AWIPS OB4 Training

To support the fielding of AWIPS software Operational Build 4 (OB4), WDTB has prepared a recorded presentation on OB4 enhancements and changes to radar and warning functionality. This training does not address OB4 versions of the Watch Warning Advisory (WWA), Warngen, or Local Storm Report (LSR) software.

Instructions

Presentation: The presentation takes approximately 25 minutes, and can be paused and restarted at any point.

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Major Training Topics

1. Enhancement to All Tilts functionality
2. New TVS Rapid Update (TRU) product
3. Mesocyclone Detection Algorithm (MDA)
   - MD (New Mesocyclone Detection product
   - DMD (Digital Mesocyclone Detection) viewable in SCAN
4. Improved Time Set Operation

References / Related Links

Additional references to OB4 software can be found at the AWIPS One-Stop Web Site:
http://onestop.noaa3.awips.noaa.gov/

AWIPS OB4 Release Notes - Section 1: http://www.ops1.nws.noaa.gov/awipsnew/software/ob4relnotessec1_final.pdf

AWIPS OB4 Release Notes - Section 2:
http://www.ops1.nws.noaa.gov/awipsnew/software/ob4relnotsec2_final.pdf

AWIPS OB4 Release Notes - Section 3:
http://www.ops1.nws.noaa.gov/awipsnew/software/ob4relnotessec3_final.pdf

Additional information on RPG Build 6 can be found at:
http://wdtb.noaa.gov/modules/RPG6/index.html

Mesocyclone Detection Algorithm:
- Stumpf et al, 1998: The National Sever Storms Laboratory Mesocyclone Detection Algorithm for the WSR-88D. Weather and Forecasting, 13, 304-326.

System for Convection Analysis and Nowcasting (SCAN) DMD
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/scan/SCANMD-Guide-Users-OB4.pdf