Modern-Day, Computerized Weather Laboratory

[9351532] Mullen这个项目正在完成计算机化气象实验室的现代化。我们正在模仿伊利诺伊大学大气科学系成功开发的“网络桌面天气实验室”，但我们的实验室正在进行调整，以适应我们本科课程的具体需求。我们最初依靠由nsf赞助的UNIDATA计划支持和分发的分析和显示软件，这将最大限度地减少项目的“启动”时间。一旦拟议的实验室设施到位，项目负责人将开发新的分析软件和实验室练习，这些软件和练习经过彻底测试后，将捐赠给工发组织方案中心办公室，分发给其他感兴趣的大气科学部门。现代化的实验室满足了该系未来5年天气气象学本科实验教学（包括高年级专业和调查级非科学专业）的硬件需求。它使我们能够充分利用正在进行的国家气象局（NWS）现代化，其中包括我们部门最终与NWS图森预报办公室的共同所在地。＊＊＊

9351532 Mullen This project is completing the modernization of a computerized weather laboratory. We are patterning our laboratory after the successful "Networked Desktop Synoptic Laboratory" that was developed by the Department of Atmospheric Science at the University of Illinois, but our laboratory is being tailored to fit the specific needs of our undergraduate program. We are initially relying upon analysis and display software supported and distributed by the NSF-sponsored UNIDATA Program which will minimize the project's "spin-up" time. Once the proposed laboratory facilities are in place, new analysis software and laboratory exercises will be developed by the PI that, once thoroughly tested, will be donated to the UNIDATA Program Center Office for distribution to other interested atmospheric science departments. The modernized laboratory fulfills the department's projected hardware needs in the area of undergraduate laboratory instruction in synoptic meteorology (both for upper-division majors and survey-level non-science majors) for the next 5 years. It allows us to take full advantage of the ongoing modernization of the National Weather Service (NWS) which includes the eventual co-location of our department with the NWS Tucson Forecast Office. ***