Chrs Apps
iRain is the first global real-time crowdsourced rainfall observation system developed through a joint research project by scientists at the Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing (CHRS, http://chrs.web.uci.edu) at the University of California, Irvine, and the Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC, http://imsc.usc.edu) at the University of Southern California.
iRain consists of a database server, an application server and mobile apps for smartphones and tablets using iOS or Android.
iRain supports both public rain observation and on-demand requests through tasks. Tasks can be posted to iRain from user’s phones or via a web portal. Thereafter the tasks will be crowdsourced among available nearby workers queried by advanced geographical techniques. When a task is completed by a worker, its result is automatically reported to the server for quality control before sending to the requester. The on-demand crowdsourced data is considered as private data of the requesters.
iRain is expected to be a useful resource for both the public and research community, especially for improving the quality of real-time satellite precipitation observation, eg. G-WADI PERSIANN-CCS GeoServer http://chrs.web.uci.edu.
iRain homepage: http://irain.eng.uci.edu
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