Published : 2007-12-30

Meteorological Forecast Using in Tourism and Recreations

Jacek Leśny



Abstract

The satisfaction of the participants tourist or leisure events depend on weather to large extend however weather which is commonly considered as bad may not spoil the event under providing that the organizer is prepared for different weather condition in advance, for instance, if the organizer knows about unfavorable forecast they may change the programme of the event in order to satisfy the participants. Therefore it is very important for the organizers how to use weather forecast. In this paper some Internet portals which include forecasts and information about weather at real time are presented. The majority of the forecasts are based on Global Circulation Models which work in a mezoscale (countries and regions). The results of the application of these models are presented in graphical forms and meteograms that are prepared for a network of points. Furthermore the paper describes the portals which show weather data on main roads in Poland, the portals that present satellite photos as well as portals with information collected from rain radars. The information gathered from different portal allow adjusting tourist events to predicted weather conditions or allow changing their course during the event.(original abstract)

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Tourism, Recreation, Weather risk, Meteorology



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Leśny, J. (2007). Meteorological Forecast Using in Tourism and Recreations. Studia Periegetica, 1, 72–83. Retrieved from https://journals.wsb.poznan.pl/index.php/sp/article/view/300

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Uniwersytet WSB Merito w Poznaniu / WSB Merito University
ul. Powstańców Wielkopolskich 5
61-895 Poznań

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