Abstract
 The Use of Grid System within National Weather Service Track: Climate, Weather and Atmosphere Author(s): Yekaterina Shkolnikova The National Weather Service (NWS) is developing a tool to manage weather systems. This tool focuses on using grids. The grid system helps locate a point on a two-dimensional surface and gives its precise latitude and longitude values. Also, the grid system serves many other functions such as determining the coverage area or specifying the location of particular weather equipment in relation to other equipment types and areas such as counties, congressional districts, or county warning areas. The grid data is part of a geographical database at the National Weather Service. This dataset is produced using Spatial Analyst and ArcInfo 9.1. These grid cells can also be created in Visual Basic using ArcObjects. This paper will take a closer look at how National Weather Service utilizes the grids to perform spatial analysis and explore some of its products created by grid data. Yekaterina Shkolnikova NWS-NOAA 1325 east west highway Silver Spring , MD 20910 US Phone: (301)713-1012 E-mail: yekaterina.shkolnikova@noaa.gov |
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