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This thesis evaluates two different methods of estimating a three
dimensional wind field based upon a limited number of
irregularly-spaced observations. This work was performed for the
45th Weather Squadron to determine how well the two methods worked
and their potential for use in a visualization program. The two
methods evaluated were Barnes' method and a method called Kriging,
which is commonly used in geostatistics. Both of these estimation
techniques were implemented and then evaluated to determine how
accurate the estimates were that they created. The methods'
accuracies were determined by withholding an observation from the
observed wind field data set, performing the estimation, and then
comparing the estimated value at the point of the withheld
observation with the actual value withheld. These performance
results were compared to determine which method produced a more
accurate estimated wind field. Barnes' method proved to be the less
complicated to implement, but Kriging provided a more accurate
estimate. Both of the methods had a significant amount of
estimation error associated with them. This large error casts
serious doubt on their abilities to produce an accurate enough
estimation to be useful in analyzing the low-level wind field.
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