SRFGUI/SNDGUI. Visualization Tool for Meteorological Data
- Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) have been built to visualize surface and upper-air meteorological data for any global location and time of interest. The user selects a domain (geographical location and bounding range) and time of interest using the GUI, and a file containing coded observations is accessed and decoded. Two styles of the GUI have been built, depending on whether surface or upper-air visualization is desired. the former indicates weather conditions near the earth`s surface, while the latter illustrates a vertical profile of atmospheric conditions. If surface observations are accessed, a map of the selected region is drawn, over which the decoded surface report is plotted in the form of symbolic station models, illustrating wind speed and direction, temperature, dew point temperature, barometric pressure, and sky coverage for each reporting station. Selection of individual stations is possible whereby further information may be displayed. Hardcopy output of the map may be selected, and a data file containing tabular meteorological information is automatically created. Upper-air observations can be similarily plotted.
- Research Organization:
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 313803
- Report Number(s):
- ESTSC-001279I600000
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: DN: Appearance of GUI may differ from one computer architecture to another.; PBD: 6 Jul 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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