Weather monitoring model based on satellite data

Abstract

Weather monitoring model is closely related to the problem of objective analysis of the field of meteorology. The amount of meteorological data is quite substantial and hence the processing of these data is one of primary problems is dynamic meteorology. Therefore, a weather system model must consider atmospheric process, which can be built by mechanistic model rather than statistical approach. This model will be an integration of spatial model to find information based on location and time of weather condition. In this research, model of weather system will be constructed to monitor a daily weather conditions. Integration of numerical model (as mechanistic model) and spatial model will produce spatial weather information. It should be managed in one computerized system called as an information system for weather monitoring. The main objective of the study was to develop an information system for weather monitoring based on numerical model and geographic information system. In addition, this objective could be described as specific objectives as (1) To develop model design for simulating weather condition based on surface temperature data that was extracted from NOAA AVHRR Local Area Coverage satellite and digital elevation data (DEM) (2) To create algorithm and script of program for extracting NOAA AVHRR Local Area Coverage satellite data (3) To translate model design of weather monitoring system into computer algorithm (4) To build a package of application software for implementing model design for monitoring daily weather variables.