Transcript Info – tutorial for ICARE students using NSF/NCAR C-130

Intro – RAF software
OUTLINE:
Real-time data - on aircraft or ground
• acserver web display, Mission Coordinator
• aeros
• internet relay chat
Post-flight data - netcdf files
• RAF software
April 2011
Mission Coordinator display –
on ground
http://www.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/flight_data/platform.pl
Mission Coordinator display:
web browser on aircraft
Avoid browsing to sites off the airplane!
 Satcom is expensive
IR satellite image
-50°C blue
-60°C green
-70°C red
triangle = waypoint
ATC boundaries
PREDICT project, dropsonde pattern
flight track
lightning
Video = forward, left & right
internet relay chat aircraft  satcom  ground
run from
web page
internet relay chat
or download &
install xchat
client
Password
connect to GV
aircraft  satcom  ground
/nick yourName-location
you need server ident and password
use care with messages because text is logged
front of aircraft
Display laptop on network at each station
Data display on GV or C-130, aeros
plot and list > 250 variables
demo will be shown at
end of presentation
Data display on the ground, aeros
using satcom relay to ground, aeros can plot & list > 20 variables
aeros - configuration files
Data files - netcdf
netcdf – self-documenting, multi-variable format.
Analysis software IDL, MatLab, Origin, ..
Data files will be available after each flight & archived by
EOL for project investigators
RAF provides free software for display & to convert
between ASCII and netcdf
More?
http://www.eol.ucar.edu/
aeros = linux, Mac, Windows
free distribution + other RAF software
http://www.eol.ucar.edu/data/software/downloadcenter
HIAPER Investigator’s Handbook
aeros demo
front of aircraft
Display laptops at each station
CDP & 2D-C = wing mounted probes
uhsas
video
RICE
MTP
CDP
King
Fast
hot-wire 2D-C
photos
right wing
left wing
uhsas
MTP
RICE
CDP
King
hot-wire
Fast
2D-C