Real-time analysis of weather radar and highly accurate prediction of localized heavy rain Toshiba Digital Solutions|電経新聞

Real-time analysis of weather radar and highly accurate prediction of localized heavy rain Toshiba Digital Solutions

雨による災害への対策イメージ(Image of countermeasures against disasters caused by rain)

Toshiba Digital Solutions has released a “weather data service” that analyzes observation data received from weather radars in real time with high accuracy. As the first step, we will provide a “rainfall forecast service” that can predict localized heavy rain with high accuracy.
The “Rainfall Prediction Service” uses weather data generated by advanced data analysis to analyze data from public weather radars, without the need for customers to maintain and operate hardware such as weather radars. is possible.
Toshiba Digital Solutions expects to provide the service to public transportation businesses such as railways, roads, and aviation, infrastructure businesses in the construction and energy industries, local governments, medical institutions, and private weather operators.
By grasping rainfall information in advance before flooding of roads, flooding of rivers, landslides, and flooding of underground and buildings, traffic signal control and underpass closure, operation decision of various transportation systems, commercial facilities It can be used for measures such as evacuation orders from dangerous areas such as guiding people, and when holding outdoor events.