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AMDAR Data Display at NOAA Earth Systems Research Laboratory Global Systems Division

Access, load, and display worldwide AMDAR data, featuring real-time demonstration capabilities and future upgrade potential. Optimized for ease of use with useful resources available for training.

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AMDAR Data Display at NOAA Earth Systems Research Laboratory Global Systems Division

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  1. AMDAR Data Display at NOAA Earth Systems Research LaboratoryGlobal Systems Division

  2. GSD AMDAR display (1) • Started 11 August 1998 (old!) • Still uses a very old version of java • compatible with Internet Explorer without plugins • BUT, you can’t print plots directly • Need to use a screen capture program such as hypersnap • A non-java display still exists, but is only grudgingly supported

  3. GSD AMDAR display (2) • Access restricted to National Weather Services, researchers and others, as described in the FAQ • World-wide AMDAR data available back to July 2001

  4. Capabilities • Load data from any time period desired within the last several years • Select only certain data (water vapor, turbulence, data source) • Display the data as color coded wind barbs • Display aircraft soundings • Show data from around the world • Overlay airport locations , cities, VORs

  5. Real-time demonstration…

  6. Conclusion • Not operationally supported • upside: very easy to upgrade • upside: not changed very often • downside: sometimes down (but rarely) • TAMDAR evaluation has given it a new lease on life (and some support) • No plans to close it down, but no clear path to operations either • It will eventually be supplanted by something better (10 years is a long lifetime for a software system)

  7. Extra slides

  8. Frequently-Asked Questions: http://amdar.noaa.gov/FAQ.html

  9. Video tutorials are somewhat dated regarding details, but should be very helpful. More up-to-date training is available from NWS Green Bay, at http://www.crh.noaa.gov/tamdar/training.php

  10. http://amdar.noaa.gov/

  11. http://amdar.noaa.gov/ruc_acars/

  12. http://amdar.noaa.gov/

  13. http://amdar.noaa.gov/

  14. http://amdar.noaa.gov/java/ (restricted, but you can probably get in)

  15. world view is available (this shows 24 h of data)

  16. Zooming in…

  17. …shows regional detail

  18. Clicking on an ascent/descent will yield a sounding

  19. The sounding window is interactive: zoomable, and you can see parcel trajectories.

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