521-9615
1558-366X
DOI:10.1109/MCSE.2013.43