Using computer software to analyze climatological data for an interdisciplinary meteorological study

"The purpose of this study is to illustrate how the current generation of computers, software, and data availability can help expand the horizons of the modernized National Weather Service (NWS) to meet the needs of a changing world. As pollution concentrations rise to harmful levels over large metropolitan areas, and nuclear energy sources continue to meet resistance from the public, other non-polluting energy solutions are actively being sought (Schaeffer et al., 1994). Solar power has been noted as a pollution-free and renewable energy resource for decades, but thus far has not had wide spread use across the United States. The best locations for installing solar power energy systems lie within the 'sunbelt' that encompasses the southern tier of states (Schaeffer et al. 1994). However, a question arises as to whether the northern areas of the United States, where long winters and cool summers are predominate, are out of the realm of possibility for solar power applications. By using the National Climatic Data Center's (NCDC) Solar and Meteorological Surface Observation Network (SAMSON)data available on CD-ROM, Quattro Pro software (Campbell 1993), and the Statistical COrrelation and REgression (SCORE) program (Wooldridge and Burrus 1995), an analysis of the climate of Binghamton, NY, and a numerical simulation of a hypothetical solar power energy system was conducted to assess the potential for solar energy applications in the Binghamton area. Although this study focuses specifically on Binghamton, NY, the approach employed is not site-specific and can be utilized for any location where solar applications are being considered"--Introduction. Michael B. Sporer. "November, 1995." System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Includes bibliographical references (page 7). 1995 NWS (National Weather Service) ER (Eastern Region) Library Public Domain 1931

本研究旨在阐明当前一代计算机、软件及可用数据，如何助力现代化的国家气象局（National Weather Service, NWS）拓展业务边界，以满足不断变化的世界的需求。随着大型都市区的污染物浓度攀升至有害水平，且核能持续遭到公众抵制，其他无污染能源解决方案正被积极探寻（Schaeffer等，1994）。数十年来，太阳能一直被认定为无污染且可再生的能源，但迄今为止仍未在美国得到广泛普及。安装太阳能发电系统的最佳区位，坐落于覆盖美国南部各州的“阳光带”区域（Schaeffer等，1994）。然而，一个关键问题随之浮现：以漫长冬季与凉爽夏季为主要气候特征的美国北部地区，是否完全不具备太阳能应用的可行性？本研究借助光盘版美国国家气候数据中心（National Climatic Data Center, NCDC）的太阳能与气象地面观测网（Solar and Meteorological Surface Observation Network, SAMSON）数据、Quattro Pro软件（Campbell，1993），以及统计相关与回归（Statistical COrrelation and REgression, SCORE）程序（Wooldridge与Burrus，1995），对纽约州宾厄姆顿的气候开展分析，并对假设的太阳能发电系统进行数值模拟，以此评估宾厄姆顿地区的太阳能应用潜力。尽管本研究仅聚焦于纽约州宾厄姆顿地区，但所采用的分析方法并非针对特定站点，可被推广应用于任何考虑太阳能应用的区域。——引言。作者：迈克尔·B·斯波勒（Michael B. Sporer）。1995年11月。系统需求：Adobe Acrobat Reader。包含参考文献（第7页）。本资料为1995年国家气象局（National Weather Service, NWS）东部区域（Eastern Region, ER）图书馆馆藏公有领域文献，编号1931。