New open-source Arctic images dataset coming(news.mit.edu)

16 pointsby SleekEaglevor 3 Jahren4 comments

news.mit.edu

New open-source Arctic images dataset coming

https://news.mit.edu/2023/new-dataset-arctic-images-will-spur-artificial-intelligence-research-0724

3 comments

mojomarkvor 3 Jahren

This is an extremely annoying read. I was hoping for a rich dataset. The USCG and Government datasets are extremely sparse - especially in polar regions. Here you have the US Healy traversing the arctic and the only data collection this team sought to obtain from this voyage was a FLIR images and and broken up video clips (day rates for such vessels can easily run in the $50K/day US). What about filling the vast gaps in subsurface ocean and ice data? What about RF signal reception? Biological data?

"We had 100-foot cables made for this project just in case of this type of scenario, which was a good thing because we only had a few inches to spare," Emily says.

I'm sorry, but that's just 100% poor planning (read 100% "avoidable" by simply mapping the cable route ship arrangement drawings a priori) that almost jeopardized the entire data gathering effort. It's a single surveillance camera and data storage, mounted on a bulkhead. Not rocket science.

I would honestly be embarrassed to be interviewed for this article if this were me.

Apologies for venting, but this is really frustrating.

briantakitavor 3 Jahren

Does the magnetic polar shift affect the jetstream? If the jetstream is affected, would the regional temperatures be affected? Would the weakening magnetosphere affect jetstreams & temperature? If so, how?

amstanvor 3 Jahren

Why is the term open source used here? Sigh

SleekEaglevor 3 Jahren

tbh i was wondering the same thing, I wasn't sure if people use that for datasets now