Research Data Program (RDP) ATD Computing Systems The RDP systems group spent significant portions of their time preparing for the Y2K rollover. Steps were taken to obsolete old servers and other hardware that could not be made Y2K compliant. The systems group has begun work on a project to unify the ATD computing environments at JeffCo and Foothills laboratory. This will result in more productive and efficient use of ATD computing facilities by all ATD staff. RDP acquired a new server, a four-processor Sun Enterprise 450 for large compute-intensive jobs. Additionally, RDP staff had involvement with these UCAR-wide committees: - NCAB (Network Coordination and Advisory Board) - CSAC (Computer Security Advisory Council) - DSAC (Desktop Systems Advisory Committee) - ITC (Information Technology Council) Analysis Support Activities Initial discussions with NOAA/ETL have led to interest in a joint effort to design a netCDF CDL (Common Data form Language) description for scanning radar data. This will eventually allow users to work with radar data using a whole variety of tools that can interface with netCDF data sets. RDP and RSF will investigate mechanisms to provide real-time access to field data across the Internet. Data Management Activities RDP will be embarking on a project to store data from all ATD platforms onto SCD's MASSstore. This will provide enhanced access to our data and pave the way for more automated data requests. Datasets and help were provided to the following people and institutions:

Name	Affiliation	Description
Dr. Carl A. Friehe	Univ. California, Irvine	1975-5?? AMTEX data availability (no)
Kate A. Edwards	Scripps	1981-467 CODE-I data availability (yes)
Dan Breed	NCAR/MMM	1981-491 CCOPE data availability
Vince Larson	Colo. State U	1981-491 CCOPE GENPRO-I Data Available? (yes)
Dan Breed	NCAR/MMM	1981-691 CCOPE data availability
Vince Larson	Colo. State U	1981-691 CCOPE GENPRO-I Data Available? (yes)
Dan Breed	NCAR/MMM	1981-791 CCOPE data availability
Kate A. Edwards	Scripps	1982-668A CODE-II data availability (yes)
Bjorn Stevens	Max Planck Institut	1985-830 DYCOMS moisture measurement calculations, PMS-1D calculations, radiation measurements and measurement time-alignment
Lesley Smith	NCAR/MMM	1987-272 FIRE GENPRO data available (yes)
Qing Wang	USNPGS	1987-860 FIRE ASASP cell sizes, calibrations, Wind calculations and aircraft-specific aerodynamic and thermodynamic corrections
Arturo Quintanar	Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo (IMP)	1991-244 MEXCAPS GENPRO-II HRT (All)
Ed Bracken	SUNY Albany	1991-815 Tropical Cyclone Initiation (TEXMEX) data availability
Misug Kim	Drexel Univ.	1992-249 ROSE-AIR II chemistry measurements and calibrations
Misug Kim	Drexel Univ.	1992-249 ROSE-AIR II data available? (yes)
Carl Kreitzberg	Drexel Univ.	1992-249 ROSE-AIR II GENPRO-II HRT (RF09)
Raif Majeed	Univ. Washington	1992-816 ASTEX GENPRO HRT (RF05-RF07)
Mata Mahakur	India Institute of Tropical Meteor.	1993-817 TOGA-COARE (referred to David Bowman, NOAA/NCDC
Mata Mahakur	India Institute of Tropical Meteor.	1993-817 TOGA-COARE GENPRO HRT (All) (referred to David Bowman, NOAA/NCDC)
Sean Burns	Univ. California, Irvine	1993-817 TOGA-COARE Radiometer corrections
Richard Strub	Raytheon STX @ GSFC	1994-818 BOREAS Documentation Summary
Cindy Twohy	Oregon St U	1994-870 WISP netCDF LRT (RF04)
Frederic Burnet	METEO France	1995-162 SCMS FSSP parameters for Merlin IV
Seong Soo Yum	DRI, Univ. Nevada	1995-162 SCMS FSSP-100 information
Seong Soo Yum	DRI, Univ. Nevada	1995-162 SCMS netCDF HRT (all)
Dr. Sonia Lasher-Trapp	Texas A&M U	1995-162 SCMS PVM-100 Gerber probe HRT data available (yes)
Hermann Gerber	Gerber Scientific, Inc.	1995-167 SCMS ASCII special LRT/HRT (RF04-RF06, RF08, RF11-RF14, RF16, RF17, RF19)
Kate A. Edwards	Scripps	1996-110 Coastally Trapped Waves data analysis (drag coefficient calculations)
Steven Chai	DRI, Univ. Nevada	1996-110 Coastally Trapped Waves FSSP data
Donald D. Lucas	MIT	1996-130 ACE-1 data (from JOSS) reading ills
Steve Williams	UCAR/JOSS	1996-130 ACE-1 data (from JOSS) reading ills
Craig Walther	NCAR/ATD/RSF	1998-101 SHEBA data availability
Peter Duynkerke	Utrecht Univ.	1998-101 SHEBA documentation on the web
Peter Duynkerke	Utrecht Univ.	1998-101 SHEBA HRT data quality and delivery
Peter Duynkerke	Utrecht Univ.	1998-101 SHEBA netCDF LRT (all)
Seong Soo Yum	DRI, Univ. Nevada	1998-101 SHEBA netCDF LRT (all)
Tara Jensen	SPEC, Inc.	1998-101 SHEBA netCDF LRT (all)
Bruce Gandrud	NCAR/ATD/RAF	1998-101 SHEBA netCDF LRT (RF13)
Jeremy Dunn	Univ. Colorado	1998-101 SHEBA netCDF LRT (RF16)
Greg Stossmeister	UCAR/JOSS	1998-101 SHEBA netCDF LRT data availability
Judy Curry	Univ. Colorado	1998-101 SHEBA netCDF special HRT (all)
Peter Duynkerke	Utrecht Univ.	1998-101 SHEBA netCDF special HRT (RF01, RF02, RF05 and RF08)
Jim Maslanik	Univ. Colorado	1998-101 SHEBA netCDF special HRT (RF01-RF04,RF09-RF11, RF14, RF15)
Jeremy Dunn	Univ. Colorado	1998-101 SHEBA netCDF special HRT for Maslanik
Jeremy Dunn	Univ. Colorado	1998-101 SHEBA netCDF special HRT for Maslanik (RF13)
Jeremy Dunn	Univ. Colorado	1998-101 SHEBA radiation corrections
Geoff Wilson	CTI, Inc.	1998-802 ACLAIM netCDF LRT (All)
Steve Hannon	CTI, Inc.	1998-802 ACLAIM netCDF LRT (all)
Geoff Wilson	CTI, Inc.	1998-802 ACLAIM netCDF LRT data recovery ills
Geoff Wilson	CTI, Inc.	1998-802 ACLAIM netCDF special HRT (RF02 segment)
Peter Jenniskens	NASA Ames	1998-807 Leonids ASCII special LRT (RF01 & RF06)
Neil Laird	ISWS	1998-812 Lake-Ice/Snowband netCDF LRT (all)
Ian Brooks	Univ. California, SD	SABL: Coastally Trapped Waves
Greg McFarquhar	NCAR MMM	PreINDOEX – SABL
Suzanne Rupert	Scripps Institute	PreINDOEX – SABL
V. Ramanathan	Scripps Institute	PreINDOEX - SABL
Olga Mayol-Bracero	Max Planck Institute	1999-102 INDOEX data availability
Guosheng Liu	Florida St Univ.	1999-102 INDOEX netCDF LRT (all)
Bruce Gandrud	NCAR/ATD/RAF	1999-102 INDOEX netCDF LRT ferry flights available (no)
James Coakley	Oregon St Univ.	1999-102 INDOEX raw MCR data (all)
Jim Maslanik	Univ. Colorado	1999-102 INDOEX Test flight data
Greg McFarquhar	NCAR/MMM	1998-102 INDOEX data inquiry
Susan Stringer	NCAR/ATD	1998-102 INDOEX raw ADS (TF04)
Andy Heymsfield	NCAR MMMP	INDOEX
Julie Haggerty	Univ. of Colorado	INDOEX - SABL
Carl Friehe	Univ. California Irvine	Aircraft low-altitude flight plans
Bob Kelly	Univ. Wyoming	Attitude angle corrections to radiation data
Josh Wurman	Univ. of Oklahoma	Bistatic CASES97
Davie Bowman	NOAA/NCDC	Can NCDC fulfill Mahakur's 1993-817 TOGA-COARE data request? (yes)
Alfred R. Rodi	Univ. Wyoming	CaPE data distribution permissions, RAF Bulletin No. 24
SG Gopalakrishnan	SAIC, McLean, VA	CLASS: CaPE
Carl Kreitzberg	Drexel University	CLASS: ROSE-II
J. Stalker	Los Alamos Nat'l Lab	CLASS: WISP
Nolan Atkins	Lyndon State College	CP2,3,4: CaPE
Tim Coleman	Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville	CP2,3,4: MIST86
Kevin Knupp	Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville	CP2,3,4: MIST86, CaPE
J. Gibson	Univ. Manchester, UK	CP4, WISP94
Bob Grossman	Univ. of Colorado	Data available from Convective Waves projects (1986-713 1988-216 1988-715) (yes)
Michele Petrie	Scripps	Data available from RAF projects pertaining to West Coast--Alaska to Hawaii
Alain Protat	CETP/UVSQ/CNRS	DORADE info
Brian Bosart	UCLA	ELD-WXR: FASTEX
Dan Breed	NCAR/MMM	g2n for MMM Solaris machine
Peggy Lemone	NCAR/MMM	GENPRO format question
Bob McMillen	NOAA, Oak Ridge	GENPRO to netCDF conversion of NOAA N48RF Twin Otter data
Peggy Lemone	NCAR/MMM	GENPRO to netCDF conversion of NOAA N48RF Twin Otter data
Arturo Quintanar	InstitutoMexicano del Petroleo (IMP)	GENPRO-II tape formaT
Sean Burns	Univ. California, Irvine	GPS-correction of IRS wind data
D. Blanchard	NCAR/MMM	Imaging assistance
Paula McCaslin	NOAA/FSL	Information on Project AGUILA (1991-244 MEXCAPS)
Tim Erickson	High School Teacher,	KS CLASS: FIRE
Andrew Heymsfield	NCAR/MMM	LCL calculations
David Johnson	NCAR/RAP	Location of KuDA archive files on the SCD Mass Store System
John Eylander	South Dakota School	M&T CLASS: CaPE
Miguel Rosario	NOAA Depot Repair Fac	MHR, general
D. Norris	NCAR RAP	MHR: TNEXRAD92
Peter Pan	St. Louis Univ	Misc
Candy Kadau	DEPCO, Pittsburg, KS	Misc Info
Jack Garber, Attny	Gunnison, CO	Misc Info
Rey Yturralde	SPAWAR Systems, San Diego, CA	Misc info
T. Naylor	Unaffiliated	Misc Info
Wendy Dennison	Denver, CO	Misc Info
Yahya Golestani	Colorado State Univ	Misc Info
Rita Roberts	NCAR RAP	Misc radar
Shane Mayor	Univ of Wisconsin	Misc.
Peggy Lemone	NCAR/MMM	ncplot help
Shirley Murillo	NCAR SOARS	NEXRAD, misc assistance
Jeremy Dunn	Univ. Colorado	NIMBUS derived measurement calculations
Alain Dabas	NOAA	PAM, general info
Yelena Pichugina	NOAA/ETL	PAM: Flatlands
Kate A. Edwards	Scripps	Permission to use our web picture of EC-130Q
Cindy Twohy	Oregon St U	Photos of EC-130Q, 1999-102 INDOEX CVI data
Herman Gerber	Gerber Scientific, Inc.	PVM-100 Probe data quality during 1998-101 SHEBA
Guido Visconti	Univ. Studi L'Aquila,It	Radar, general
Steve Oncley	NCAR/ATD/SSSF	Radiation Attitude-Angle Corrections, Wind computations, Nimbus software wind calculations
Paul Wooldridge	Univ. California Berkeley	RAF Bulletin No. 13
Erin Sue Whitney	Univ. Colorado	RAF Bulletin No. 22
Karen Rosenlof	NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory	RAF Bulletin No. 23
Peter Duynkerke	Utrecht U	RAF Bulletin No. 24
Hermann Gerber	Gerber Scientific, Inc.	RAF's software developer(s)
Eric Hebble	Penn St U	Rosemount Icing Detector behavior; Lake-ICE King Air Data availability
Winfield Sylvester	City College of NY	S-Pol, misc.
Bart Geerts	NASA/Goddard	S-Pol: data formats
Charles Knight	NCAR MMM	S-Pol: PRECIP98
Jennifer Keldenich	NCAR MMM	S-Pol: PRECIP98
V. Chandrasekar	Colorado State Univ.	S-Pol: PRECIP98
Zhaoxia Zeng	Univ. of Washington	S-Pol: PRECIP98
Deepak Rajopadhyaya	University of Colorado	S-Pol: PRECIP98, CASES97
Edward Brandes	NCAR RAP	S-Pol: PRECIP98, CASES97
Gerry Heymsfield	NASA/Goddard	S-Pol: PRECIP98, TRMM-LBA
Suraiya Ahmad	NASA/Goddard	S-Pol: TRMM-LBA
Alan Cunningham	Clemson University	S-Pol: TRMM-LBA
David Clark	Colorado State Univ.	S-Pol: TRMM-LBA
Edward Zipser	University of Utah	S-Pol: TRMM-LBA
Jim Dye	NCAR MMM	S-Pol: TRMM-LBA
John Hubbert	Colorado State Univ.	S-Pol: TRMM-LBA
Ken Gage	NOAA	S-Pol: TRMM-LBA
Larry Carey	Colorado State Univ.	S-Pol: TRMM-LBA
Maria Silva-Dias	University Sao Paulo	S-Pol: TRMM-LBA
Martin Venticinque	NCAR MMM	S-Pol: TRMM-LBA
Paul Kucera	University of Iowa	S-Pol: TRMM-LBA
Steve Rutledge	Colorado State Univ.	S-Pol: TRMM-LBA
Vaughan Phillips	Univ. of Manchester	S-Pol: TRMM-LBA
VN Bringi	Colorado State Univ.	S-Pol: TRMM-LBA
Stacy Brodzik	Univ. of Washington	S-Pol: TRMM-LBA and formats
Alex Ryzhkov	NSSL, Norman	S-Pol: TRMM-LBA, PRECIP98
Fred Heather	US Navy	TDWR, general radar
Kate A. Edwards	Scripps	Teco Ozone measurement procedures
Mata Mahakur	INDIAN INST TROP MET	TOGA-COARE
Robert Schafer	Univ. of Colorado - CIRES	TOGA-COARE soundings
S. Allen	UOP/COSMIC	Web assistance
Steve Hopkins	Sullivan County, NY	Windchill info

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