The Weather Station and Computer Laboratory
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, City College
Professor Edward Hindman and Professor Stanley Gedzelman, Directors
Kwan Kong, Research Scientist

The Weather Station and Computer Laboratory of the the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, City College offers unique facilities to both undergraduate and graduate students and researchers. The facility is staffed by Profs. Hindman and Gedzelman and Research Scientist, Kwan Kong. The facility is fully equipped for the standard PC operations such as word-processing and Internet access. The unique feature of our laboratory are the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research / National Center for Atmospheric Research applications, LDM, GEMPAK, McIDAS and MM5 that enable a wide range of data collection, analyses and modeling.

LDM: This is a Local Data Manager that processes a continuous data-stream of meteorological, oceanographic and geophysical data received received through Internet transmission. For example, by utilizing the LDM special data products can be obtained, such as international meteorological measurements. These data are analyzed using the GEMPAK and McIDAS applications. This application is an excellent test-bed for
computer-oriented students to develop web-pages displaying current meteorological data.

GEMPAK: This is a GEneral Meteorological PAcKage that allows fields of data to be manipulated, analyzed and displayed. For example, predictions using the mesoscale Meteorological Model Version 5 (MM5) can be displayed using GEMPAK. Currently, Kwan Kong uses GEMPAK to analyze data collected in the infamous Hurricane Floyd of 1998.

McIDAS: This is the Man-Computer Interactive Data Acquisition System that analyzes both remote and insitu data received through the LDM. For example, satellite images of the Gulf Stream can be analyzed for the sea-surface temperatures. Remotely-sensed data from oribiting satellites anywhere in the world can be analyzed using the McIDAS.
Currently, Prof. Hindman and his students are using McIDAS to study the weather of the Himalaya mountains.

MM5: This is a computer model that can be used to either analyze or predict weather phenomena anywhere in the world. Currently, Prof. Gedzelman and his students are using MM5 to diagnose Hurricane Floyd.

Contact Information
Professor Edward Hindman
EAS Dept./CCNY
email
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Professor Stanley Gedzelman
EAS jDept./CCNY
email