STEPS-related links

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ELECTRIFICATION AND PRECIPITATION STUDY
(STEPS-2000): Links to related websites

Latest STEPS Operational Products
- Mobile GLASS from NCAR/RAP via NCAR/ATD/SSSF. Skew-T plots and ASCII files.
- Mobile GLASS from NCAR/ATD/SSSF. Backup - ASCII files only.
- Latest CHILL radar images from Burlington via CSU.
- Latest SPOL radar images from Idalia via CHILL at Burlington.
- NLDN data from CSU and NMIMT.
- Rapid Scan satellite data from CSU/CIRA's NOAA-NESDIS RAMM Team.
- Downloadable rapid scan satellite Data from CSU/CIRA's NOAA-NESDIS RAMM Team.
- Current sprite images and forecasts from the Yucca Ridge Field Station.
Current Weather Products
- Real-time Weather Data from NCAR/RAP.
  Includes separate pages for satellite, radar, surface, upper-air, and models.
- Continental US (latest images from NCAR/RAP)
- Denver CO (latest images from NCAR/RAP)
- Wichita KS (latest images from NCAR/RAP)
- Pierre SD (latest images from NCAR/RAP)
- NIDS radar products (images from WSI Intellicast)
- NIDS radar products (images from UNISYS)
- NOAA Profiler Network from FSL. Clickable by station. Nearest are McCook NE, Platteville CO (RASS also), Granada CO, and Haviland KS (RASS also).
- Upper air soundings from University of Wyoming. Select the type of plot and time of sounding to be plotted. Clickable by station.
- Upper air soundings. Skew-T from Ohio State. Clickable by station. The soundings available on April 28, 2000 were for December of 1999. May not be updating anymore.
- RAMSDIS On-line. Real-time satellite Data from CSU/CIRA's NOAA-NESDIS RAMM Team.
- GOES images from NASA. Interactive Global Geostationary Weather Satellite Imagery from the Global Hydrology and Climate Center.
- Watch, Warning and Advisory Display from the Storm Prediction Center (SPC).
- SPC Severe Weather Reports from Brian Jewett's homepage at the Univ. Ilinois, Dept. of Atmos. Sci. Plots at 1530 UTC for preliminary severe weathter reports gathered by NOAA/NWS, checked and distributed by the Storm Prediction Center (SPC).
- Colorado Collaborative Rain and Hail Study. CoCoRaHS from Colorado State University. Several county-wide rain and hail maps from cooperative observers.
- US Daily Precipitation from Intellicast (WSI.)
Forecast Products
- Interactive Weather Information from the NWS. Includes forecasts, discussions, and other information.
- Weather Forecast from NCAR/RAP. Analysis and 12-48 hour ProgCharts.
- Access to RUC, ETA, or MRF models from NCAR/RAP webpage.
- Access to ETA model from Unisys Weather page.
- Access to MRF model from Unisys Weather page.
- RUC model output from NOAA/FSL
Archives of WSR-88D NIDS Images: Images are posted once they are are 48 hours old.
- NCAR/RAP's NEXRAD Data Archives Viewer. Includes same looping capabilities as the RAP real-time radar page, except that the archive includes the past 10 days.
- NCDC National Mosaic Reflectivity Images. An on-line archive of hourly national composites. Click on "National Mosaic Reflectivity Images" and select the date(s), next select a starting time to get the animator. Only 12 images will be animated.
Operational Facilities and Related Sites
- Goodland Kansas WFO
- Goodland Kansas WFO Skywarn
- The SOO/SAC Home Page. Includes links to software packages and other information relevant to the SOO/SAC Program.
- Topographic maps at 1:25,000, 1:50,000, 1:100,000 and 1:200,000 with small, medium, or large display.
Research Facilities
- S-Pol research radar from the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
- CHILL research radar from Colorado State University.
- T-28 storm-penetrating aircraft from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
- Mobile GLASS from the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
- Lightning mapping system from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
- Joint Mobile Research Facility (JMRF) from the University of Oklahoma and the National Severe Storms Laboratory.
- Mobile mesonet units from the National Severe Storms Laboratory and the University of Oklahoma.
Data Visualization and Analysis Software
- Operations-related software that uses WSR-88D wideband Level II data.
- ATD-developed software at NCAR. Includes radar data visualization (SOLO and ZEBRA) and radar data gridding (REORDER) packages. ATD/RDP also has a translator to read a variety of radar data input formats and to write these in Dorade format or UF. There are also software packages for environmental sounding and aircraft data measured from NCAR/ATD research platforms. The ATD software packages were developed mainly for visualization of these data sets.
- MMM-developed software at NCAR. Includes radar visualization and analysis (PPI-MMM), radar data gridding (SPRINT), and gridded-data analysis (CEDRIC) packages. Both PPI-MMM and SPRINT can read WSR-88D Level II, Dorade (including SOLO-generated sweep files), and Universal Format (UF) radar data. All MMM software packages were developed mainly for the analysis of radar data in the original radar sampling space and in the gridded domain. This includes the visualization both of basic input radar data and of new fields that have been derived from the radar measurements, including synthesized wind fields.