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Weather forecast is a complex multi-disciplinary problem which requires a cascade of different scientific tools, from differential equation solvers to high-dimensional statistical and data-mining algorithms. The demand for high-resolution predictions is continuously increasing due to the multiple applications in hydrology, agronomy, etc., which require regional meteorological inputs. To fill the gap between the coarse-resolution lattices used by global weather models and the regional needs of applications, a number of statistical downscaling techniques have been proposed. In this paper we describe a Web portal which integrates the necessary tools with Grid middleware allowing for distributed data access and computing. The portal is part of the ENSEMBLES EU-funded project and allows end users to interactively downscale weather predictions using a web browser. Both the architecture and the usage of the portal are described in this paper.
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Cofiño, A.S., San-Martín, D., Gutiérrez, J.M. (2007). A Web Portal for Regional Projection of Weather Forecast Using GRID Middleware. In: Shi, Y., van Albada, G.D., Dongarra, J., Sloot, P.M.A. (eds) Computational Science – ICCS 2007. ICCS 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4489. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72588-6_11
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