Objective "The project aims to prove commercial potential of innovative system for monitoring and prediction of usual and chemical weather and microclimate based on:• New concept and models of atmospheric planetary boundary layer (PBL) as natural object responsible for local features of weather and climate• Wireless sensor network technology to perform monitoring of environmental parameters with very high spatial and temporal resolution• Machine learning technology for integrating weather-forecast data and sensor-network monitoring data into super-fine resolution weather forecast or microclimate evaluation• Local GIS and decision-making support (DMS) technologiesThe basic idea lies in retrieving extreme and local features of weather (or climate) from combination of inexact information from operational weather prediction (or climate) models with local monitoring of PBL-control and customer-specific parameters. Both information flows are digested through machine-learning technology accounting for new knowledge about PBL. The system starts operating with a period of tuning to local features of weather (or climate), which improves its performance and guaranties higher than operational quality of weather forecast (or microclimate evaluation).Commercial potential of the idea will be implemented through establishing a business aimed at:• Production and sales of monitoring/forecast correction systems: advanced versions – to municipalities, hospitals, agricultural, transport and energy companies; simple versions – to collective or individual customers, e.g. local communities, farmers, owners of summer houses• Providing microclimate and land-use consulting, e.g. for construction or precision agriculture• Delivering locally adjusted customer-specific weather forecasts for weather-dependent companiesThe project implies global economic and societal benefits due to improved forecasting of extreme and dangerous weather events and advanced tools for land use." Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesmeteorologyengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorssmart sensorsagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturenatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learning Programme(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) ERC-OA-2013-PoC - European Research Council ERC Proof of Concept Call for proposal ERC-2013-PoC See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA-SA(POC) - Supporting action (Proof of Concept) Host institution ILMATIETEEN LAITOS EU contribution € 149 530,00 Address Erik Palmenin aukio 1 00560 Helsinki Finland See on map Region Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Leena Tuomainen (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Beneficiaries (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ILMATIETEEN LAITOS Finland EU contribution € 149 530,00 Address Erik Palmenin aukio 1 00560 Helsinki See on map Region Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Leena Tuomainen (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
