Weather Analysis Laboratory

该项目旨在在曼卡托州立大学建立一个创新的天气分析实验室。它建立在我们第一个NSF-ILI拨款（1988）的经验基础上，并将其扩展到包括更好和更便宜的数据供应选择，使该设施更容易长期维持。为了做到这一点，我们需要在设备之间建立一致性和兼容性。我们在1988年选择了当地制造商Kavouras Inc.的Vista显示系统，使我们能够在课堂上使用即时显示功能保持校园天气信息的高知名度，每个季度都有400多名学生在教室环境中看到和分析实时数据。现在我们想在这个开始的基础上更新我们的实验室。该计划将旧的气象设施扩大为天气分析实验室，并引入一系列Radac工作站和一个集成图形工作站（低端），能够播放高质量的电视图形。有了这个设施，我们将能够帮助学生整合当地的天气数据，并提供一个从数据源录制视频、制作幻灯片和制作图形的设施。简而言之，实验室将通过天气的原理和过程促进科学的教学和学习。当地天气数据以及通过卫星连接接收到的国家和国际数据流将被收集并显示在一系列综合工作站中。这些将连接到图形显示控制台，使学生能够分析、创建和呈现各种格式的数据。实时数据将以数字方式获取，并鼓励学生结合国家数据评估他们的实时天气观测结果。中尺度模型的使用也将被使用，学生将学习如何运行和解释这些模型和其他模型。将特别考虑K-12教师的准备。在曼卡托州立大学，职前教师选修其他课程，作为他们教学生命科学、地理和地球科学的准备工作的一部分。该项目还直接影响到课堂教学和视觉材料的准备，并将进一步为教师服务讲习班创建一个核心设施。它还将为当地学校提供通过拨号和互联网方式获取这些数据的机会。我们作为一所教育机构的地位将得到提升，因为当地社区和商界将从中直接受益。这个备受瞩目的天气分析实验室的回报将是显著的，因为它增加了我们对自己社区的服务，我们的学生将在竞争激烈的领域寻求实习和就业机会。

This projects seeks to create an innovative weather analysis laboratory at Mankato State University. It builds upon the experience of our first NSF-ILI Grant (1988) and extends it to include better and cheaper options for data supply making the facility easier to sustain in the long run. In order to do this, we need to institute uniformity and compatibility between equipment. Our selection in 1988 of the Vista Display system from Kavouras Inc., a local manufacturer, has enabled us to maintain a high profile of weather information on this campus using the instant display features in classes, each quarter exposing 400+ students to the benefit of seeing and analyzing real-time data in a classroom setting. Now we want to build upon this beginning and update our laboratory. This project enlarges the old Weather Facility into a Weather Analysis Laboratory bringing in a series of Radac Workstations, an integrated Graphics Workstation (low-end), capable of on-air quality TV graphics. With this facility we will be able to prepare students to integrate local weather data and provide a video recording, slide making and graphics production facility from the data sources. In short, the laboratory will facilitate the teaching and learning of science through the principles and processes of weather. Local weather data, along with national and international data streams received over satellite links, will be collected and displayed in an integrated series of workstations. These will be connected to graphics display consoles to enable students to analyze, create, and present data in a variety of formats. Real-time data will be captured digitally, and students will be encouraged to evaluate their real-time weather observations together with national data. The use of mesoscale models will also be used and students will be taught to run and interpret these and other models. Special consideration will be given to the preparation of K-12 teachers. At Mankato State University, preservice teachers take we ather courses as part of their preparation for the teaching of the life sciences, geography and earth sciences. This project also impacts directly upon enhanced classroom teaching and visual materials preparation and will further create a nucleus facility for teacher service workshops. It will also give opportunities for local schools to obtain this data through dial-in and Internet means. Our standing as an educational institution will be enhanced as direct benefits accrue to the local community and commercial world. The payback from this high profile Weather Analysis Laboratory will be significant as it increases our service to our own community and our students will be sought after for internships and employment opportunities in a highly competitive area.