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+ <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=9" />
+ <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="application/xhtml+xml; charset=UTF-8" />
+ <meta name="keywords" content="weather, radar, nexrad, level-ii, virtual globe, grits, rsl" >
+ <meta name="description" content="AWeather is a free advanced real-time weather data viewer
+ that supports Level-II NEXRAD files, polarimetric radars, and volume rendering." >
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+ <p class="msg" style="font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;">
+ If I had an animated GIF of a guy with a shovel, I would put it here.</p>
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and IDV.
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+ <h2>Licencing</h2>
+ <p>AWeather is free software licensed under the terms of the
+ <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">GNU GPL</a>.
+ As such, it can be used by any individuals or organizations
+ without any license fees or royalties.</p>
+
<h2>Features</h2>
- <ul>
- <li>High quality data sources
- (Level-II archive, etc)</li>
- <li>3D Volume browser</li>
- <li>Storm motion animations (todo)</li>
- <li>API for algorithms
- (vortex/hail signatures, rain-rate, etc)
- (todo)</li>
- <li>Other? (open to suggestions)</li>
- </ul>
-
- <h3>Working</h3>
- <ul>
- <li>High quality data sources<ul>
- <li>Level-II archives</li>
- <li>Conus NEXRAD imagery</li>
- <li>Volume display</li>
- </ul></li>
- <li>Virtual Globe base rendering<ul>
- <li>Including terrain, satellite, and map imagery</li>
- </ul></li>
- <li>Real-time and offline mode</li>
- <li>Auto-updating</li>
- <li>Fullscreen mode</li>
- </ul>
- <h3>Planned</h3>
- <ul>
- <li>Vertical cross sections</li>
- <li>Derived NEXRAD data (storm relative motion, echo tops, compost reflective, etc)</li>
- <li>Additional data sources (watch/warning boxes, surface data, etc)</li>
- <li>Animation</li>
- </ul>
+ <div class="col">
+ <h3>Working</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li>High quality data sources<ul>
+ <li>Level-II archives</li>
+ <li>Conus NEXRAD imagery</li>
+ <li>Volume display of dBZ iso surfaces</li>
+ </ul></li>
+ <li>Virtual Globe base rendering<ul>
+ <li>Including terrain, satellite, and map imagery</li>
+ </ul></li>
+ <li>Real-time and offline mode</li>
+ <li>Auto-updating</li>
+ <li>Fullscreen mode</li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+ <div class="col">
+ <h3>Planned</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Additional data sources<ul>
+ <li>Watch/warning/advisory boxes</li>
+ <li>Surface data (temp., humidity, etc)</li>
+ </ul></li>
+ <li>Derived NEXRAD data<ul>
+ <li>Storm relative motion</li>
+ <li>Compost reflective</li>
+ <li>Echo tops</li>
+ </ul></li>
+ <li>Vertical cross sections</li>
+ <li>Animation</li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
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<% void print_news(void) { %>
<li>Available from <a href="files/">files</a> directory
and <a href="/git/?p=~spenceal/rsl">git</a></li>
</ul>
+ <b>Update:</b> AWeather 0.5 is also compatible with the
+ newly released RSL v1.41</li>
</dd>
<dt>2011-06-13</dt>
user to zoom in from a high level view of the entire Earth down
to regional and microscale views.
</p>
+ <hr />
<ul class="gallery">
<li>
<% print_screen("synop"); %>
<dd><a href="files/aweather-<%= VERSION_WIN32 %>-gtk.exe">aweather-<%= VERSION_WIN32 %>-gtk.exe</a></dd>
<dt>Without GTK</dt>
- <dd><a href="files/aweather-<%= VERSION_WIN32 %>.exe">aweather-<%= VERSION_WIN32 %>.exe</a> (Use this if you know what you're doing)</dd>
+ <dd><a href="files/aweather-<%= VERSION_WIN32 %>.exe">aweather-<%= VERSION_WIN32 %>.exe</a>
+ (Use this if you know what you're doing)</dd>
</dl></li>
<li class="macos" style="padding-top: .8em; padding-bottom: .8em"><dl class="inline">
<dt>Mac OS X</dt>
</ul>
<h2>Building AWeather</h2>
- <p class="note">See the <a href="code/projects/aweather/wiki/Install">install</a> wiki page for more details</p>
+ <p class="note">See the <a href="code/projects/aweather/wiki/Install">install</a>
+ wiki page for more details</p>
<ul>
<li>AWeather has direct dependencies on Grits, RSL, among other things</li>
<li>Currently building and running AWeather will require the
<% void print_rsl(void) { %>
<h2>Radar Software Library</h2>
- AWeather uses a custom version of the
+ AWeather has at times needed a custom version of the
<a href="http://trmm-fc.gsfc.nasa.gov/trmm_gv/software/rsl/">TRMM Radar Software Library</a>
- for accessing Level-II radar files.
-
- <h2>Changes</h2>
- <ul>
- <li>Dual Pole support</li>
- <li>Added additional radars</li>
- <li>Improved code organization</li>
- <li>Fixed most compiler warnings</li>
- <li>Miscellaneous bug fixes</li>
- </ul>
+ for accessing Level-II radar files. However, most of the changes have
+ since been incorporated into RSL Version 1.41, which can also be used
+ with AWeather. Some remaining changes exist though and are mostly
+ related to code organization and fixing compiler warnings.
<h2>Download</h2>
- <h3>TRMM version</h3>
- <ul>
- <li><a href="http://trmm-fc.gsfc.nasa.gov/trmm_gv/software/rsl/">TRMM RSL Website</a></li>
- <li><a href="ftp://trmm-fc.gsfc.nasa.gov/software/rsl-v1.40.tar.gz">rsl-v1.40.tar.gz</a></li>
- </ul>
- <h3>AWeather's version</h3>
- <ul>
- <li><a href="files/rsl-1.40.tar.gz">rsl-1.40.tar.gz</a></li>
- <li><a href="/git/?p=~spenceal/rsl">Gitweb</a></li>
- <li><div class="code">git clone git://lug.rose-hulman.edu/~spenceal/rsl</div></li>
- </ul>
+ <div class="col">
+ <h3>NASA/TRMM version</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="http://trmm-fc.gsfc.nasa.gov/trmm_gv/software/rsl/">TRMM RSL Website</a></li>
+ <li><a href="ftp://trmm-fc.gsfc.nasa.gov/software/rsl-v1.41.tar.gz">rsl-v1.41.tar.gz</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+ <div class="col">
+ <h3>AWeather's version</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="files/rsl-1.40.tar.gz">rsl-1.40.tar.gz</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/git/?p=~spenceal/rsl">Gitweb</a></li>
+ <li><div class="code">git clone git://lug.rose-hulman.edu/~spenceal/rsl</div></li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
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<% /* Footer Pages */ %>
<% /* Special Pages */ %>
<% void print_index(void) { %>
<p class="intro">
- AWeather is designed to be an advanced weather program which is
- designed to be used by weather enthusiasts. AWeather is not
- another weather dockapp that displays a pre-computed forecast.
+ AWeather is a free advanced weather data viewer designed for weather enthusiasts.
+ AWeather is not a simple weather widget/dockapp that displays a pre-computed forecast.
It is designed to be an easy to use program that integrates a
- variety of weather data in simple unified interface; see
- <a href="about">about</a> page for more details.
+ variety of weather data in simple unified interface;
+
see the <a href="about">about</a> page for more details.
</p>
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- <div class="buttons">
- <a class="download" href="download">
- <span>Download</span>
- <span>AWeather <%= VERSION %></span>
- <img src="images/dl-arrow.png" alt="Download" />
- </a>
- </div>
- <% print_screen("meso"); %>
- <ul>
- <li>Detailed Level-II radar<ul>
+ <ul style="float: left;">
+ <li>Detailed Level-II NEXRAD radar<ul>
<li>3D volume rendering</li>
<li>Dual-pole support</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Surface and map overlays</li>
<li>Terrain rendering</li>
</ul>
+ <div style="float: left; margin-left: 20px;">
+ <% print_screen("meso"); %>
+ </div>
+ <a href="download" class="download" style="float: right;">
+ <span>Download</span>
+ <span>AWeather <%= VERSION %></span>
+ <img src="images/dl-arrow.png" alt="Download" />
+ </a>
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<% void print_notfound(void) { %>
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