Paper Real-Time International Weather Data in GIS Formats

Author: Ron Sznaider
Organization: Kavouras Inc.

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A wide variety of real-time weather data from sources around the world, updated as often as once per minute, is converted into several Esri GIS formats. Using this data, numerous examples of potential weather-related decision support systems can be developed. Several specific ArcView GIS and MapObjects implementations of weather data merged with GIS are highlighted. Different examples of visualization and analysis of weather data within GIS are demonstrated. The collection, quality control, value-added processing, and delivery of the data are also explained.