Applying D3D in an Operational Environment
John
W. Cannon and James C. Hayes
NOAA/National Weather Service Forecast Office
Gray, Maine and Joshua Watson NOAA/National Weather Service
Eastern Region Headquarters Bohemia, New York
The Forecast System Lab's (FSL) Display 3-Dimensional workstation
application (D3D) for Linux allows forecasters to view model
output in a multi-dimensional interactive display. D3D, based
on the University of Wisconsin's Vis5D visualization software,
supplements Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS)
2-D display capabilities available to forecasters. Large volumes
of data can be rapidly assimilated with an increased temporal
and multi-dimensional understanding of how meteorological processes
interact. The FSL posts a detailed project guide at http://d3d.fsl.noaa.gov.
During Spring 2001, the NWS
Forecast Office in Gray, Maine worked in cooperation with
NWS Eastern Region Headquarters and FSL as a D3D workstation
test site. The goal of this project is to determine operational
strengths and limitations of the workstation through input from
the hydrometeorological staff. Valuable insight from routine
and severe weather operations could then be forwarded to FSL
as input for future software enhancements and training. To accomplish
this goal, forecasters were provided individualized instruction,
locally-created job sheets, and access to the D3D User's Guide
for training purposes. In addition, a questionnaire, designed
to assess information on system performance and the role of
3-D visualization techniques in an operational environment,
was completed by forecasters after using D3D in an operational
forecast setting.
This presentation will demonstrate D3D capabilities and show
findings submitted to FSL for an improved D3D visualization
package. The goal to show there is an advantage of a more thorough
diagnosis of model forecasts using D3D and D2D in the forecast
process. In the future, this technology can be installed NWS-wide
as an integral component of the AWIPS.
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