Abstract

Citizens are becoming providers of weather information through crowdsourcing on the Internet. In Korea and abroad, national weather service organizations and companies are using weather information provided by citizens for weather forecasting. Recently, it is necessary to pay attention to the changes and the current status of the producers of meteorological information in the meteorological field as they are aware of the importance of information management including data in academia. In this paper, first, the present status and problems of the weather observation network constructed by each weather information producer were identified. Second, to confirm the crowdsourcing in the meteorological area, the researchers directly participated in the weather forecasting process through crowdsourcing and analyzed the collection, utilization, and the possibility of weather record information. Third, prospects for the utilization of weather information through crowdsourcing were presented.