Improved AI Process Could Better Predict Water Supplies
--
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240501091622.htm <-- shared technical article
--
https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v38i21.30337 <-- shared paper
--
“A new computer model uses a better artificial intelligence process to measure snow and water availability more accurately across vast distances in the West, information that could someday be used to better predict water availability for farmers and others. The researchers [link above] predict water availability from areas in the West where snow amounts aren't being physically measured…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrology #waterresources #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #numericalmodeling #computermodel #AI #snowpack #WesternUSA #USWest #watersecurity #prediction #SnowWaterEquivalent #SWE #irrigation #floodcontrol #powergeneration #drought #management #decisions #SnowTelemetry #SNOTEL #machinelearning #attentionmechanisms #correlations #snowpack
#computermodel
Rosenstiel gets $1.5 M grant for high-tech flood simulator, with focus on disadvantaged communities :
The National Science Foundation made the award to help communities more quickly respond to growing urban flooding threats as sea levels continue to rise.
#computer #computermodel #drainage #flooding #grant #Irvine #KatherineMach #MiamiDadeCounty
The Silent Impact Of Underground Climate Change On Civil Infrastructure
--
https://doi.org/10.1038/s44172-023-00092-1 <-- shared paper
--
#GIS #spatial #mapping #model #modeling #climatechange #Chicago #USA #heat #subsurface #infrastructure #underground #heatislands #environment #publichealth #transportation #issues #impacts #deformation #ChicagoLoop #computermodel #3dmodel #temperaturesensor #temperaturesensors #groundtemperature #displacement #risk #hazard #analysis #hazardanalysis #civilinfrastructure #urbanplanning #construction #constructionengineering #opportunity #geothermal #heatpump #urban #urbandevelopment
PODCAST: Heat wave – “There's never been anything like this.” :
“I'd say there's very low confidence in seasonal forecasts this year,” McNoldy said.
#BrianMcNoldy #ClimateChange #computermodel #ElNino #GenZ #heatindex #Hurricane #NOAA #RosenstielSchool #sealevelrise #seasurfacetemperatures #UniversityofMiami
#Miami #news
https://kbindependent.org/2023/07/14/podcast-heat-wave-theres-never-been-anything-like-this/
Bees are astonishingly good at making decisions. They can choose the best nest site, flower patch, or dance partner using a simple rule: compare two options at a time and pick the best one. Our computer model shows how this rule can achieve optimal outcomes with minimal effort. Bees are the masters of efficient decision-making.
#Bees #DecisionMaking #ComputerModel https://theconversation.com/bees-are-astonishingly-good-at-making-decisions-and-our-computer-model-explains-how-thats-possible-208189
Bret becomes a tropical storm, forecast is 'low confidence.' :
Meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center said there’s a lot of uncertainty in computer forecast models, but they advised people in Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and nearby islands to monitor Bret closely.
#Bret #computermodel #NationalHurricaneCenter #TropicalStorm #warmwater
#Miami #news
https://kbindependent.org/2023/06/19/bret-becomes-a-tropical-storm-forecast-is-low-confidence/
A team of #researchers, including #climatologists and an #astronomer, has utilized an enhanced #computermodel to recreate the #iceagecycles that occurred between 1.6 and 1.2 million years ago. The findings indicate that the #glacialperiods were primarily influenced by #astronomicalforces in quite a different way than it works in the present day.
https://scitechdaily.com/cosmic-clockwork-the-outer-space-origin-of-ice-age-cycles/
Referenced link: https://phys.org/news/2022-12-tracks-cell.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://phys.org/news/2022-12-tracks-cell.html
Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com@twitter.com: https://twitter.com/physorg_com/status/1602301511798853634#m
New #computermodel tracks origin of cell changes that drive development @CellCellPress https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0092867422013745 https://phys.org/news/2022-12-tracks-cell.html
Referenced link: https://techxplore.com/news/2022-11-real-images-soccer-strategies-team.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://techxplore.com/news/2022-11-real-images-soccer-strategies-team.html
Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com@twitter.com: https://twitter.com/TechXplore_com/status/1589655322465124356#m
RT by @physorg_com: A #computermodel made from real images of soccer matches that shows the strategies used by each team @PhysRevE https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.106.044308 https://techxplore.com/news/2022-11-real-images-soccer-strategies-team.html
Fight Disease With A Raspberry Pi
Despite the best efforts of scientists around the world, the current global pandemic continues onward. But even if you aren't working on a new vaccine or trying to curb the virus with some other seemingly miraculous technology, there are a few other ways to help prevent the spread of the virus. By now we all know of ways to do that physically, but now thanks to [James Devine] and a team at CERN we can also model virus exposure directly on our own self-hosted Raspberry Pis.
The program, called the Covid-19 Airborne Risk Assessment (CARA), is able to take in a number of metrics about the size and shape of an area, the number of countermeasures already in place, and plenty of other information in order to provide a computer-generated model of the number of virus particles predicted as a function of time. It can run on a number of different Pi hardware although [James] recommends using the Pi 4 as the model does take up a significant amount of computer resources. Of course, this only generates statistical likelihoods of virus transmission but it does help get a more accurate understanding of specific situations.
For more information on how all of this works, the group at CERN also released a paper about their model. One of the goals of this project is that it is freely available and runs on relatively inexpensive hardware, so hopefully plenty of people around the world are able to easily run it to further develop understanding of how the virus spreads. For other ways of using your own computing power to help fight Covid, don't forget about Folding@Home for using up all those extra CPU and GPU cycles.
#raspberrypi #cern #computermodel #covid #pandemic #selfhosted #transmission #virus