MTEOR 411/511 WEEK 1 SUPPORTING MATERIAL

Week 1 - Norwegian Cyclone Model; Overview of ISU Data

PDF Tutorial on GR software

GR Tutorial)

Web Site on GR software

Extra GR Info)

Tutorial on Bufkit

Bufkit Tutorial)

ISU Methods of viewing weather data

ntl - access to nwx, nsharp, ntrans, nmap2, garp

gempak - includes programs like gdcntr, gdplot, sncross, snmap, sfmap, gdcross

IDV - type runIDV to activate, this can be installed on any machine (see

Unidata IDV page)

Other web material discussing midlatitude cyclones

• Dr. David M. Schultz paper on cyclones

Overview and Review of NCEP Models and Model Biases Compiled by NWS sources

• FOUS Decoding (Paul Sirvatka, College of DuPage)
• MOS Decoding (Paul Sirvatka, College of DuPage)