A social Beaufort scale to detect high winds using language in social media posts

Abstract People often talk about the weather on social media, using different vocabulary to describe different conditions. Here we combine a large collection of wind-related Twitter posts (tweets) and UK Met Office wind speed observations to explore the relationship between tweet volume, tweet langu...

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Main Authors: Iain S. Weaver, Hywel T. P. Williams, Rudy Arthur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82808-x