System and Method for Presenting Wind Speed Information
First Claim
1. A method of presenting wind speed information, comprising:
- (a) receiving wind data defining wind detected for a geographic area;
(b) deriving from the wind data wind speed contour lines delineating regions within the geographic area at which wind speeds within a selected range of wind speeds have been detected; and
(c) displaying the wind speed contour lines overlaid on a graphical representation of the geographic area to provide a wind speed information presentation.
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Abstract
A system and method for presenting wind speed information in a manner so as to be easily understood and appreciated by viewers of televised weather report presentations and the like. Wind speed information is presented as two or three-dimensional wind speed contour lines, delineating geographic areas corresponding to different wind speeds, overlaid on a geographic map display either alone, or in combination with radar reflectivity information. Wind velocity information received from a weather radar system, such as NEXRAD, relative to the weather radar is converted to absolute wind speed information for display.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of presenting wind speed information, comprising:
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(a) receiving wind data defining wind detected for a geographic area; (b) deriving from the wind data wind speed contour lines delineating regions within the geographic area at which wind speeds within a selected range of wind speeds have been detected; and (c) displaying the wind speed contour lines overlaid on a graphical representation of the geographic area to provide a wind speed information presentation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for generating a wind speed information presentation, comprising:
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(a) a geography database including graphical representations of geographic areas; (b) a graphical display device; and (c) a computer system connected to the geography database to retrieve graphical representations of geographic areas therefrom, to the graphical display device, and to a source of wind data and adapted to receive wind data defining wind detected for a geographic area from the source of wind data, to derive from the wind data wind speed contour lines delineating regions within the geographic area at which wind speeds within a selected range of wind speeds have been detected; and
to display on the graphical display device the wind speed contour lines overlaid on a graphical representation of the geographic area to provide a wind speed information presentation. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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