Re: NIDS display in general (was RE: 20040505: CRAFT data hardware)

• To: mdross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, rmullenax@xxxxxxxxxxxx
• Subject: Re: NIDS display in general (was RE: 20040505: CRAFT data hardware)
• From: "Kevin W. Thomas" <kwthomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 15:34:00 -0500 (CDT)

>The NSSL package that is being sent to the NWSFO's  is WDSS.
>It is an awesome software package that ingest level II Wideband data and
>using it's own
>algorithms to generate and plot TVS,MESO, Hail Size etc.  It tracks storm
>attributes
>and cross sectional analysis (RHI) and more.
>
>http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/wrd/msd/wdss.html
>
>With new Fair Weather Policy the NWS is about to adopt, we might be able
>to get the code (linux) of WDSS.  That would make Level II worth having.
>Otherwise the best we have to display Level II data is GEMPAK and its very
>limited  with no Attribute decoding/plotting.
>
>I think we ought to push to get the WDSS software made available to the
>University and Private Sectors.  The would really make the best use of
>Level II data IMHO.
>
>________________________________________________________
>Michael Dross                             mdross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Duke Power Company                  Meteorologist/Scientist
>9700 David Taylor Dr.               Voice: 704-594-0341
>Charlotte, NC 28269                       Mobile: 980-722-0756

Michael...

While the NSSL WDSS-II software is fantastic, having the entire package isn't
needed to read radar data.  The A2IO package, that I developed for the original
WDSS system, works fine, and is part of the CAPS ARPS, Advanced Regional
Prediction System, http://www.caps.ou.edu/ARPS, software.  It is a fully
supported interface, and reads 88D data in a variety of formats.

        Kevin W. Thomas
        Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
        University of Oklahoma
        Norman, Oklahoma
        Email:  kwthomas@xxxxxx