{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2099247572","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/pccc.2012.6407739","title":"CloudCast: Cloud computing for short-term mobile weather forecasts","display_name":"CloudCast: Cloud computing for short-term mobile weather forecasts","publication_year":2012,"publication_date":"2012-12-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2099247572","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/pccc.2012.6407739","mag":"2099247572"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/pccc.2012.6407739","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/pccc.2012.6407739","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2012 IEEE 31st International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5082892031","display_name":"Dilip Kumar Krishnappa","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I24603500","display_name":"University of Massachusetts Amherst","ror":"https://ror.org/0072zz521","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I24603500"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Dilip Kumar Krishnappa","raw_affiliation_strings":["Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of Massachusetts Amherst","Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of Massachusetts Amherst","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I24603500"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I24603500"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5059310848","display_name":"David Irwin","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1722-4927"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I24603500","display_name":"University of Massachusetts Amherst","ror":"https://ror.org/0072zz521","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I24603500"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"David Irwin","raw_affiliation_strings":["Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of Massachusetts Amherst","Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of Massachusetts Amherst","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I24603500"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I24603500"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5025404235","display_name":"Eric Lyons","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9692-0076"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I24603500","display_name":"University of Massachusetts Amherst","ror":"https://ror.org/0072zz521","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I24603500"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Eric Lyons","raw_affiliation_strings":["Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of Massachusetts Amherst","Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of Massachusetts Amherst","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I24603500"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I24603500"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5085746671","display_name":"Michael Zink","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0309-9240"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I24603500","display_name":"University of Massachusetts Amherst","ror":"https://ror.org/0072zz521","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I24603500"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Michael Zink","raw_affiliation_strings":["Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of Massachusetts Amherst","Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of Massachusetts Amherst","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I24603500"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I24603500"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5082892031"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I24603500"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.546,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":14,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.93329857,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"61","last_page":"70"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11896","display_name":"Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks","score":0.991599977016449,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11896","display_name":"Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks","score":0.991599977016449,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10101","display_name":"Cloud Computing and Resource Management","score":0.986299991607666,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10273","display_name":"IoT and Edge/Fog Computing","score":0.9854999780654907,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/nowcasting","display_name":"Nowcasting","score":0.9682629108428955},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7215362787246704},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cloud-computing","display_name":"Cloud computing","score":0.7078186273574829},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/bottleneck","display_name":"Bottleneck","score":0.5930942893028259},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/term","display_name":"Term (time)","score":0.5393085479736328},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/meteorology","display_name":"Meteorology","score":0.4788760542869568},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/weather-forecasting","display_name":"Weather forecasting","score":0.4537544250488281},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/real-time-computing","display_name":"Real-time computing","score":0.4382782280445099},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cloud-cover","display_name":"Cloud cover","score":0.4358100891113281},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/radar","display_name":"Radar","score":0.43117737770080566},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/severe-weather","display_name":"Severe weather","score":0.4207788109779358},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/embedded-system","display_name":"Embedded system","score":0.11335805058479309},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/storm","display_name":"Storm","score":0.11230519413948059},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/geography","display_name":"Geography","score":0.10690078139305115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.09895184636116028},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/telecommunications","display_name":"Telecommunications","score":0.08509308099746704}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781013037","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1433331","display_name":"Nowcasting","level":2,"score":0.9682629108428955},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7215362787246704},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79974875","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483639","display_name":"Cloud computing","level":2,"score":0.7078186273574829},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780513914","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18210350","display_name":"Bottleneck","level":2,"score":0.5930942893028259},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C61797465","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1188986","display_name":"Term (time)","level":2,"score":0.5393085479736328},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153294291","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25261","display_name":"Meteorology","level":1,"score":0.4788760542869568},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21001229","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182868","display_name":"Weather forecasting","level":2,"score":0.4537544250488281},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79403827","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3988","display_name":"Real-time computing","level":1,"score":0.4382782280445099},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206887242","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q830457","display_name":"Cloud cover","level":3,"score":0.4358100891113281},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C554190296","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47528","display_name":"Radar","level":2,"score":0.43117737770080566},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187460315","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q741507","display_name":"Severe weather","level":3,"score":0.4207788109779358},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149635348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193040","display_name":"Embedded system","level":1,"score":0.11335805058479309},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105306849","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81054","display_name":"Storm","level":2,"score":0.11230519413948059},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.10690078139305115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.09895184636116028},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.08509308099746704},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/pccc.2012.6407739","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/pccc.2012.6407739","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2012 IEEE 31st International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","score":0.6200000047683716}],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","display_name":"National Science Foundation","ror":"https://ror.org/021nxhr62"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":30,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W59821061","https://openalex.org/W1620462276","https://openalex.org/W1975423361","https://openalex.org/W1990102402","https://openalex.org/W1991662581","https://openalex.org/W2056021206","https://openalex.org/W2058913535","https://openalex.org/W2078473062","https://openalex.org/W2103128343","https://openalex.org/W2104560855","https://openalex.org/W2111473540","https://openalex.org/W2129247885","https://openalex.org/W2135575903","https://openalex.org/W2136717145","https://openalex.org/W2140919237","https://openalex.org/W2142449826","https://openalex.org/W2150058384","https://openalex.org/W2153529786","https://openalex.org/W2156165081","https://openalex.org/W2157671463","https://openalex.org/W2163200691","https://openalex.org/W2163349370","https://openalex.org/W2171741236","https://openalex.org/W2210785766","https://openalex.org/W2406065145","https://openalex.org/W3150630553","https://openalex.org/W4288911636","https://openalex.org/W6602480254","https://openalex.org/W6682290801","https://openalex.org/W6714028978"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4385740952","https://openalex.org/W4376140660","https://openalex.org/W4383668280","https://openalex.org/W4323043499","https://openalex.org/W2036477442","https://openalex.org/W2460369835","https://openalex.org/W4322001589","https://openalex.org/W2392778080","https://openalex.org/W4383374527","https://openalex.org/W4383217941"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Since":[0,36],"today's":[1],"weather":[2,15,29,38,59,73],"forecasts":[3,30],"only":[4],"cover":[5],"large":[6],"regions":[7],"every":[8],"few":[9],"hours,":[10],"their":[11],"use":[12],"in":[13,119,143],"severe":[14,37],"is":[16,39],"limited.":[17],"In":[18],"this":[19],"paper,":[20],"we":[21,123],"present":[22],"CloudCast,":[23],"an":[24,56,128],"application":[25],"that":[26,91,133],"provides":[27],"short-term":[28,72],"depending":[31],"on":[32],"users":[33],"current":[34],"location.":[35],"rare,":[40],"CloudCast":[41,51,125],"leverages":[42],"pay-as-you-go":[43],"cloud":[44,62],"platforms":[45],"to":[46,61,85,139],"eliminate":[47],"dedicated":[48],"computing":[49],"infrastructure.":[50],"has":[52],"two":[53],"components:":[54],"1)":[55],"architecture":[57],"linking":[58],"radars":[60],"resources,":[63],"and":[64,112,131],"2)":[65],"a":[66,101,136,140],"Nowcasting":[67],"algorithm":[68],"for":[69,103,116],"generating":[70],"accurate":[71],"forecasts.":[74],"We":[75,107],"study":[76],"CloudCast's":[77],"design":[78],"space,":[79],"which":[80],"requires":[81],"significant":[82],"data":[83,149],"staging":[84],"the":[86,120],"cloud.":[87],"Our":[88],"results":[89],"indicate":[90],"serial":[92],"transfers":[93,99],"achieve":[94],"tolerable":[95],"throughput,":[96],"while":[97],"parallel":[98],"represent":[100],"bottleneck":[102],"real-time":[104],"mobile":[105,141],"Nowcasting.":[106],"also":[108],"analyze":[109],"forecast":[110],"accuracy":[111,115],"show":[113,132],"high":[114],"ten":[117],"minutes":[118,147],"future.":[121],"Finally,":[122],"execute":[124],"live":[126],"using":[127],"on-campus":[129],"radar,":[130],"it":[134],"delivers":[135],"15-minute":[137],"Nowcast":[138],"client":[142],"less":[144],"than":[145],"2":[146],"after":[148],"sampling":[150],"started.":[151]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}