• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.536-541
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• 2014

Data through meteorological radar includes ground echo, sea-clutter echo, anomalous propagation echo, clear echo and so on. Each echo is a kind of non-precipitation echoes and the characteristic of individual echoes is analyzed in order to identify with non-precipitation. Meteorological radar data is analyzed through pre-processing procedure because the data is given as big data. In this study, echo pattern classifier is designed to distinguish non-precipitation echoes from precipitation echo in meteorological radar data using RBFNNs and echo judgement module. Output performance is compared and analyzed by using both HCM clustering-based RBFNNs and FCM clustering-based RBFNNs.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.1347-1348
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 기상레이더 데이터에서 섞여있는 강수에코 및 비강수에코를 분류하기 위하여 Interval Type-2 FCM based RBFNN의 도움으로 사례 및 에코 분류기의 설계를 제안한다. 학습과 테스트 데이터는 현재 기상청에서 사용하는 UF radar data를 사용하였으며, 사례 분류기와 에코패턴 분류기의 데이터를 각각 생성한다. 전처리 과정인 사례 분류를 통하여 강수사례 혹은 비강수사례를 분류하여 강수사례일 경우 에코패턴분류를 진행하며, 비강수사례일 경우 데이터에 관측된 모든 반사도 값을 제거한다. 사례 및 에코 분류기는 Interval Type-2 FCM based RBFNN을 통하여 패턴분류를 진행하며, 패턴분류 성능을 확인한다. 또한 후반부 파라미터의 동정 시, 각 규칙에 파라미터를 전역적으로 구하는 LSE와 각 규칙에 대한 파라미터를 독립적으로 구하는 WSLE의 비교연구를 수행한다. 분류기의 성능을 확인하기 위하여 사례 분류 후 에코패턴분류의 결과는 현재 기상청에서 사용하고는 품질검사(QC) 데이터와 비교하여 평가하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.217-222
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• 2015

Clustering is one of important data mining techniques known as exploratory data analysis and is being applied in various engineering and scientific fields such as pattern recognition, remote sensing, and so on. The method organizes data by abstracting underlying structure either as a grouping of individuals or as a hierarchy of groups. Weather radar observes atmospheric objects by utilizing reflected signals and stores observed data in corresponding coordinate. To analyze the radar data, it is needed to be separately organized precipitation and non-precipitation echo based on similarities. Thus, this paper studies to apply clustering method to radar data. In addition, in order to solve the problem when precipitation echo locates close to non-precipitation echo, fuzzy logic based clustering method which can consider both distance and other properties such as reflectivity and Doppler velocity is suggested in this paper. By using actual cases, the suggested clustering method derives better results than previous method in near-located precipitation and non-precipitation echo case.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.44 no.6
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• pp.557-577
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• 2023

This study defines non-precipitation information as areas with weak precipitation or cloud particles that radar cannot detect due to weak returned signals, and suggests methods for its utilization in data assimilation. Previous studies have demonstrated that assimilating radar data from precipitation echoes can produce precipitation in model analysis and improve subsequent precipitation forecast. However, this study also recognizes the non-precipitation information as valuable observation and seeks to assimilate it to suppress spurious precipitation in the model analysis and forecast. To incorporate non-precipitation information into data assimilation, we propose observation operators that convert radar non-precipitation information into hydrometeor mixing ratios and relative humidity for the Weather Research and Forecasting Data Assimilation system (WRFDA). We also suggest a preprocessing method for radar non-precipitation information. A single-observation experiment indicates that assimilating non-precipitation information fosters an environment conducive to inhibiting convection by lowering temperature and humidity. Subsequently, we investigate the impact of assimilating non-precipitation information to a real case on July 23, 2013, by performing a subsequent 9-hour forecast. The experiment that assimilates radar non-precipitation information improves the model's precipitation forecasts by showing an increase in the Fractional Skill Score (FSS) and a decrease in the False Alarm Ratio (FAR) compared to experiments in which do not assimilate non-precipitation information.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.545-550
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• 2013

In pattern recognition field, data classification is an essential process for extracting meaningful information from data. Adaptive boosting algorithm, known as AdaBoost algorithm, is a kind of improved boosting algorithm for applying to real data analysis. It consists of weak classifiers, such as random guessing or random forest, which performance is slightly more than 50% and weights for combining the classifiers. And a strong classifier is created with the weak classifiers and the weights. In this paper, a research is performed using AdaBoost algorithm for detecting chaff echo which has similar characteristics to precipitation echo and interrupts weather forecasting. The entire process for implementing chaff echo classifier starts spatial and temporal clustering based on similarity with weather radar data. With them, learning data set is prepared that separated chaff echo and non-chaff echo, and the AdaBoost classifier is generated as a result. For verifying the classifier, actual chaff echo appearance case is applied, and it is confirmed that the classifier can distinguish chaff echo efficiently.

• 한국지구과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.09a
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• pp.110-111
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• 2003

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.665-670
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• 2014

A SVM is a kind of binary classifier in order to find optimal hyperplane which separates training data into two groups. Due to its remarkable performance, the SVM is applied in various fields such as inductive inference, binary classification or making predictions. Also it is a representative black box model; there are plenty of actively discussed researches about analyzing trained SVM classifier. This paper conducts a study on a method that is automatically detecting the line-shaped echoes, sun strobe echo and radial interference echo, using the SVM algorithm because the line-shaped echoes appear relatively often and disturb weather forecasting process. Using a spatial clustering method and corrected reflectivity data in the weather radar, the training data is made up with mean reflectivity, size, appearance, centroid altitude and so forth. With actual occurrence cases of the line-shaped echoes, the trained SVM classifier is verified, and analyzed its characteristics using the decision tree method.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.562-568
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• 2014

There exist precipitation echo and non-precipitation echo in the meteorological radar. It is difficult to effectively issue the right weather forecast because of a difficulty in determining these ambiguous point. In this study, Data is extracted from UF data of meteorological radar used. Input and output data for designing two classifier were built up through the analysis of the characteristics of precipitation and non-precipitation. Selected input variables are considered for better performance and echo classifier is designed using fuzzy relation-based nueral network. Comparative studies on the performance of echo classifier are carried out by considering both echo judgement module 1 and module 2.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.47 no.12
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• pp.1227-1237
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• 2014

Dual-polarization can distinguish precipitation type and dual-polarization is provide not only meteorological phenomena in the atmosphere but also non-precipitation echoes. Therefore dual-polarization radar can improve radar estimates of rainfall. However polarimetric measurements by transmitting vertically vibration waves and horizontally vibrating waves simultaneously is contain systematic bias of the radar itself. Thus the calibration bias is necessary to improve quantitative precipitation estimation. In this study, the calibration bias of reflectivity (Z) and differential reflectivity ($Z_{DR}$) from the Bislsan dual-polarization radar is calculated using the 2-Dimensional Video Disdrometer (2DVD) data. And an improvement in rainfall estimation is investigated by applying derived calibration bias. A total of 33 rainfall cases occurring in Daegu from 2011 to 2012 were selected. As a results, the calibration bias of Z is about -0.3 to 5.5 dB, and $Z_{DR}$ is about -0.1 dB to 0.6 dB. In most cases, the Bislsan radar generally observes Z and $Z_{DR}$ variables lower than the simulated variables. Before and after calibration bias, compared estimated rainfall from the dual-polarization radar with AWS rain gauge in Daegu found that the mean bias has fallen by 1.69 to 1.54 mm/hr, and the RMSE has decreased by 2.54 to 1.73 mm/hr. And estimated rainfall comparing to the surface rain gauge as ground truth, rainfall estimation is improved about 7-61%.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.64 no.7
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• pp.1114-1124
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• 2015

In this paper, precipitation / non-precipitation pattern classification of meteorological radar data is conducted by using neuro-fuzzy algorithm. Structure expression of meteorological radar data information is analyzed in order to effectively classify precipitation and non-precipitation. Also diverse input variables for designing pattern classifier could be considered by exploiting the quantitative as well as qualitative characteristic of meteorological radar data information and then each characteristic of input variables is analyzed. Preferred pattern classifier can be designed by essential input variables that give a decisive effect on output performance as well as model architecture. As the proposed model architecture, neuro-fuzzy algorithm is designed by using FCM-based radial basis function neural network(RBFNN). Two parts of classifiers such as instance classifier part and echo classifier part are designed and carried out serially in the entire system architecture. In the instance classifier part, the pattern classifier identifies between precipitation and non-precipitation data. In the echo classifier part, because precipitation data information identified by the instance classifier could partially involve non-precipitation data information, echo classifier is considered to classify between them. The performance of the proposed classifier is evaluated and analyzed when compared with existing QC method.