A Facility for the Interactive Analysis and Display of Meteorological Data

该项目正在建立一个本科生实验室，其中计算机辅助分析和显示将用于大气科学教学。 该设施允许将气象数据的交互式分析、操作和显示集成到该部门的课程中，并为不断增长的学生群体提供服务。 该部门已经在软件开发方面做出了相当大的努力，建立了数据采集基础设施，并尝试在课堂上应用工作站分析。 相当大范围的课程利用拟议的设施，从入门课程到天气气象学，预报和动力学的主要课程。 此外，新的实验室正在增加和加强本科生在该部门的研究机会。 该设施使学生能够轻松地检查大气结构和过程，并提供以前不可能的详细程度，并帮助学生了解天气系统的复杂三维结构。 考虑到该部门在气象软件开发和数据存储技术方面的丰富经验，预计为拟议设施开发的实验室软件和教学方法将对该学科的本科教学做出重要贡献;这些进展将提供给整个大气科学界。

This project is establishing an undergraduate laboratory in which computer-aided analysis and display will be used for instruction in atmospheric sciences. The facility allows the integration of interactive analysis, manipulation and display of meteorological data into the department's curriculum and serves an increasing student population. The department has already made considerable efforts in software development, establishing a data acquisition infrastructure, and in pilot attempts applying workstation analysis in the classroom. A considerable range of courses makes use of the proposed facility, from introductory classes to predominantly major's classes in synoptic meteorology, forecasting, and dynamics. In addition, the new laboratory is increasing and enhancing the undergraduate research opportunities in the department. This facility allows students to examine atmospheric structures and processes with an ease and a level of detail not previously possible and aids student understanding of the complex three-dimensional structures of weather systems. Considering the department's substantial experience in meteorological software development and data storage technologies, it is expected that the laboratory software and instructional approaches that are developed for the proposed facility will be important contributions to undergraduate instruction in the discipline; these advances will be made available to the entire atmospheric sciences community.