Multi radar signal and AIS data can be merging displayed and integrated display radar signal, video map, hydrographical meteorology data and database file of the ship.
It was put together by Robert FitzRoy, a captain in the Royal Navy and a pioneer in the field of meteorology, who led the department which later became the Met Office.
Part of the problem was that successful meteorology requires the precise measurement of temperatures, and thermometers for a long time proved more difficult to make than you might expect.
The investigation team is also looking into other aspects of the crash of the Boeing 737 aircraft, including flight, maintenance, air traffic control, meteorology, aircraft design and manufacturing.
To help us understand the secrets of these meteorological mysteries, we're talking to Kim Wood, an assistant professor of meteorology at Mississippi State University.