Identification of Similar Weather Scenes in Terminal Areas Based on Multiresolution Spatiotemporal Windows

Abstract

To accurately analyze the influence of similar weather scenes in the terminal area, a framework is proposed for identifying such scenarios based on the Multiresolution Spatiotemporal Window (MRSTW). The goal is to analyze the impact of similar weather patterns. This paper introduces a simple and effective method called the rasterized weather severity index (WSI) to reduce the dimensionality of data used for extracting air transport weather features, which can cause the loss of spatial information in an image. Additionally, the paper uses Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) and the Fuzzy C-mean (FCM) clustering algorithm to cluster time-series scenes influenced by convective weather in an unsupervised manner on a daily basis. The most similar weather scenes are then identified by searching for the same cluster within a multiresolution spatiotemporal window, using 4 h weather scenes as typical examples. Finally, the framework analyzes the impact of weather scenes on the operation of terminal area approach traffic flow by combining trajectory data. The findings demonstrate that this framework can effectively identify similar weather scenes and provide a more accurate reflection of their impact on the operation of terminal area approach traffic flow.