The case study project ended its formal budget from the NWS on September 30,
2002, due to the NWS redirecting of the funds toward AWIPS-related case study
activities. Because the case studies have continued to be a popular and useful
tool in the classrooms for Unidata institutions, Unidata is exploring other
options to continue the provision of case studies in some form.
A change in delivery media has occurred during this time frame. Addressing the needs and wishes of the user community the COMET Case Studies are now available solely on CD's and the 8mm tapes have been eliminated. This will allow greater ease of use for most users.
Cases ordered rose from 23 to 82 (comparing to the same time frame last year).
Data orders drop from 454 to 138 (comparing to the same time frame last year). A possible reason for this downturn in Data Orders, could be the ease of access to the data via CD's.
Case 042 "Kansas Winter Storm" is the first case to be created solely by Unidata, we hope to continue to produce case studies in the future. We will continue to collaborate with COMET and combine efforts and resources as funding permits, but will continue to look towards our user community for input regarding exercises and curriculum development for the cases we develop at the UPC.
Case studies 19-39 are now available in netCDF as well as the standard GRIB, GEMPAK, NIDS, and MCIDAS formats.
The COMET Case Study Library has been reactive to significant weather events and modified publishing schedule to address these data demands. The latest example being the Kansas City icing event of 1/29 -> 1/31 2002.
