Learn AWIPS CAVE

The Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) is a meteorological software package used for decoding, displaying, and analyzing data. In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of working with the desktop client, AWIPS CAVE, through demonstrations, tutorials, activities, assessments, and challenges. Sections should be completed in sequence but may be completed over multiple sessions. 

Launch Course

Details

Intended Audience

• Atmospheric scientists, Earth Systems scientists
• New AWIPS users, first-time AWIPS users

Learning Objectives 

1. Initialize CAVE and navigate the interface
2. Create simple plan views
3. Save and organize views
4. Create additional view types, such as time series, vertical cross sections, and soundings.

Suggested Prerequisite Skills

• Essential Digital Competencies

Author

NSF Unidata

Format

Self-Paced eLearning

Duration

4.5 hours

Technical Requirements

• A free NSF Unidata eLearning account
• A supported web browser
• CAVE version 20 installed on a supported operating system
• Recommended: A keyboard with a numpad; a mouse with a scrollwheel; two monitors

Last Update

December 2023

Contact

support-eLearning@unidata.ucar.edu