Build an ERA5 Coastal Storm Surge Wind Reconciler
Extract marine 10-metre wind speeds from ERA5 reanalysis grids to reconstruct coastal storm exposure events. Correlate peak gust footprints against port asset schedules to resolve basis risk disputes.
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Extract marine 10-metre wind speeds from ERA5 reanalysis grids to reconstruct coastal storm exposure events. Correlate peak gust footprints against port asset schedules to resolve basis risk disputes.
Marine Terminal Risk Assessor
Retrieve ERA5 10m u/v wind vector grids across coastal target coordinates.
Calculate sustained wind speeds and peak gust velocities during storm events.
Intersect wind vector contours with port infrastructure and crane asset locations.
Generate a structured windstorm reconciliation dossier quantifying anemometer basis discrepancies.
Interactive wind vector timeline viewer, historical storm track overlays, and basis uncertainty discrepancy tables.
Use cdsapi to fetch ERA5 single levels surface wind variables over coastal bounding boxes or read sample NetCDF files. Starter examples below are synthetic. They are not downloaded records.
Copernicus Climate Data Store client Interacts with cdsapi Client retrieve method querying reanalysis-era5-single-levels with 10m_u_component_of_wind and 10m_v_component_of_wind.
ray-serve, cdsapi, netCDF4, uvicorn. Distributes high-volume spatio-temporal NetCDF grid slicing across concurrent worker replicas for fast API responses. Fast inference API endpoint paired with Ray distributed compute cluster or local multicore runtime.
Submit runnable source, pinned dependencies, setup commands, a working interface, example outputs, and a recorded end-to-end demo. Include tests and an action log.
Reanalysis wind speeds correctly computed from vector components (u, v).
Ray Serve endpoint responds to concurrent port coordinate reconciliation requests.
Calculates delta between on-site anemometer readings and ERA5 grid cells.
```json [ { "input": { "terminal_id": "PORT-CRANE-EAST", "era5_u10": 24.5, "era5_v10": 18.2, "onsite_anemometer_ms": 32, "contract_trigger_ms": 28 }, "expected_output": { "terminal_id": "PORT-CRANE-EAST", "reanalysis_wind_speed_ms": 30.52, "trigger_exceeded": true, "basis_discrepancy_ms": 1.48, "settlement_confidence": "HIGH" } }, { "input": { "terminal_id": "PORT-CRANE-WEST", "era5_u10": 14.1, "era5_v10": 9.5, "onsite_anemometer_ms": 18, "contract_trigger_ms": 28 }, "expected_output": { "terminal_id": "PORT-CRANE-WEST", "reanalysis_wind_speed_ms": 17, "trigger_exceeded": false, "basis_discrepancy_ms": 1, "settlement_confidence": "HIGH" } } ] ```
Produces simulated wind reconciliation evidence; does not certify crane structural integrity or authorize insurance payouts. Use mock external writes. Require human review before any real deployment.
Participation guide
Produces simulated wind reconciliation evidence; does not certify crane structural integrity or authorize insurance payouts. Use mock external writes and human review.
How work is evaluated
Reanalysis wind speeds correctly computed from vector components (u, v). Ray Serve endpoint responds to concurrent port coordinate reconciliation requests. Calculates delta between on-site anemometer readings and ERA5 grid cells.
Runnable source, pinned dependencies, setup commands, working interface, example outputs, recorded demo, tests, and action logs.
Challenge datasets
Public datasets, plus the private datasets you have access to.
How submissions are scored
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Complete workflow
Retrieve ERA5 10m u/v wind vector grids across coastal target coordinates. Calculate sustained wind speeds and peak gust velocities during storm events. Intersect wind vector contours with port infrastructure and crane asset locations. Generate a structured windstorm reconciliation dossier quantifying anemometer basis discrepancies.
Missing or incorrect.
Partly complete, with documented gaps.
Complete, with reproducible evidence.
Correctness and evidence
Reanalysis wind speeds correctly computed from vector components (u, v). Ray Serve endpoint responds to concurrent port coordinate reconciliation requests. Calculates delta between on-site anemometer readings and ERA5 grid cells.
Missing or incorrect.
Partly complete, with documented gaps.
Complete, with reproducible evidence.
Review interface
Interactive wind vector timeline viewer, historical storm track overlays, and basis uncertainty discrepancy tables.
Missing or incorrect.
Partly complete, with documented gaps.
Complete, with reproducible evidence.
Safe execution
Produces simulated wind reconciliation evidence; does not certify crane structural integrity or authorize insurance payouts.
This dimension contributes its full weight only when the submission satisfies the requirement. Partial credit is not awarded.
What you should walk away with
Retrieve ERA5 10m u/v wind vector grids across coastal target coordinates.
Calculate sustained wind speeds and peak gust velocities during storm events.
Intersect wind vector contours with port infrastructure and crane asset locations.
Generate a structured windstorm reconciliation dossier quantifying anemometer basis discrepancies.
Reference links and supporting material
Use cdsapi to fetch ERA5 single levels surface wind variables over coastal bounding boxes or read sample NetCDF files. Supplied starter examples are synthetic, not source extracts.
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- Retrieve ERA5 10m u/v wind vector grids across coastal target coordinates. Calculate sustained wind speeds...
- Reanalysis wind speeds correctly computed from vector components (u, v). Ray Serve endpoint responds to con...
- Interactive wind vector timeline viewer, historical storm track overlays, and basis uncertainty discrepancy...
- 2 public reference cases
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- Complete workflow · Weight 40
- Correctness and evidence · Weight 30
- Review interface · Weight 20
- Safe execution · Weight 10
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