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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6535817 | Methods, systems and computer program products for generating weather forecasts from a multi-model superensemble A superensemble is developed using a plurality of forecasts from a variety of weather and climate models. Along with observed analysis fields, these forecasts are used to derive statistics on the past behavior of the models. These statistics, combined wit... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6522972 | Method for determining an instantaneous unit hydrograph A method for producing a more accurate instantaneous unit hydrograph particularly for urban areas and for use in specifying the capacities of structures engineered to manage surface water runoff at the watershed catchment. The method uses map data verifie... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6505123 | Interactive weather advisory system A broadcast network for selectively transmitting individualized weather output signals to remote communicator devices. The broadcast network is comprised of a user input database, a communicator location database, a weather information database, a weather... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6498987 | System and method for providing personalized weather reports and the like A system and method for generating weather reports and the like which are precisely computed automatically for a particular individual user's geographic location and which are provided automatically directly to the individual user. A user establishes an i... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6496780 | Systems and methods for conveying weather reports A system for conveying a weather report includes a television transmitter, cable head-end or other broadcast device and a television receiver or other display device. A sequence of images broadcast by the transmitter and displayed by the receiver depict s... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6493633 | Systems and methods for distributing real-time site specific weather information An event notification system in accordance with the present invention includes a computer system configured to receive data indicative of an event to be warned for and to process the data to define a boundary for an area affected by the event. A distribut... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6490525 | Systems and methods for distributing real-time site-specific weather information A system for providing real-time site specific weather information comprises a weather alert manager that receives meteorological data and combines the meteorological data with a geographical grid covering a predefined geographic area to produce a storm p... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6484100 | Seismic surveying A seismic surveying method and system are disclosed. The method provides a remote display representative of the quality of the coverage of a seismic survey. The method includes progressively building up at the site of the survey a first data base of data ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6477468 | Atmospheric density modeling process using data from multiple satellites A moderate resolution model and computer coed to predict atmospheric density from data of atmospheric drag on satellites. Changes in atmospheric density are easily seen by plotting data from TLE sets, but the data is noisy and generally has many gaps in i... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6462665 | Method and apparatus for sending a weather condition alert A method and apparatus of an alert system for notifying subscribers of weather or hazardous conditions. A weather-tracking source or service broadcasts weather or hazardous conditions across the nation to alert the general public of potentially dangerous ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6453256 | System and method for automatically processing and calibrating data from a current measuring device A system, method and computer-program product for automatically calibrating a current measuring device. The system and method includes a means for automatically determining viable data segments that can be used for calibration purposes. A quality factor t... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6424917 | Weather typing system and method with spatial synoptic classification by sliding seed days The spatial synoptic classification (SSC) is modified by taking seed days within sliding periods so that seed days are selected from the warmest and coldest periods of the year and two intermediate periods. Artificial seed days are produced to represent t... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6408295 | System and method of using clustering to find personalized associations A system and method for developing association rules which are personalized for a customer. The method includes partitioning (clustering) a set of records corresponding to transactions of items into discrete segments so that different parts of the data sh... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6401039 | System and method for projecting storms using NEXRAD attributes The subject invention provides an improved system and method for combining data obtained from the NEXRAD™ system of the National Weather Service ("NWS") with geographical and topological database information to achieve an improved and informative graphi... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397163 | Method for determining thermal exposure of a product A computer-based method of determining a thermal exposure of a product disposed within a shipping container to determine whether a conditioned environment is required for shipping. A shipping route is defined from a first geographic location to a second g... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6356843 | System and method for detecting and displaying wind shear A computer based method of detecting and displaying rotational wind shear. Radial wind velocities within first and second adjacent gate sweeps produced by a radar system are detected in a predetermined geographic area, and are compared at points of equal ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6356842 | Space weather prediction system and method A system and method of forecasting space weather (at Earth or another location) based on identifying complex patterns in solar, interplanetary, or geophysical data. These data may include current or historical measurements and/or modeled data (predicted o... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6351218 | Method and apparatus for activating weather warning devices The invention provides a system and method for activating one or more warning devices, such as tornado sirens, from a remote or central location. Warning devices situated across geographically dispersed areas can be remotely controlled from a central loca... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6343255 | Method and system for providing weather information over the internet using data supplied through the internet and a wireless cellular data system A system and method for accessing and displaying weather information are shown. A weather station (102) collects weather information data from sensors (108-114) using a collection program and assembles the data as a data string in a memory. A station acce... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6339747 | Weather tracking and display system and method A system and method for preparing and manipulating a weather display including accurately displaying the current position of a weather storm cell and predicting and displaying a future path of the cell is provided. Various operator tools and functions are... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6326893 | Process and warning device for producing an early warning signal of slick road conditions For transmitting early warning signals of slick road conditions (1, 2, 3, 4), in addition to automatic measuring stations (AMS1-AMS5) that have probes for the weather conditions and the freezing point of liquid present on the road, virtual stations (VS1-V... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6317639 | Automatic wireless data reporting system and method Instrumentation systems and methods for monitoring an environmental condition at a location are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention include wireless communication elements which can transmit pictorial image data from a location being monitored to a se... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6307500 | Method of moment estimation and feature extraction for devices which measure spectra as a function of range or time The computation system of the present invention comprises an improved method of moment estimation for devices which measure spectra as a function of range or time. The preferred embodiment of this system is illustrated as part of an automated meteorologic... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6298307 | User specific real-time weather information source for compiling time varying weather conditions relating to future event The best-in-time forecasting system customizes its output forecast to the specific needs of a user and an identified event, which forecast is optimized as a function of the length of time between the receipt of the request and the time of the event. The b... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6297766 | Portable weather indicating device and method A portable weather indicating device includes a housing with a display that can be carried by a user during hiking, biking, or other activities. A communication link and microprocessor are located in the housing for receiving and processing weather data. ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295001 | Tornado warning system A pager receiver based system provides a method and an apparatus for receiving and detecting a tornado alert or other severe weather alert from the National Weather Service, determining the region or grid block to which the alert applies, and broadcasting... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6278947 | System and method for projecting storms using NEXRAD attributes The subject invention provides an improved system and method for combining data obtained from the NEXRAD™ system of the National Weather Service ("NWS") with geographical and topological database information to achieve an improved and informative graphi... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6275774 | System and methods for distributing real-time site specific weather information A system for providing real-time site specific weather information comprises a weather alert manager that receives meteorological data and combines the meteorological data with a geographical grid covering a predefined geographic area to produce a storm p... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6272433 | System and method for detecting and displaying wind shear A computer based method of detecting and displaying rotational wind shear. Radial wind velocities within first and second adjacent gate sweeps produced by a radar system are detected in a predetermined geographic area, and are compared at points of equal ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6269309 | System for collection dissemination and presentation of near real-time images of weather and runway conditions at distant locations A data collection and display system that displays near real-time images of distant weather and runway conditions to pilots and other end users to be used in flight planning and execution. The system uses cameras and hardware at the distant location, whic... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6256586 | System for predicting wind-driven setup or setdown in continental shelf region This system utilizes satellite observations of sea level variations, and relates them to wind stress through the use of an algorithm that generates a relationship between long time period climatologies of both sea level and wind stress. A linear transfer ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6255953 | Tornado warning system A pager receiver based system provides a method and an apparatus for receiving and detecting a tornado alert from the National Weather Service, determining the region to which the alert applies, and broadcasting an alert signal to a plurality of pager rec... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6246994 | System and method for providing standardized individual information A system and a process to facilitate transactions between individuals and providers of goods and/or services. The system includes a master database unit for retaining information related to various characteristics of interest of a plurality of individuals... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6240369 | Transmitting location-specific weather-related data to terminals within a plurality of regions A system for distributing weather information accepts differing types of such information for storage in a number of databases. Data representing levels of precipitation are stored in an overall database, to be overwritten as new data becomes available. D... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6232882 | Warning system and method for detection of tornadoes To differentiate between lightning strikes and tornado generated electromagnetic signals, a tornado detection system and method is made up of RF receiving circuits which receive signals at two frequencies, while implementing a time variable automated cali... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6211791 | Warning system for excessive apparent temperature conditions An apparent temperature monitor and/or alarm comprises separate sensors that monitor at least ambient temperature and humidity of a location in which an occupant resides. It has been noted that certain elderly and/or poor residents of urban areas may be u... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209026 | Central processing and combined central and local processing of personalized real-time traveler information over internet/intranet An Internet utility which receives information about a proposed trip, including trip origin, destination and time. The web based utility calculates at least one route and provides periodic automatic updates of information related to the route such as traf... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6208938 | Apparatus and method for monitoring and reporting weather conditions A weather monitoring, measuring and reporting system which uses unattended, high-resolution digital cameras and laser rangers to both measure and display weather conditions in a local region, such as the region surrounding an airport. Visibility is estima... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6204761 | Weather alert system A weather alert system to warn a user when an emergency signal has been broadcast and to simultaneously activate a television or other visual information source and to select a predetermined informational channel. The weather alert system includes a signa... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6201494 | Automatic storm finding weather radar An automatic storm finding weather radar is disclosed that uses a storm finding algorithm to automatically control the weather radar to eliminate manual control. The storm finding algorithm uses the 0° C. isotherm altitude where precipitation is most lik... | 03/13/2001 |
