IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4879: Historical Typhoon Search Engine Based on Track Similarity

IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4879: Historical Typhoon Search Engine Based on Track Similarity International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16244879 Authors: Meng-Han Tsai Hao-Yung Chan Chun-Mo Hsieh Cheng-Yu Ho Hung-Kai Kung Yun-Cheng Tsai I-Cheng Cho The potential effect of a typhoon track on the extent of damage makes the track a critical factor during the emergency response phase. Historical typhoon data may provide information for decision makers to anticipate the impact of an upcoming typhoon and develop prevention strategies to reduce the damage. In our preliminary work, we proposed a track similarity algorithm and implemented a real-time search engine for past typhoon events. However, the proposed algorithm was not discussed thoroughly in the preliminary work, and the great number of historical typhoon track records slowed down the similarity calculations. In addition, the tool did not feature the option of automatically importing upcoming typhoon track predictions. This research introduces the assumption of the recentness dominance principle (RDP), explores the details of the track similarity algorithm of the preliminary work, completes the discussion of parameter setting, and developed a method to improve the efficiency of the similarity calculation. In this research, we implemented the proposed advanced methodology by developing a new information display panel featuring the ability to auto-import forecast data. T...
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