Start Date
4-1974 8:00 AM
Description
Heretofore in meteorology, automation efforts have focused on the instrumentation used for taking observations and on the use of numerical methods for predicting weather. Little effort has "been spent on automating the functions of the field forecaster. Teweles (1970) describes the Data Acquisition Feedback Loop wherein "messages and sequences of messages are filtered, sorted, and then relayed to various destinations via any of a dozen or more radio or teletypewriter circuits." He stated, "This operation, which in the past has accounted for serious delays and countless human errors, is now a prime target for complete automation." Current efforts in automating meteorological systems will be included in a broader automation concept which encompasses the work of the forecaster. The new concept is called AFOS, for Automation of Field Operations and Services.
Instrumentation And Data Processing -A Look To The Future
Heretofore in meteorology, automation efforts have focused on the instrumentation used for taking observations and on the use of numerical methods for predicting weather. Little effort has "been spent on automating the functions of the field forecaster. Teweles (1970) describes the Data Acquisition Feedback Loop wherein "messages and sequences of messages are filtered, sorted, and then relayed to various destinations via any of a dozen or more radio or teletypewriter circuits." He stated, "This operation, which in the past has accounted for serious delays and countless human errors, is now a prime target for complete automation." Current efforts in automating meteorological systems will be included in a broader automation concept which encompasses the work of the forecaster. The new concept is called AFOS, for Automation of Field Operations and Services.
Comments
Meteorology
Session Chairman: Neil L. Frank, Director, National Hurricane Center, Miami, Florida
Session Organizer: O. H. (Dan) Daniel, Superintendent of Meteorological Services, Pan American Airways, Aerospace Services Division
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