Weather Analysis Capabilities
A number of meteorological visualization software packages are available
for displaying the vast quanity of data available within the Regional Weather
Information Center. These software packages assist students and staff
in various weather research and forecasting capacities. Each offers
a full range of analysis and display capabilities for weather data, with
special emphases as described below. Links to more information about these
resources is also provided.
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GEMPAK/N-AWIPS:
The GEneral Meteorology PAcKage, is a suite of applications programs for
the analysis, display and diagnosis of geo-referenced data. GEMPAK was
orginially developed by the Severe Storms Laboratory at the Goddard Space
Flight Center of NASA starting in the early 1980's. The Unidata program
center release of GEMPAK/N-AWIPS incorporates several additions developed
both locally and at COMET to enhance the use of realtime data aquired through
the IDD, as well as instructional case studies being developed at COMET.
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MCIDAS:
Developed by the University of Wisconsin's Space Science and Engineering
Center--emphasizing comprehensive capabilities for image processing of
data from all satellite-borne sensor systems.
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UNIDATA IDD/LDM:
The Unidata Local Data Manager (LDM) is a collection of cooperating programs
that select, capture, manage, and distribute meteorological data products.
The system is designed for event-driven data distribution, and is currently
used in the Unidata Internet Data Distribution (IDD) project. The LDM ingester
clients handle data from several sources, including the National Weather
Service ``NOAAport channel 3'' and McIDAS data from the Unidata/Wisconsin
feed. The Unidata LDM software is now used by more than 150 universities/cooperating
agencies.
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