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The study of meteorology has been revolutionized by modern computing. In this paper, an overview of the handling of meteorological, climatological and air quality data is provided. Some suggestions are given as to a framework for designing systems to handle atmospheric environmental data. Several examples of Canadian systems that are in use now are presented, some of which illustrate application of the framework.
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McMillan, A.C., MacIver, D., Sukloff, W.B. (1997). Atmospheric Environmental Information — An overview with Canadian examples. In: Denzer, R., Swayne, D.A., Schimak, G. (eds) Environmental Software Systems. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-5041-2869-8_1
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