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Research Data Program (RDP)

• Data archival and distribution: through operation of a comprehensive data archive of multi-platform ATD data sets, and timely distribution of these data via appropriate media.
• Analysis software tools: through development, maintenance, and user support of advanced software tools for editing, display, overlay, scientific processing, and analysis of ATD and other data sets.
• Networking and distributed computing: through coordination of distributed computing management within ATD to maximize connectivity and compatibility among ATD Facilities and users outside of NCAR.

Data Distributions. In FY 1998 RDP serviced data requests from 48 non-NCAR researchers (see Table ATD-5). In addition, data services were provided to UCAR/NCAR investigators in RAP, MMM, SCD, JOSS, COMET, and ATD. Data distribution was accomplished primarily via high-density 8-mm (Exabyte) cassettes. Network transfer continues to grow in application, particularly for data sets of a few tens of megabytes or less. DAT tapes, digital linear tapes, and PC floppy disks are used for investigators who require these media.

WWW Data Access. RDP continued work on developing methods for data documentation and distribution thorough the World Wide Web (WWW). Currently, information regarding the time, location, and mode of data collection, quick-look images of pertinent data sets, and information for ordering full data sets is available via the WWW for several projects. These include Lake-ICE (1997), SNOWBAND (1997), FASTEX (1997) and TOCS (1997).

Mattias Steiner	Princeton U.	Radar	PRECIP96
John Strickland	DiversItel, Canada	Radar	PRECIP98
Jon Sweet	NASA Langley	Aircraft	ACLAIM
Edward Szoke	NOAA FSL	Radar	PRECIP96
Michael Trainer	NOAA	Aircraft	ROSE-AIR II
Hans Verlinde	Pennsylvania State U.	Radar	Lake-ICE
Debi-Lee Wilkinson	U. Alaska	Aircraft	BASE
Joshua Wurman	U. Oklahoma	Bistatic	CASES97
Sandra Yuter	U. Washington	Radar	CaPE

Software Tools and Capabilities

• Radar Analysis: The SOLO program provides comprehensive, window-oriented radar data display, analysis, and editing. Additional utilities exist to support data access, format conversion, and file/disk management.
• Zebra: Comprehensive graphical integration of observational data sets, such as those collected by satellite, radar, mesonet, and aircraft, and of analysis products, such as model results, dual-Doppler syntheses, or algorithm output. Zebra may be used in both real-time and post-analysis situations.
• Reorder: 3-D interpolation and gridding of radar data.
• SUDS: Flexible display and editing of rawinsonde measurements.

Consultation and Other Support. RDP scientific and programming staff provide extensive consultation and support to community scientists making use of RDP's analysis tools. These tools are developed and maintained to facilitate portability to users' home computing facilities. Institutions that have ported RDP software to their home machines or used the software in FY 1998 are listed in Table ATD-6.

Table ATD-6: Institutions Using RDP Software in FY 1998

Institution	Software Package
	Radar	Zebra	Robot	Reorder	SOLO	SUDS
Abaconet		*
Air Force Technical Applications Center		*
Algonet		*
Applied Research Corporation	*	*		*
Argonne National Laboratory		*
ARWC Weather Center		*
Atmospheric & Environmental Research, Inc.	*	*
Atmospheric Environment Service (Canada)		*
Augsburg College		*				*
Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories		*				*
Bay Area Quality Management District		*
Boeing Corporation	*	*
Brookhaven National Laboratory		*			*
Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre	*	*		*	*
CESGA		*
CNRM GMME/COME		*
CNRS/CETP/ABM					*
CRC Southern Hemisphere Meteorology		*
Center for Innovative Computing Applications		*
Centre de Meteorologie Spatiale		*
Colorado State University	*	*	*	*	*	*
Columbia University		*
Copel/Simepar		*
Creighton University		*
Dalhousie University	*
Desert Research Institute	*	*	*	*	*	*
Dipartimento Servizi Tecnici Nazionali		*
Dornier Satellitensysteme GmbH		*
Drexel University		*
Eaglenet		*
ENSCO, Inc.		*
ERSA (Italy)		*
ETH		*				*
EUMETSAT		*
Environmental Protection Agency		*
Federal University of Pelotas	*	*
Finnish Institute of Marine Research		*
Flinders Institute		*
Florida Institute of Technology		*
Florida State University	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ford Research Laboratory		*
Garstang Research		*				*
General Electric Aerospace	*	*
Georgia Tech University		*
German Space Research		*				*
Global Hydrology and Climate				*	*
Hankook University of Foreign Studies		*
Hellenic National Meteorological Service		*	*			*
HI		*
Hughes Aircraft Company		*
Hughes STX Corporation		*
IBMC		*
Illinois State Water Survey	*	*	*	*	*
Indian Institute of Science		*
Institut fuer Angewandte Geophysik		*	*			*
Intermountain Fire Sciences Lab	*
Japan Meteorological Agency		*
Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitaet		*
John Hopkins University		*
King Mongkut's Institute of Technology		*
Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique		*
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory		*
Lunar and Planetary Labs		*
Marisys, Inc.		*
MESO, Inc.			*
MSS		*
MIT Lincoln Lab		*				*
MIT Weather Radar Laboratory	*
Massachusetts Institute of Technology		*			*
McGill University		*
Meteorological Research Institute	*	*		*
Michigan State University		*
Millersville University		*
Mission Research Corporation		*
Mohr		*
NASA/MSFC	*	*	*	*	*	*
NASA/GSFC	*	*	*	*	*	*
Naval Postgraduate School		*
NOAA	*	*	*	*	*	*
National Central University	*	*			*	*
National Chung Hsing University		*
National Research Council of Canada		*
National Severe Storms Laboratory	*	*	*	*	*	*
National Taiwan University	*	*			*	*
National Weather Service	*	*		*	*
New Mexico Tech		*			*
North Carolina State University	*	*	*	*		*
Norwegian Meteorological Institute		*
ORSTOM (New Caledonia)		*
Oak Ridge National Laboratory		*
Ohio State University		*
Oregon State University		*
Pennsylvania State University	*	*		*	*	*
Phillips Lab	*		*			*
Princeton University	*	*	*	*	*	*
Reading University	*
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory	*
SNU		*	*		*
SUNY/Albany		*
SUNY/Brockport	*				*
Saint Louis University	*	*			*
San Diego State University			*
Sandia National Laboratory		*
Sao Paulo State University		*			*
Scripps Institution of Oceanography	*			*	*
Soil Conservation Service		*
South Dakota School of Mines & Tech.	*	*		*
Southern Regional Climate Center		*
Sutron Corporation			*
Synap Corporation		*
System Eng. Research Institute		*
TNO		*
Technical University Graz	*				*
Tel Aviv University	*	*
Texas Nat. Resource Conservation		*
Texas A&M University	*	*	*	*	*	*
Texas Tech University	*
UK Meteorological Office		*
Universitat de Barcelona		*
University of Adelaide		*
University of Alabama	*	*		*		*
University of Basque		*
University of Bristol		*
University of California/Los Angeles	*	*	*	*	*	*
University of California/San Diego		*
University of California/Santa Barbara	*
University of Chicago	*			*	*	*
University of Chile		*
University of Colorado	*	*	*	*		*
University of Essex, UK	*	*		*	*	*
University of Hamburg		*
University of Hawaii	*	*	*	*	*	*
University of Illinois	*	*	*	*
University of Iowa		*
University of Maine		*				*
University of Maryland		*	*
University of Miami		*				*
University of Missouri				*	*
University of Nebraska-Lincoln		*
University of New England		*
University of North Dakota	*			*		*
University of Oklahoma	*	*		*	*
University of Reading, UK	*				*
University of Rhode Island		*				*
University of Tasmania, Tasmania		*
University of Tsukuba, Japan		*
University of Utah		*
University of Virginia		*
University of Washington	*	*	*	*	*	*
University of Wisconsin/Madison	*	*	*	*		*
University of Wyoming	*	*		*	*
UCAR/COMET	*	*	*			*
UCAR/JOSS	*	*				*
Universite Paul Sabatier		*	*
Virginia Tech		*
Wellington School of Medicine		*
Zeitgeist		*

ATD Foothills Laboratory Computing System

Field Project Support

RDP also provided long-distance support for the CALJET program during January 1998.

Analysis Support Activities