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Spruce, MD, Arthur, R, Robbins, J and Williams, HTP (2021) Social sensing of high-impact rainfall events worldwide: a benchmark comparison against manually curated impact observations. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 21 (8). pp. 2407-2425. ISSN 1561-8633
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Abstract
Impact-based weather forecasting and warnings create the need for reliable sources of impact data to generate and evaluate models and forecasts. Here we compare outputs from social sensing – analysis of unsolicited social media data, in this case from Twitter – against a manually curated impact database created by the Met Office. The study focuses on high-impact rainfall events across the globe between January–June 2017. Social sensing successfully identifies most high-impact rainfall events present in the manually curated database, with an overall accuracy of 95 %. Performance varies by location, with some areas of the world achieving 100 % accuracy. Performance is best for severe events and events in English-speaking countries, but good performance is also seen for less severe events and in countries speaking other languages. Social sensing detects a number of additional high-impact rainfall events that are not recorded in the Met Office database, suggesting that social sensing can usefully extend current impact data collection methods and offer more complete coverage. This work provides a novel methodology for the curation of impact data that can be used to support the evaluation of impact-based weather forecasts.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 0403 Geology; 0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; 0911 Maritime Engineering; Strategic, Defence & Security Studies |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences T Technology > T Technology (General) |
| Divisions: | Liverpool Business School |
| Publisher: | Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Mar 2024 14:19 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Mar 2024 14:19 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.5194/nhess-21-2407-2021 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/22737 |
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