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Generating digital forecast matrices from gridded forecasts in the Interactive Forecast Preparation System
Mark G. Oberfield, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and K. V. Pegion
The National Weather Service is currently implementing an Interactive Forecast Preparation System (IFPS) that assists forecasters in creating forecast products. With IFPS, forecasters work with a suite of gridded weather elements to produce a digital forecast database.
This paper describes a set of techniques used to create representative areal forecasts from a digital forecast database. These techniques summarize large amounts of data, extracted from gridded weather elements, into another, more condensed form that product generators can use to create official NWS products.
Session 5, Interactive Forecast Preparation System—Operational Employment
Tuesday, 15 January 2002, 2:00 PM-5:15 PM
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