Microcomputer Based Weather Analysis And Display In A Classroom Local Area Network

9352167哈纳克传统的气象实验室材料由学生解码、绘图和分析的数据打印输出组成。现有的交互式软件在微型计算机上执行这些和许多其他重要任务，从而增加学生对大气复杂的三维运动的理解。McIDAS（人机交互数据访问系统）软件在两个独立的PC工作站上运行的经验清楚地表明，这项新技术可以带入课堂，用于完成实时数据的实验室作业。这个项目是在气象实验室教室里建立一个局域网，以便学生在两门必修的高级实验课程上可以使用McIDAS和其他类似的软件，大二学生在气象和物理海洋学系提供的入门实验课程上也可以使用McIDAS和其他类似软件。受影响课程的实验作业正在改变，以便学生在使用图形天气分析和显示系统方面获得广泛的经验。用于实现这一目标的设备包括一台SUN sparc系统10（作为文件服务器）和四台Gateway 2000 486/DX2-50微型计算机（作为学生工作站）在以太网局域网中。＊＊＊

9352167 Harnack Traditional weather laboratory materials consist of data printouts which the student decodes, plots, and analyzes. Available interactive software performs these and a number of other important tasks on microcomputers thereby increasing student understanding of the complex three dimensional motion of the atmosphere. Experience gained with the McIDAS (Man- computer Interactive Data Access System) software operating on two stand-alone PC workstations makes it clear that the new technology can be brought into the classroom for use in completing laboratory assignments with real-time data. This project is setting up a local area network in the weather laboratory classroom so that McIDAS and other similar software is accessible by students during the two required senior level laboratory courses, and by sophomores in an introductory lab course, offered by the Department of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography. The affected courses' lab assignments are being changed so that the students are gaining extensive experience in the use of graphical weather analysis and display systems. The equipment being used to accomplish this objective includes a SUN SPARCsystem 10 (acting as file server) together with four Gateway 2000 486/DX2-50 microcomputers (acting as student workstations) in an Ethernet local area network. ***