UNIDATA/PC - McIDAS Equipment for an Undergraduate Meteorology Program

该奖项为所需的设备提供资金， 接收和显示接近实时的气象数据产品 通过UNIDATA网络。 威斯康星州/PC-McIDAS （人机交互数据存取系统）系统将被使用 支持教学和研究活动， 气象学本科生集中于中环 密歇根大学，最终取代目前的传真 的服务.该系统的易用性和灵活性将允许 它与核心天气学和动力气象学的结合 为普通教育学生开设的课程。天气 信息和预报目前正在向城市广播， 校园社区通过当地公共广播系统和 学生组织的校园电视台。 信息产品 来自彩色增强雷达和卫星图像， 将向这些台站提供PC-McIDAS。

This award provides funds for the equipment needed to receive and display near real-time meteorological data products through the UNIDATA network. The Wisconsin/PC-McIDAS (Man-Computer Interactive Data Access System) system will be used to support instruction and research activities in the undergraduate meteorology concentration at Central Michigan University, eventually replacing the current facsimile service. The ease of use and flexibility of the system will allow its integration into the core synoptic and dynamic meteorology courses intended for general education students. Weather information and forecasts are currently broadcast to the city and campus community through a local public broadcasting system and a student-organized campus TV station. Information products derived from color enhanced radar and satellite imagery from PC-McIDAS will be made available to these stations.