OMB Individually Reported

Improvements in Global Nighttime Satellite Cloud Analyses for Weather and Climate

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Description

A k-nearest neighbors method is applied to overcome nighttime infrared satellite imagery sensitivity limits that dramatically improves nighttime cloud analyses and their consistency with daytime analyses.

Detailed example

nighttime cloud analyses and their consistency with daytime analyses

AI / analytics pattern

Classical/Predictive Machine Learning: Models trained on data to make predictions or classifications based on identified patterns or relationships.

Automation level / stage

a) Pre-deployment – The use case is in a development or acquisition status.

Expected benefit

A k-nearest neighbors method is applied to overcome nighttime infrared satellite imagery sensitivity limits that dramatically improves nighttime cloud analyses and their consistency with daytime analyses.

Controls / human review

ATO: Not reported; PIA: Not published