CREARE LLC — Department of Commerce SBIR Phase I: 8.2.6
CREARE LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Commerce.
- Amount
- $119,911
- Agency
- Department of Commerce · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- 8.2.6
- Solicitation
- NOAA-2017-1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- NH
- Period
- 2017-06-12 → 2017-12-12
Description
Accurate marine weather nowcasts and forecasts are critical requirements for mariners to maintain situational awareness and ensure safe navigation for vessels, passengers, crew, and cargo. To best achieve this, reliable observations of atmospheric and sea conditions must be available at high spatial and temporal coverage. Unfortunately, existing approaches for marine weather observations are inadequate. To address this need, Creare proposes to develop the MarineCitizen software for collection and aggregation of marine observations using smartphones. MarineCitizen will enable collection of crowd-sourced marine observations through different modes of operation, including entry of manual observations and automated polling of weather sensors. The observational data will be uploaded to a central MarineCitizen server for dissemination via a web interface, as well as sharing on social media sites.