SODAPRETER - A NOVEL-APPROACH TOWARDS AUTOMATIC SODAR DATA INTERPRETATION

Instead of piecemeal approaches for detecting specific patterns in the SODAR echograms, an integrated modular approach 'towards' automatic i nterpretation of the ABL structure patterns, as depicted in the SODAR facsimile records, is presented. Here we propose a unified approach wh ere the user is at liberty to select a wide range of image processing and the pattern recognition techniques required to extract remotely-pr obed meteorological information from the closest geometric representat ion of the SODAR pattern boundary. The ultimate goal, part of which is already implemented and reported here, is to generate 'expert-like' i nterpretation of SODAR echograms.