Logistical Support Proposal for Kuwait

这项工作包括安装一个低。结束科威特市的McIDASWorkstation，使科威特工作站和威斯康辛州麦迪逊的McIDASmainframe设施之间实现（异步）通信。预计noaa人员将拨入主机设施并按需下载数据。除了METEOSAT之外，其他与烟雾扩散有关的数据也可以通过McIDAS获得（例如NOAA.11和12 AVHRR图像，海湾站的地面和高空数据，国家气象中心预报产品等），这些数据也可以从科威特获得。今年5月和6月，SSEC在巴林为华盛顿大学和ncars飞机提供了类似的能力支持。设在科威特的McIDAS工作站也将是一个非常有用的研究工具。这将使科学家们能够调查烟雾对当地天气的影响，包括：烟雾对能见度和温度的影响，基于当地条件的烟雾可预测性，即将到来的冬季“黑雨”的可能性等。该工作站还可以提供一种导出本地数据的方法，例如由美国国家海洋和大气管理局（NOAA）在15座塔上采集的数据，通过McIDAS主机供美国科学家使用。其他研究机会包括调查烟雾对科威特环境的影响，以及沙尘暴对当地活动（如航空）的影响。

This effort consists of installing a low.end McIDASWorkstation in Kuwait City, enabling (asynchronous)communications between the workstation in Kuwait and McIDASmainframe facility in Madison, Wisconsin. It is anticipated thatNOAA personnel will dial into the mainframe facility and downloaddata on demand. Besides METEOSAT, other data relevant to thedispersal of the smoke are also available via McIDAS (e.g. NOAA.11 and 12 AVHRR imagery, surface and upper air data from the Gulfstations, NMC forecast products, etc.), which will also beaccessible from Kuwait. SSEC provided similar capability inBahrain in support of the University of Washington and NCARaircraft during May and June of this year. A McIDAS workstation located in Kuwait would also be a veryuseful research tool. It would allow the scientists locatedthere to investigate the effects of the smoke on the localweather including: the effects of the smoke on visibility andtemperatures, the predictability of the smoke based on the localconditions, the probability of "black rain" in the coming wintermonths, etc.. The workstation can also provide a means ofexporting local data such as those gathered on the 15 towersinstrumented by NOAA for use by scientists in the US through themainframe McIDAS. Other research opportunities include theinvestigation of the impact the smoke has on Kuwait's environmentas well as the impact of dust storms on local activities such asaviation.