Meteorology 411 - Weekly Labs

Optional notes

Space for optional news or links.

One-time procedure to allow projection from classroom PCs

Within linux, click on red-hat man in lower left. Choose "System", then "Preferences", then "Display", Then click the box for "Mirror Screens" and "Apply", and "Keep".

Command to allow gempak and other Unidata software to work

Type source /usr/local/nawips/Gemenviron as soon as you first log in to a linux machine

Week 1 - Norwegian Cyclone Model; Overview of ISU Data

PDF Tutorial on GR software

GR Tutorial

Tutorial on Bufkit

Bufkit Tutorial

ISU Methods of viewing weather data

ntl - access to nwx, nsharp, ntrans, nmap2, garp

gempak - includes programs like gdcntr, gdplot, sncross, snmap, sfmap, gdcross

• Unidata Gempak Tutorial (open in new window)

IDV - type runIDV to activate, this can be installed on any machine (see

Unidata IDV page (open in new window))

• Great IDV tutorial (open in new window)

Overview and Review of NCEP Models and Model Biases Compiled by NWS sources

• FOUS Decoding (Paul Si rvatka, College of DuPage)
• MOS Decoding for NAM
• MOS Decoding for GFS