Incorporation of NDBHMI applications in GIS platform

GIS platforms are probably the most appropriate tool of introducing geographical information to the end user, mostly due to the direct perception of space. Thus, depicting the meteorological stations over the terrain of Epirus, in conjunction with the rivers and streams, is more effective than the simple representation of stations in a single level. The GIS platform was considered to be the main interface of the NDBHMI to the end user, and as a result of this business rule, a unified environment for connecting to the Database of NDBHMI was created, for the representation of spatial data and the processing of timeseries.

One of the main processes implemented in order to be embeded in the NDBHMI GIS system is the areal integration of timeseries. The application was developed in an external library and its aim is to fill the gap that GIS systems experience as far as the representation and management of temporal variables are concerned. This application was extensively used in the context of the project for the mass production of mean areal timeseries of rainfall and temperature for various watersheds and time steps.