​​GET OUT - challenge
  • ​​APPS AND GAMES :
  • ​​Alexa skill
  • ​​Browser/eReader plugin that will grab weather data when a date is mentioned in the text (past or future)
  • ​​Twitter/app: the “British Weather Conversation Generator”: did you know this week is the wettest first week of March since 1976?
  • ​​Put the current weather forecast in Minecraft.
  • ​​Where is it safe to fly my drone? Wind speeds above surface and wind gusts, rain…
  • ​​ROUTE PLANNING:
  • ​​Air quality , slip proof for running routes.
  • ​​Feeding weather data into Satnavs real-time. 
  • ​​Forecast traffic in 60 minutes, to allow bus service planning. How about tomorrow morning?
  • ​​An application that helps me plot bike routes that avoid wind.
  • ​​Recalculate driving route using flood forecast.
  • ​​POLUTION AND TRAFFIC
  • ​​Performance of runner influence of weather/air pollution.
  • ​​Collision/proximity heatmap support from instrumental bikes or bus stops.
  • ​​Relation between traffic, weather, pollution and accidents. 
  • ​​Interactive maps of trends in rain/weather/fire accidents, and causes to analyse the resource allocations. 
  • ​​What I am breathing? Use air trajectories, emissions data and air quality nowcasting. e.g. car fumes from one place how is affected by Atlantic air.
  • ​​WEATHER PATTERNS:
  • ​​How can we use weather climate data to help city planners to be more water resilient cultures?
  • ​​Study movement of animals based on the weather, climate, fire, storms in Africa. 
  • ​​Rangeland and herd management application for farmers ranchers and pastoralists.
  • ​​Tell me where I should live: “I would like to live in a place mix with population density , weather, I like to do this activity or other…Input different: house addresses/cities/countries and general pollution/temperature/precipitation/fire data.
  • ​​Analysing the patterns of weather/climate over the years and finding the possible causes (pollution, temperature, population) for protecting environment.
  • ​​FORECASTING OF EVENTS
  • ​​Generate hydroelectric energy generation projections.
  • ​​Climate change on flora/fauna. Will plants and animals move, shrink, grow in their distributions? Are they sensitive to sun, temperature, rain?
  • ​​Event calculation: when is the best time to schedule an event (wedding, tour)?
  • ​​Holiday weather forecasting to help you pack.  
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