Title :
Vehicular tornado warnings
Author :
Dasgupta, Anindita ; Callahan, Dale W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Alabama Univ., Birmingham, AL, USA
fDate :
6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper presents a prototype of a system for providing improved tornado warnings. The system is capable of being embedded into an automobile to track the position of the vehicle and warn when the vehicle is in the direct path of a tornado, even providing an estimated time of impact. The prototype provides-exact location of the vehicle or facility using Global Positioning System (GPS) and retrieves the data transmitted by the National Weather Service (NWS). In the case of moving vehicles, special algorithms may be used to determine the speed and direction of the vehicle and then compared to the speed and direction of the possible tornado.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; atmospheric techniques; automobiles; storms; weather forecasting; GPS; Global Positioning System; NWS; National Weather Service; algorithms; automobile; estimated time of impact; moving vehicles; natural disasters; system prototype; vehicle direction; vehicle position tracking; vehicle speed; vehicular tornado warnings; Automobiles; Broadcast technology; Computerized monitoring; Decoding; Global Positioning System; Prototypes; Radio broadcasting; Receivers; Tornadoes; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 2002. VTC Spring 2002. IEEE 55th
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7484-3
DOI :
10.1109/VTC.2002.1002551