An open meteorological alerting system: Issues and solutions

An open meteorological alerting system: Issues and solutions

Mathieson, I, Dance, S, Padgham, L, Gorman, M and Winikoff, M 2004, 'An open meteorological alerting system: Issues and solutions', in Computer Science 2004 - Proceedings of the 27th Australasian Computer Science Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand, 18-22 January 2004.

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Title	An open meteorological alerting system: Issues and solutions
Author(s)	Mathieson, I Dance, S Padgham, L Gorman, M Winikoff, M
Year	2004
Conference name	Australasian Computer Science Conference
Conference location	Dunedin, New Zealand
Conference dates	18-22 January 2004
Proceedings title	Computer Science 2004 - Proceedings of the 27th Australasian Computer Science Conference
Publisher	Australian Computer Society
Place of publication	Bedford Park, Australia
Abstract	This paper describes an experimental alerting system under development by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology,initially targetted at (but not restricted to) the aviation sector. The system provides alert routing and filtering: for example pressure readings from automated weather stations may confl ict with a local terminal aerodrome forecast, resulting in an alert being displayed to forecasters and other interested parties (such as airlines or individual aircraft). The multi-agent based design is inherently distributed and readily facilitates scalability and system evolution by simplifying integration of new services and components: for example, adding new types of data sources and/or alerts spanning multiple organisations and system platforms. Another key issue is robustness: the system must be able to adapt to failure of individual components. Further issues that arise concern more user-focussed alert provision: an aircraft may wish to be notified about alerts (or new alert types) that concern it, i.e. that take place in certain regions. In this paper we present the design of the system, discuss how the design addresses some of the issues, and outline our plans for supporting more flexible alert notification. Some early evaluation trials are currently underway.
Subjects	Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing not elsewhere classified
Copyright notice	© 2004 Australian Computer Society, Inc.

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