automated surface weather system
1automated surface observation system — A surface weather observing system implemented by the U.S. National Weather Service, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the U.S. Department of Defense in the United States. The system is designed to support aviation operation and weather… …
2Automated airport weather station — Automated airport weather stations are automated sensor suites which are designed to serve aviation and meteorological observing needs for safe and efficient aviation operations and weather forecasting. Automated airport weather stations have… …
3Surface weather observation — Surface weather observations are the fundamental data used for safety as well as climatological reasons to forecast weather and issue warnings worldwide. [Office of the Federal Coordinator of Meteorology. [http://www.ofcm.gov/fmh 1/pdf/B CH2.pdf… …
4Surface weather analysis — A surface weather analysis is a special type of weather map that provides a view of weather elements over a geographical area at a specified time based on information from ground based weather stations. [ Air Apparent: How Meteorologists Learned… …
5History of surface weather analysis — The history of surface weather analysis concerns the timetable of developments related to surface weather analysis. Initially a tool of study for the behavior of storms, surface weather analyses became a work in progress to explain current… …
6Weather forecasting — weather forecaster redirects here. For other uses, see Weatherman (disambiguation). Forecast of surface pressures five days into the future for the north Pacific, North America, and north Atlantic ocean. Weather forecasting is the application of… …
7Weather radar — in Norman, Oklahoma with rainshaft …
8Weather station — at Mildura Airport, Victoria, Australia. A weather station is a facility, either on land or sea, with instruments and equipment for observing atmospheric conditions to provide information for weather forecasts and to study the weather and climate …
9Weather balloon — and student volunteer at NWS Weather Forecast Office, Riverton, Wyoming, USA …
10Weather buoy — operated by the NOAA National Data Buoy Center Weather buoys are instruments which collect …
