Acquisition of a Meteorological Data Storage, Analysis, and Display System

根据这项重大研究仪器奖，奥尔巴尼的纽约州立大学地球和大气科学系的天气动力学方案将采购一个计算机系统，用于储存、分析和显示气象和气候数据。 该系统将包括一个大型、快速、可扩展的存储阵列、一个服务器和显示设施。 需要大型存储阵列来保持不断扩展的气象数据集可用于研究和教育目的。 服务器将用于生成各种诊断计算。 新的展示设施将有助于建立一个最先进的“地图室”，并将提供促进互动研究和教育所需的灵活性和社区意识。 新设施将允许改进原始观测、模型网格场和衍生诊断量的显示和可视化。 该系统将促进正在进行的和未来的研究，并将使主要研究人员能够更好地培训下一代研究人员。 接触最先进的研究工具不仅有助于提出新的研究思路和完成研究，而且还为学生毕业后的进一步工作做好准备。更广泛的影响分为三类：教育、培训和向更广泛的社区传播成果。 PI的研究材料已经并将继续用于本科和研究生课程。 为研究和教育目的开发的软件将与社区中的其他人免费共享。 最后，新设施支持的研究有可能改善天气预报。

Under this Major Research Instrumentation award, the Synoptic-Dynamic program of the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the State University of New York at Albany will procure a computer system for storage, analysis, and display of meteorological and climate data. The system will consist of a large, fast, expandable storage array, a server, and display facilities. A large storage array is needed to keep the ever-expanding meteorological datasets available for research and educational purposes. The server will be used to generate a variety of diagnostic calculations. The new display facility will help establish a state of the art "map room" and will provide the flexibility and sense of community required to foster interactive research and education. The new facility will allow improved display and visualization of raw observations, model grid fields, and derived diagnostic quantities. The system will facilitate ongoing and future research, and will allow the Principal Investigators to better train the next generation of researchers. Exposure to state of the art research tools not only aids in the posing of new research ideas and the completion of research, but also prepares the students for further work after they graduate. Broader impacts fall into three categories: education, training, and dissemination of results to the broader community. Material from the PIs' research has been and will continue to be used in both undergraduate and graduate classes. Software developed for research and educational purposes will be freely shared with others in the community. Finally, the studies supported by the new facilities have the potential to improve weather forecasting.