Patent ID: 6424917
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: G01W

Abstract:
A method of categorizing air masses at a location from raw meteorological data taken at the cation on a plurality of days extending over at least a year, the method comprising:(a) receiving the raw meteorological data into a computing device; and (b) in the computing device: (i) selecting a plurality of seed days from plurality of days in accordance with the raw meteorological data, the seed days representing a typical meteorological character of each of the air masses at the location, the seed days being selected at least during a coldest period of the year at the location, a warmest period of the year at the location, and two intermediate periods between the coldest period and the warmest period; (ii) from the plurality of seed days, developing a classification technique for calculating a discrepancy between the raw meteorological data for each of the plurality of days and the typical meteorological character of each of the air masses; and (iii) using the classification technique to categorize each of the plurality of days.