STORM EYE IDENTIFICATION USING FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEM

In this paper, a study of the novel technique based on Fuzzy Inference Sys tem (FIS) for storm eye identification has been presented. The ocean wind vectors are provided by the NASA QuikSCAT satellite to predict the significance of tropical cycloge nesis. This database is slightly noisy, incomplete and indirect. For this reason, the cloud satellite image can be an alternative option. However, the cloud shape may be ambiguous, which can introduce a long search time. As a result, utilizing combined information from both resources can lead to a reduction in resource deficiency. The FIS is used to describe the uncertain behavior of the complex system consisting of several factors. It provides ability to model the dynamic behavior of the storm and designates the best candidate eye position in the region of interest. Then, the spiral cloud model is adopted to enhance the search results in order to achieve the accurate eye position. The experimental results are conducted based on six reference storms. The proposed system offers higher flexibility in analyzing the storm eye position with the minimum average distance error of 92.8 km and approximately 16.25% less average distance error compared to the reference. This demonstrates the significant performance improvement in detecting the eye location of the storm.