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

根据这项主要研究仪器奖，位于奥尔巴尼的纽约州立大学地球与大气科学系的天气动力学项目将采购一个用于存储、分析和显示气象和气候数据的计算机系统。该系统将由大型、快速、可扩展的存储阵列、服务器和显示设备组成。需要一个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。该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”，并将提供灵活性和社区意识，以促进互动研究和教育。新的设备将允许改进原始观测、模型网格场和派生诊断量的显示和可视化。该系统将促进正在进行和未来的研究，并将使首席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结果。pi的研究材料已经并将继续用于本科和研究生课程。为研究和教育目的而开发的软件将与社区中的其他人自由共享。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.