Fulker will check to see if there's a GIS package using netCDF
Fulker will pursue the question of NIDS product availability for special
field projects with WSI
The question of expanded support to field projects and supplying additional
data should be included in the next Users Committee community survey
Unidata should create WWW information and include an article in EOS bulletin
about Unidata presence at the AGU meeting in December
The UPC should provide feedback on applications packages and decoder status.
UPC needs to maintain information on the WWW on the development of decoders,
netCDF, and information about McIDAS and plans for GEMPAK
Write newsletter article asking users to share their solutions to NWS datastream
changes and any other software solutions they have developed to deal with
data issues
Can NWS provide area forecast zones information? There is a need for elevation,
lats/lons and types of observations in the NWS Gopher/WWW (Linda will continue
work on this issue)
A satellite sub-committee composed of Melanie Wetzel (Chair), Tom Yoksas,
Paul Ruscher, Jennie Moody, Charlie Murphy, and Denise Laitsch, SSEC, was
established with the following mission:
ACTION:
define strawman proposal for changes
re-examine distribution of satellite imagery,
resolution of temporal,
channels ( 2 ) omitted
sounders
provide examples via web (CIMMS, SSEC, or NASA)
comments and conclusions should be presented to the User Committee,
after which they will be communicated to "community"
Matt Hicks will create a "relative order of importance" form for community
input on products. Matt will work with Melanie to create a usable format
Sally will write (with Melanie and Paul) a newsletter article on the new
products and describe RAMSDIS
There is a need to advertise WWW pages which provide instructional information.
These web locations should be announced to the community
Sally will revise Minigrants proposal with Jim Moore and pass it by the
committee via e-mail before sending to Cliff
Linda Miller and Don Murray will check with NCDC to see if they have updated
station information available
The UPC will develop a model caveat statement for universities to use Web
pages that have weather data
Jennie Moody will send an email to the Users Committee with a proposal on
a summer 97 workshop
RESOLUTION:
The Users Committee advises the UPC to investigate the feasibility of supporting
key, industry-leading, easy-to-administer platforms as basis for utilizing Unidata
capabilities.
Prepared by Linda Miller
