Weather forecasting for the 1996 Olympics

Author

Treinish, L.A.

Author_Institution

IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY

Volume

16

Issue

4

fYear

1996

fDate

7/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

10

Lastpage

13

Abstract

Most of us would agree that meteorologists need to improve the accuracy of their local forecasts. When planning and executing a highly public event-like the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games-where the weather can affect the activities, accurate forecasts become urgent. To improve the accuracy of forecasts for this year´s games in Atlanta, the National Weather Service (NWS) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) provides meteorological data plus warning and forecast services. The NWS aims to achieve an unprecedented level of precision in forecasting the weather at the Olympic games in Atlanta, using a number of new technologies, such as correlative 3D visualizations and a key mesoscale model-the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS)

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; data visualisation; digital simulation; geophysics computing; sport; weather forecasting; 1996 Olympic Games; Atlanta, GA, USA; NOAA; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; National Weather Service; RAMS; Regional Atmospheric Modeling System; accurate local forecasts; correlative 3D visualizations; mesoscale model; meteorological data; public event; warning service; weather forecasting; Atmospheric modeling; Computational modeling; Data visualization; Meteorology; Numerical models; Power system modeling; Predictive models; Read-write memory; Spatial resolution; Weather forecasting;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/38.511846

Filename

511846