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Re: level-II mosaics

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  • Subject: Re: level-II mosaics
  • Date: 21 Dec 2005 13:42:49 -0700
Gregg,

Yes, Iowa State is using my programs to map with GIS. I also have
a gini format image and a grib format grid in our data stream.
Examples are shown at:
http://motherlode.ucar.edu/unidata/images/nids/gdradr.html

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/gempak/examples/gdradr/index.html

Steve


On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 13:25, Gregory Grosshans wrote:
> Steve,
> 
> Thanks for the information.  I was thinking that Iowa state was using 
> your software to create 1-km mosaic imagery.  If this is so, are they 
> using the level-III data?
> 
> Thanks,
> Gregg
> 
> Steve Chiswell wrote:
> 
> >Gregg,
> >
> >The mosaics I produce in GEMPAK are from level III data. I produce them
> >both as grids and images. Level II could be done, but
> >some sites (DOD/FAA) aren't available.
> >
> >Ken Howard/Steve Vassilov and group at NSSL is producing
> >a level II mosaic in 2d and 3d for use with QPESUMS. They are doing
> >more processing to remove clutter, brightband freezing level and sun
> >attenuation etc. and have gridded volumes. I have aded the display of
> >these NetCDF grids to my GEMPAK release. We are hoping that they will
> >make the data available via IDD in the near future.
> >
> >See:
> >http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/Presentations/UPCsemseries/NMQ_UnidataPres_New.pdf
> >
> >Other references
> >http://www.copernicus.org/erad/2004/online/ERAD04_P_105.pdf
> >http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/86485.pdf
> >http://ams.confex.com/ams/32Rad11Meso/techprogram/paper_95704.htm
> >http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/wrd/wish/q2/agenda.shtml
> >
> >Steve Chiswell
> >Unidata User Support
> >
> >
> >
> >On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 13:00, Gregory Grosshans wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Steve,
> >>
> >>I'm trying to gather additional information about level-II mosaic 
> >>imagery for N-AWIPS.   Its my understanding you have software to create 
> >>radar level-II mosaic data that is displayable in the Unidata N-AWIPS.
> >>
> >>Can you please provide information about the data format (e.g. image 
> >>data and type of image format, or a gempak grid) and perhaps why you 
> >>chose one format (e.g. image over a gempak grid, or vice versa) over 
> >>another?  Also, what type of CPU processing is required to create the 
> >>level-II mosaic and what resolution is the mosaic?  What characteristics 
> >>of the Unidata version of N-AWIPS allows the data to be displayed (e.g. 
> >>array x had to be increased)?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Gregg
> >>
> >>    
> >>