Will we be able to use smartphone sensed data for assimilation in weather models or in other assimilation systems such as road traffic models?

George Varlas @George_Varlas

07 July 2014 1 2K Report

Surface Pressure Observations from Smartphones.

A Potential Revolution for High-Resolution Weather Prediction?

http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00188.1

An adaptive observation site selection strategy for road traffic data assimilation:

http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2442944

Harry ten Brink

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/252130139_Synergetic_Use_of_GPS_Water_Vapor_and_Meteosat_Images_for_Synoptic_Weather_Forecasting?ev=prf_pub

Article Synergetic Use of GPS Water Vapor and Meteosat Images for Sy...

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