Meteorology 311 - Weekly Labs

Week 3 - Analysis of Weather Maps

Analysis helps to make the most of the data available by making it easier to determine weather conditions between observation sites. Analysis done by a human is called subjective analysis. Analysis done by a computer program using numerical equations is called objective analysis.

Resources

• Excellent contouring tutorial (Univ. of Wisc.)
• A Case for Detailed Surface Analysis - Fredrcik Sanders and Charles Doswell III (pdf)

Examples

• Detailed Surface Analysis example - Temperature (pdf)

Handouts

• Ten Commandments in Analysis of Isotherms and some other contours (pdf)