Logistical Support Proposal for Kuwait

这项工作包括安装一个低端。 科威特城的McIDAS工作站， 在科威特的工作站之间的（异步）通信 以及位于威斯康星州麦迪逊的McIDAS大型机工厂。 是 预计NOAA人员将拨号进入主机预计NOAA人员将拨号进入主机 设施和按需下载数据。 除了METEOSAT，其他 有关烟雾扩散的数据也可通过 McIDAS（例如NOAA.11和12 AVHRR图像，地面和高空 来自Gulfstations、NMC预报产品等的数据），这 也可以从科威特进入。 SSEC提供了类似的 在巴林支持华盛顿大学的能力 今年5月和6月，NCAR飞机。 设在科威特的McIDAS工作站也将是一个 非常有用的研究工具。 它可以让科学家们 在那里调查烟雾对 当地天气包括：烟雾对能见度的影响 和温度，烟雾的可预测性， 局地条件下，“黑雨”来临的概率 冬季等。工作站还可以提供一种手段， 导出本地数据，例如15 美国国家海洋和大气管理局为美国科学家使用的塔 通过主机McIDAS。 其他研究机会 包括调查烟雾对科威特 环境以及沙尘暴对当地的影响 航空等活动。

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.