This SBIR project will bring about a major advance and improvement to existing meteorological data systems by utilizing new technological opportunities to develop a meteorological workstation merging data and graphics products from multiple independent systems to yield a single display system that permits efficient assimilation of the information by a user. This system would greatly enhance the ability of weather forecasters to assimilate information for the purpose of weather analysis, synthesis and prediction. This project will be accomplished by a six-task process including determination of: (1) available information and formats, (2) a unified coordinate geographical database facilitating the assimilation of products with different orientations; (3) desired technical capabilities, such as overlays, annotation, analysis, data plots, color graphics, 3-D rendering and rotation, cross sections, etc.; (4) desired requirements for system tools, interfaces, performance, etc.; (5) the optimal software language and requirements; and (6) the optimal hardware platform. The resulting specifications will lead to successful Phase II development of the system and to Phase III commercialization.The meteorological workstation that would result from this SBIR project has extremely high commercial applications potential. Contingent upon Phase I and II SBIR funding, Accu-Weather is committed to fully pursuing commercial sales and marketing of this system to both private sector and government users. We believe that this system will be especially valuable to any company or agency with meteorologists, including utility companies, airlines, commercial weather services, the military, government agencies, and a wide variety of other businesses.meteorology, workstation, weather, display, assimilation, forecasting, geography, databasePhase 2 conversion
