• Introduction
• Objectives
• System Requirements
• 1. Radar Data Acquisition
  (RDA) Unit
  • Introduction
  • Transmitter
  • Antenna
    • Overview
    • Volume Coverage Pattern
      (VCP)
    • Long Pulse vs. Short Pulse
    • Operational Modes
    • AVSET
  • Receiver
  • Signal Processor
    • Overview
    • Ground Clutter Suppression
    • Calculation of Base Data
    • Range Unfolding of Doppler
      Data
    • Archive Level I
  • Keyboard Video Mouse (KVM)
    and Monitor Interface
• 2. Wideband
  Communications
  • Introduction
  • Direct Wire Link
  • Private T1
  • Telco (Commercial) T1
  • Microwave Line-Of-Site
    (MLOS)
• 3. Radar Product Generator
  (RPG)
  • Introduction
  • Product Generation
  • RPG Control
  • Product Distribution
    • Overview
    • Archive II Data Distribution
      System
    • Archive Level III
• 4. Master System Control
  Function (MSCF)
  • Introduction
  • The RDA HCI at the MSCF
  • The RPG HCI at the MSCF
    • Overview
    • RDA Changes Initiated at
      the RPG HCI
    • Optimizing Data Quality
    • Status Monitoring
    • Free Text Messages
    • Product Distribution
      Communications
• 5. Product Distribution
  Communications
• 6. User Systems
  • Introduction
  • Principal Users
  • Other Users
    • Overview
    • Archive II Data Distribution
      System
    • Radar Product Central
      Collection/Distribution
      System (RPCCDS)
  • Advanced Weather
    Interactive Processing
    System (AWIPS)
    • Overview
    • AWIPS Narrowband
      Communications to
      the RPG
    • RPCCDS and Archive Level III
    • The AWIPS Workstation
• Acronym Listing

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User Systems - Advanced Weather
Interactive Processing System (AWIPS):
The AWIPS Workstation

The Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) uses Linux-based workstations to display the radar image products and alphanumeric data. The primary application used for radar data display and analysis is the Common AWIPS Visualization Environment (CAVE). CAVE can display:

• All of the products on the Product Generation Table,
• Products requested through the One-Time Request (OTR) and Radar Multiple Request (RMR) processes, and
• Alerts from the dedicated Radar Product Generators (RPGs).

The power of the AWIPS workstation is its ability to display radar and all other meteorological data on a common map background.

More details on displaying WSR-88D base data and products on the AWIPS workstation were discussed in DLOC Topic 1. Please feel free to review that information, including any Weather Event Simulator (WES) exercises, as you proceed through the Distance Learning Operations Course (DLOC) to enhance your understanding and expertise with CAVE.

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