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NEW TECHNOLOGY, !NC.

4811 Bradford Bouleva .-d

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(205) 837.7663

PR1359

8 March 1985

LETTER PROGRESS REPORT

FOR PERIOD ENDING 28 FEBRUARY 1985

(NASA-CE-17142b) NSW 1TNOSPbEaIC SENSOR

ANALYSIS STUDY FLogiess fieport for Period

ending 28 Feb. 19E5 (flew Zecbnclogy, Inc.)

4 p HC A02/MF 101 CSCL 14B

N85-23369

Unclds

G3/.35 15206

NEW ATMOSPHERIC SENSOR ANALYSIS STUDY

Contract NAS8-36179

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Prepared by:

K.G. Parker !G ®^ yl b

Prepared for:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

George C. Marshall Space Flight Center

Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama 35812
This repor ,. provide-- a summary of the tasks performed on Contract

NAS8-36179 for the Atmospheric Sciences Division (ASD) of the System Dynamics

Laboratory of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC).

1.1 DATA BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

The current revision of the Perkin-Elmer Operating System OS/32 MT

7.2.1 was installed on the Atmospheric Modeling and Simulation System (AMASS)

during February. This software appears to offer a means of distributing disc

storage among the user community in a more optimal manner thar previously

available using the file manager.

1.2 NCAR GRAPHICS MODIFICATION

An updated NCAR software package was obtained from Drexel University.

It is currently being added to the system for checkout purposes.

1.3 APPLE III WORKSTATION

No change

1.4 DOPPLER RADAR/LIDAR

Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) software has been received from

the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) and has been loaded onto the

Perkin-Elmer. Extensive modifications will be required to permit the software

to be compatible with the new operating system.

A NEX AD Symposium is scheduled April 1-3 at the University of

Oklahoma. Among the topics to be discussed are modeling, algorithm and

hardware enhancements, as well as communication requirements.

1.5 IMAGE PROCESSING

Various filters developed for thr Man-Computer Interactive Data Access

System (McIDAS) are being evaluated using sounding (water vapor) data.

1.6 PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT

No change
1.7 HARDWARE UPTIMIZAT

The MPS upgrade

Anticipated delivery do

to support this hardwai

software checkout prior

1.8 UNIX/OTHER LANGUAG

No change

1.9 HIGH-SPEED RJE LID

No change

1.10 IBM 4341 Conversj

No change

1.11 CLASS 6/LAN

No change

1.12 MAM.S REQUIREMENT:

No change

1.13 LIGHTNING DISPLA7

No change

1.14 GOES IMAGE MACRO!

No change

1.15 TIROS, VAX, SMMR

No change

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