RPG Build 2 deployment occurred from 09/30/02 to 11/4/02. WDTB has prepared a VISITview presentation and an associated document that presents the operationally relevant features of RPG Build 2.0.

Each NWS office will receive two (2) copies of the RPG Build 2.0 training document. Additional copies are available for download. (This file is a PDF file. You must have Adobe's Acrobat Reader installed in order to read this document.)

The VISITview presentation has recorded audio and annotations, and is available for download and playback (exe, 18.6 MB). Download, save, and expand this file as you would with any VISITview presentation. To view the recording, activate the "visitplay.bat" file for student control of the slide presentation, or the "visitauto.bat" file for automatic display of the slide show. For details on VISITview recorded sessions, see the VISIT web site.

In continuous playback, this training session will take a little over 20 minutes. When viewed by a group with discussion between slides, this session would still likely take less that one hour. We encourage everyone to participate, whether individually or in groups.

Major Training Topics

1. Radar Echo Classifier algorithm and resultant changes to Clutter Regions window.
2. Other changes to the Clutter Regions window.
3. Application of the gage-radar bias value to precipitation estimates*
4. SuperOb capability
5. High Resolution VIL*
6. HCI window management improvements
7. PRF Selection window for the distant MSCF
   
   
   *Operator impact dependent on AWIPS Build 5.2.2 (or later).