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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2001
Robert O. Baron, Huntsville, AL (US);
Gregory S. Wilson, Huntsville, AL (US);
Ronald J. Phillips, Madison, AL (US);
Tom S. Thompson, Athens, AL (US);
Brian Patrick Davis, Huntsville, AL (US);
Baron Services, Inc., Huntsville, AL (US);
Abstract
A method of processing weather data in real-time for graphical display is disclosed. A plurality of subsets of weather data defining a detectable volume of a weather event affecting a geographic area are received over a period of time. Each of the subsets defines a volumetric portion of the weather event, and each subset is processed as it is received to create a plurality of components, each corresponding to a particular volumetric portion of the weather event. Each component is associated with a graphical representation of the affected geographic area as each component becomes available to create a then current three-dimensional model of the detectable volume of the weather event. A graphical representation of the then current three-dimensional model may be displayed during the associating step such that a viewer can observe the graphical representation changing a component at a time over the period of time. A system for processing weather data in real-time for graphical display is also disclosed.