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http://dx.doi.org/10.9717/kmms.2013.16.11.1239

A Visualization Method of High Definition Weather Radar Information for various GIS Platforms  

Jang, Bong-Joo (한국건설기술연구원 수자원연구실)
Lim, Sanghun (한국건설기술연구원 수자원연구실)
Lee, Suk-Hwan (동명대학교 정보보호학과)
Moon, Kwang-Seok (부경대학교 전자공학과)
Chandrasekar, V. (콜로라도주립대학교)
Kwon, Ki-Ryong (부경대학교 IT융합응용공학과)
Publication Information
Journal of Korea Multimedia Society / v.16, no.11, 2013 , pp. 1239-1249 More about this Journal
Abstract
According to development of weather radar, researches about observation, analysis or forecast of weather phenomena such as tornado, flash-flood etc. were encouraged by reducing frequency interferences, transmission noises, attenuations of radar signal. In contrast, there is a growing interest in the visualization and expression methods for weather radar data but weather radar manufacturers or the organs of government for weather are just busy interpreting expressed weather images projected on GIS. We propose an effective high definition weather radar information visualization method able to apply various GIS platforms to observe and take actions against rapid local weather changes effectively. In this paper, first we change information acquired from weather radar to raster or vector type high definition data structures using specific algorithms. And then, we quadrate our processed raster/vector type weather data with various GIS platforms accurately to make observers can recognize and check weather situations over exact geographical positions and elevations intuitively. Experimental results verify that our method make observers can recognize and analyze weather changes, tornados, local downpours or flash floods accurately by analyzing high definition weather radar data combined with GIS platform including detailed target locations and elevations.
Keywords
GIS; Weather Radar; Weather information visualization; High Definition;
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