Crowdsourced Meteorology


Currently, weather prediction is accomplished via few highly accurate weather stations, only achieving precision on the level of counties. I theorize a future system in which mobile phones and other smart devices are equipped with a small Integrated Environmental Sensor Unit (such as the 2.5mm BME280 sensor I am using), each sending data to a central service, which would in turn be able to display these reports. While each unit would achieve fidelity inferior to a weather station, by its increased precision this future system could obtain greatly improved report resolution (perhaps on the level of city blocks rather than counties).

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Precise Predictions


Currently, weather prediction is accomplished via few highly accurate weather stations, only achieving precision on the level of counties. I theorize a future system in which mobile phones and other smart devices are equipped with a small Integrated Environmental Sensor Unit (such as the 2.5mm BME280 sensor I am using), each sending data to a central service, which would in turn be able to display these reports. app Waze, but for weather instead of traffic. While each unit would achieve fidelity inferior to a weather station, by its increased precision this future system could obtain greatly improved report resolution (perhaps on the level of city blocks rather than counties).

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Waze for Weather


Currently, weather prediction is accomplished via few highly accurate weather stations, only achieving precision on the level of counties. I theorize a future system in which mobile phones and other smart devices are equipped with a small Integrated Environmental Sensor Unit (such as the 2.5mm BME280 sensor I am using), each sending data to a central service, which would in turn be able to display these reports. app Waze, but for weather instead of traffic. While each unit would achieve fidelity inferior to a weather station, by its increased precision this future system could obtain greatly improved report resolution (perhaps on the level of city blocks rather than counties).

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