A Meteorology Forecasting Product Service Mode Based on TeX for Beijing Olympic Games

Abstract

Beijing Olympic Meteorology Service Centre (BOMSC) takes responsibility for providing Olympic weather forecasting service for Beijing Olympic Committee. This paper presents a mode of Meteorology Forecasting Product Service to generate meteorology forecasting product on time and send them to other departments or information system in Beijing Olympic Committee. In order to meet the requirements for openness, high speed, flexibility and stability, the mode employs an effective framework integrated with TeX language, relational database, templates technology strategy to generate forecasting service product for Beijing Olympic Games. It is the first time to introduce TeX technology into the course of the entire weather service for Olympic Games. A software system named OMIS (Meteorology Information Service System) which is developed in the mode has high stability and good usability. During in Beijing Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, OMIS has been providing high-quality meteorology service without any fault.