RAOB 5.9 Enhancements
BASIC Module Enhancements
- Expanded the RAOB CSV format to include U/V wind data components
- IMPROVED:
- Elevation processing for Ship/Mobile/Dropsonde processing
- WMO Coded data decoder to fix common TTAA format errors
- Improved diagram displays on wide-screen monitors
- Soaring Diagram’s auto-sizing functions
- ADDED:
- A title display option for high-density wind plots
- Configuration options for single or group program users
- WBZ height in “MSL” on the Analyses Listing tab
- Dual Help file options to better accommodate Vista systems
- “Units” options to the Individual Parameter Data Display listing
- Automated data-correction option for bad T / Td relationships
- Option to eliminate the diagram’s surface layer display
- Capability to scroll through all sounding files located in data directory
- Capability to process pressure data with hundredths precision
- Options to set diagram upper pressure limit to 1000 mb / hPa
ANALYTIC Module Enhancements (optional)
- Improved Tropopause and Freezing line diagram graphics
- Improved the Layer Analyzer screen
- Added the “Mean Ri” to the numerical data listing display
- The “layer depth” can be locked by using the CTRL key
- Added RH with-respect-to “ice” on the Complete Data listing
- Added new graphic display options to the Analyses Toolbar
- Fog Layers (ice, freezing, and wet fogs)
- FrostPoint sounding profile
- Added an “export” folder option to the Batch & Timer Processing format
- Added new data export output options
- CAT, Icing, and Lightning layers
- Layer depth & intervals are user-defined
Fog Layers
HODOGRAPH & INTERACTIVE Module Enhacements (optional)
- Added ability to set Hodograph’s axis range / limits
- Improved Hodogram’s 3-D graphic display imagery
FRONTS & FORECAST Module Enhacements (optional)
- Improved warm / cold frontal graphics
- Added ability to set diagram’s axis range / limits
SOUNDINGRAM Module Enhancements (optional)
- Added capability to plot / compare up to 4 simultaneous soundings
- Added options to set diagram upper pressure limit to 1000 mb / hPa
- Added analyses options for Liquid-Water and Vapor-Density data
- These parameters are only available when processing microwave data
STANDARD VERTICAL CROSS-SECTION
Module Enhancements (optional)
- Added options to set diagram upper pressure limit to 1000 mb / hPa
- Added new analysis options: Shear / Fronts / Inversions / Fog Layers
- Added more analysis options: Liquid-Water and Vapor-Density
- These parameters are only available when processing microwave data
ADVANCED VERTICAL CROSS-SECTION
Module Enhancements (optional)
- Improved the analyses paint & colorizing graphics
- Added a full feature Gradient Editor
- Create customized gradients with smooth or stepped patterns
- See an example Editor image of a default gradient
- Added 2-panel & 3-panel diagram display options
- Configure each panel separately, including contour overlays
- See example 3-panel image with Temp / CAPE / CAT analyses
Gradient Editor
REAL-TIME CROSS-SECTION PROCESSOR
Module - NEW (optional)
- This new module requires use of the optional Advanced Cross-Section module
- Automatically detects & decodes new sounding data & updates cross-section
TURBULENCE & MOUNTAIN-WAVE
Module Enhancements (optional)
- Improved mouse response to mountain-wave proximity locations
- Improved the displays of mountain-wave data listings
SPECIAL DATA DECODERS
Module Enhancements (optional)
- Improved the following decoders
- CLASS family decoders for new header formats
- SH4_NASA decoder for new header formats
- Added the following decoders
- FSL/GSD decoder
- Vaisala/EOL decoder
- NCAR/4DWX Virtual Sounding decoder
- NCDC UA Standard format decoder
BINARY DATA DECODER Module Enhancements (optional)
- Previously called the BUFR Data Decoder
- Added a GRIB decoder for Version 1 data formats
RADIOMETRICS (RDX) DECODER
Module - NEW (optional)
- Processes microwave profiler data from the Radiometrics Corporation
- Includes temperature & moisture data plus Liquid-Water & Vapor-Density data