Rain Sense Innovative and Social Sensing for Urban Extreme Weather Preparation

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1 Rain Sense Innovative and Social Sensing for Urban Extreme Weather Preparation 7/3/15 RJ Sips, W Koole, R Uijlenhoet, A Overeem, MB van Riemsdijk, MC ten Veldhuis Delft University of Technology Challenge the future

2 Who of you owns a Smartphone (Yes: please raise it)

3 Who has installed a weather app on your phone? (No: please lower hand)

4 Who of you uses this app on a regular basis?

5 Who of you uses this app on a regular basis? And Who of you was caught in the rain in the past days here in Budapest (or before)?

6 We had a similar problem on City scale in Amsterdam last year

7 We had a similar problem on City scale in Amsterdam last year And on street level. This happened

8 And on street level. This happened

9 And on street level. This happened Amsterdam, 28 July 2014

10 At a moment like this, it is very difficult to understand where problems are occurring in the city. And how the rainfall is impacting the city on detail level.

11 City weather Rainfall (and climate) and effects of extreme weather differ per street

12 RainSense To mitigate flooding we need Street-level predictions

13 Simple solution: Invest in measurements and infrastructure Example Amsterdam Rainproof

14 Unfortunately Not everyone can afford this

15 Rain Sense TAHMO: the world s cheapest weather station

16 Innovative Sensing: Rain measurements

17 Social Sensing: Citizen Observatories and existing infrastructure Embedded sensors (humidity, temperature, sound, )

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19 7/3/15 Delft University of Technology Challenge the future

20 Machine Learning to the rescue: Combining these noisy data

21 Previous work Emergency detection Micro Climate (heat island)

22 Amsterdam Rain Sensing Experiment

23 Bringing a low-cost raincloud to the world

24 Rain Sense Innovative and Social Sensing for Urban Extreme Weather Preparation 7/3/15 RJ Sips, W Koole, R Uijlenhoet, A Overeem, MB van Riemsdijk, MC ten Veldhuis Delft University of Technology Challenge the future

25 Who of you owns a Smartphone (Yes: please raise it)

26 Who has installed a weather app on your phone? (No: please lower hand)

27 Who of you uses this app on a regular basis?

28 Who of you uses this app on a regular basis? And Who of you was caught in the rain in the past days here in Budapest (or before)?

29 We had a similar problem on City scale in Amsterdam last year

30 We had a similar problem on City scale in Amsterdam last year And on street level. This happened

31 And on street level. This happened

32 And on street level. This happened Amsterdam, 28 July 2014

33 At a moment like this, it is very difficult to understand where problems are occurring in the city. And how the rainfall is impacting the city on detail level.

34 City weather Rainfall (and climate) and effects of extreme weather differ per street

35 RainSense To mitigate flooding we need Street-level predictions

36 Simple solution: Invest in measurements and infrastructure Example Amsterdam Rainproof

37 Unfortunately Not everyone can afford this

38 Rain Sense TAHMO: the world s cheapest weather station

39 Innovative Sensing: Rain measurements

40 Social Sensing: Citizen Observatories and existing infrastructure Embedded sensors (humidity, temperature, sound, )

41

42 7/3/15 Delft University of Technology Challenge the future

43 Machine Learning to the rescue: Combining these noisy data

44 Previous work Emergency detection Micro Climate (heat island)

45 Amsterdam Rain Sensing Experiment

46 Bringing a low-cost raincloud to the world