GIS

Meteorology is all about Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Almost every meteorology topic is related to GIS.

Meteorological models are the starting point in meteorology, however, models have a limited “reality”. The model grid represents an average of a fairly large area. With the use of high resolution topographical information, the model output can be refined further.

With downscaling techniques the MOS output can be used at other locations with similar topographical properties. Gridded MOS uses both model and MOS data to create a high resolution forecast on a regular grid.