UNIDATA Equipment Proposal: Upgrading McIDAS for OS/2 at Iowa State University

爱荷华州州立大学建立了UNIDATA系统， 国家资金。 该系统将在该奖项下得到加强。 UNIDATA在教学和研究中发挥着重要作用 大气科学和农业科学 气象学计划 例如，联合授课 气象学入门课程，每年招收 超过800名学生在天气中使用McIDAS产品 每节课开始时的讨论。 几个研究项目 依赖于“实时”数据输入，包括使用 高空数据、雷达观测和卫星图像， 业务预报模式，以预测虫害在 边界层 拟购置的设备将完成五项主要任务。 目的：1.更新四台IBM PS/2 Model 60计算机， 三台IBM PS/2 70型计算机。 这将使爱荷华州 大学继续接收McIDAS天气产品后， UNIDATA对DOS版PC-McIDAS的支持终止; 2.获取用于OS/2操作的网络软件（TCP/2） IBM PS/2 Model 80系统（将作为 4、70型; 3。获取PC X-Window 用于现有IBM PS/2 Model 60计算机的软件， X-Window系统。 现有的Sun 3/160现在管理 UNIDATA SDM将充当X-Window服务器; 4.加个700 兆字节的硬盘单元，以提高归档能力McIDAS 和SDM产品; 5.发起引进COMET计算机 基于学习模型的教育资源， 大学的本科和研究生教育， 促进UNIDATA和COMET计划之间的协同作用。

Iowa State University established a UNIDATA system using State funds. The system will be enhanced under this award. UNIDATA plays an important role in the teaching and research programs for both the atmospheric science and agricultural meteorology programs. For example, the jointly taught Introduction to Meteorology course with a yearly enrollment in excess of 800 students uses McIDAS products in the weather discussion which begins each lecture. Several research projects depend upon "real-time" data input including a project which uses upper-air data, radar observations and satellite imagery in an operational forecast mode to predict insect pest movements in the boundary layer. The equipment to be acquired will accomplish five main objectives: 1. Update the four IBM PS/2 model 60 computers with three IBM PS/2 model 70 computers. This will allow Iowa State University to continue receiving McIDAS weather products after the UNIDATA support for the DOS version of PC-McIDAS terminates; 2. Obtain networking software (TCP/2) for the OS/2 operating system for the IBM PS/2 model 80 (which will act as the ingester) and the four model 70's; 3. Obtain PC X-Window software to use with the existing IBM PS/2 model 60 computers as X-Window systems. An existing Sun 3/160 which now manages UNIDATA SDM will act as the X-Window server; 4. Add a 700 megabyte hard disk unit to improve the ability to archive McIDAS and SDM products; 5. Initiate the introduction of COMET computer based learning models as an educational resource for undergraduate and graduate instruction at the university and to foster synergism between the UNIDATA and COMET Programs.