How are wind models derived
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Good morning. :)
I'm doubtful that this is the correct thread to be on, but maybe you can direct me to the right one.
So... My question is regarding wind modelling. What I'm interested in is how all the different wind models are derived, from what sources and how they are compiled. I've used them for a long time and found especially ECMWF to be accurate. I'm teaching a class now to young pilots and I would like to be able to give them some background on HOW it works along with educating my own curiosity.
Thank you- George Moore -
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@Josephaubrey41
A weather model like that of the ECMWF computes many parameters from a huge quantity of weather data from weather stations, soundings, planes and mainly satellites (90%). After the assimilation phase, the weather model computes these parameters. Wind is derived from pressure gradients which are computed at different levels.Some general information about NWP
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_weather_prediction -
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