System and method for processing weather information
First Claim
1. A method of processing weather information, comprising:
- (a) receiving a plurality of NEXRAD attributes corresponding to a storm and storing said plurality of NEXRAD attributes in memory;
(b) deriving a storm position in XYZ coordinates in a three-dimensional coordinate space from a first selected group of the plurality of stored NEXRAD attributes;
(c) determining a projected storm path in the three-dimensional coordinate space using the derived storm position and a second selected group of the plurality of stored NEXRAD attributes; and
(d) displaying a graphical representation of the projected storm path.
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Abstract
Weather information provided to a system for processing is converted from a weather information source coordinate system to a three-dimensional XYZ coordinate system. Processing of the weather information, e.g., to determine a current location and predicted path of weather phenomena, and to determine geographic locations which are or may be affected by the weather phenomena, is accomplished in the three-dimensional XYZ coordinate system. Locations in the three-dimensional XYZ coordinate system may be converted to two-dimensional screen xy coordinates for the display of weather phenomena indications over a geographic map display without converting the weather phenomena locations to a latitude/longitude coordinate system.
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38 Claims
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1. A method of processing weather information, comprising:
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(a) receiving a plurality of NEXRAD attributes corresponding to a storm and storing said plurality of NEXRAD attributes in memory;
(b) deriving a storm position in XYZ coordinates in a three-dimensional coordinate space from a first selected group of the plurality of stored NEXRAD attributes;
(c) determining a projected storm path in the three-dimensional coordinate space using the derived storm position and a second selected group of the plurality of stored NEXRAD attributes; and
(d) displaying a graphical representation of the projected storm path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12)
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9. A method of processing weather information, comprising:
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(a) receiving weather information including a location of weather phenomenon from a weather information source;
(b) deriving a position of the weather phenomenon in XYZ coordinates in a three-dimensional coordinate space from the received weather information; and
(c) processing the weather information in the three-dimensional coordinate space. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for processing weather information, comprising:
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(a) a first database comprising a plurality of NEXRAD attributes corresponding to a storm;
(b) a processor communicating with the first database to derive a storm position in XYZ coordinates in a three-dimensional coordinate space from a first selected group of the plurality of the NEXRAD attributes and to determine a projected storm path in the three-dimensional coordinate space using the derived storm position and a second selected group of the plurality of NEXRAD attributes; and
(c) a display device communicating with the processor to display a graphical representation of the projected storm path. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system for processing weather information, comprising:
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(a) a first database comprising weather information including a location of weather phenomenon received from a weather information source; and
(b) a processor communicating with the first database to derive a position of the weather phenomenon in XYZ coordinates in a three-dimensional coordinate space from the weather information; and
to process the weather information in the three-dimensional coordinate space. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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