Research and Instructional Applications of UNIDATA Weather Information

气象站数据、网格化分析和数值模式预报已广泛用于犹他大学气象系的研究和教学。由于取消了工发数据系统对VMS操作系统的支助，加上其他因素，导致需要重新配置现有设备和购置新设备。将购买一台图形工作站，用于教学、图像分析、研究模型开发和数据摄取。工作站将配备大容量磁碟机、备份磁带和唯读光碟阅读器。新的工作站将使本科生和研究生能够更好地访问实时和存档的天气数据。该工作站还将提供一种手段，以开发使用新闻部现有工作站无法实现的研究模型。

Station data and gridded analyses and forecasts from numerical models have been used extensively for research and instruction in the Department of Meteorology at the University of Utah. The elimination of UNIDATA support for the VMS operating system, in conjunction with other factors, has led to the need to reconfigure existing equipment and to acquire new equipment. A graphics workstation will be purchased for instruction, image analysis, research model development, and data ingest. The workstation will be equipped with a large capacity disk drive, backup tape and CD-ROM reader. The new workstation will allow students to have improved access to real-time and archived weather data in undergraduate and graduate level classes. The workstation will also provide a means to develop research models that are impractical using the existing workstations in the Department.