International Business Machines Corporation

Alexandre Pfeifer

Lucas Correia Villa Real

Ulisses Mello

Renato Fontoura De Gusmao Cerqueira

Sergio Borger

Kiran Mantripragada

A infrastructure sensitivity centric weather forecast system, method of forecasting weather and a computer program product therefor. A forecasting computer applies a grid to a forecast area, locates infrastructure, e.g. power grid infrastructure, in the area and determines weather effects on infrastructure in each grid cell. A targeted selection module iteratively identifies grid cells for refinement in response to the weather effects on cell infrastructure. In each iteration a refined grid is applied to each grid cell identified as containing infrastructure that may be sensitive, or vulnerable, to expected weather. The forecasting computer refines the area considered to focus on area infrastructure and sensitivities/vulnerabilities to expected weather.

Growing community of inventors

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Alexandre Pfeifer