Tracking Storms with GIS Toni Mastropieri and Jason Pollack EM SC 100S: Section 4 “Know yourself and know your enemy, and victory is guaranteed. Know the terrain and know the weather, and you will have total victory.” - Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu, 4th century BC
Tracking Storms with GIS. Toni Mastropieri and Jason Pollack. EM SC 100S: Section 4. “Know yourself and know your enemy, and victory is guaranteed. Know the terrain and know the weather, and you will have total victory.” - Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu, 4th century BC. Storm. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Tracking Storms with GISToni Mastropieri and Jason Pollack
EM SC 100S: Section 4
“Know yourself and know your enemy, and victory is guaranteed. Know the terrain and know the weather, and you will have total victory.”
- Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu, 4th century BC
An atmospheric disturbance involving perturbations of the prevailing pressure and wind fields ◦ Examples include tornadoes, hurricanes, thunder
storm, and blizzards Influences human activity in agriculture,
transportation, construction, flood control, and the transmission of electric energy
Storms History of forecasting Forecasting GIS is an important part of weather tracking
◦ Includes normal layers as well as others◦ You can get involved
GIS advantages and disadvantages
Summary
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