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

UNIDATA 设备提案：爱荷华州立大学将 McIDAS 升级为 OS/2

• 批准号: 9020762
• 负责人: Douglas Yarger
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: Iowa State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-09-01 至 1993-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9020762&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: UNIDATA; Equipment; Proposal; Upgrading; McIDAS

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.

爱荷华州立大学使用州资金建立了一个Unidata系统。 该系统将根据该奖项得到增强。 Unidata在大气科学和农业气象计划的教学和研究计划中起着重要作用。 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. 一些研究项目取决于“实时”数据输入，包括一个项目，该项目使用高空数据，雷达观测和卫星图像以操作预测模式以预测边界层中的虫害运动。 要获得的设备将实现五个主要目标：1。使用三台IBM PS/2 70型计算机更新四个IBM PS/2型号60计算机。 这将使爱荷华州立大学在Unidata对PC-McIdas终止的DOS版本后继续接收MCIDAS天气产品； 2。为IBM PS/2模型80（将充当Ingester）和四个Model 70的OS/2操作系统获取网络软件（TCP/2）； 3。获取PC X-Window软件，与现有的IBM PS/2型号60计算机一起用作X-Window Systems。 现有的SUN 3/160现在管理Unidata SDM充当X-Window服务器； 4。添加一个700兆字节硬盘单元，以提高存档MCIDAS和SDM产品的能力； 5。启动基于彗星的计算机学习模型作为大学的本科和研究生教学的教育资源，并在Unidata和Comet计划之间促进协同作用。