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| Titel |
A web service based tool to plan atmospheric research flights |
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M. Rautenhaus, G. Bauer, A. Dörnbrack |
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| Sprache |
Englisch
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1991-959X
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In: Geoscientific Model Development ; 5, no. 1 ; Nr. 5, no. 1 (2012-01-17), S.55-71 |
| Datensatznummer |
250002292
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/gmd-5-55-2012.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| We present a web service based tool for the planning of atmospheric research
flights. The tool provides online access to horizontal maps and vertical
cross-sections of numerical weather prediction data and in particular allows
the interactive design of a flight route in direct relation to the
predictions. It thereby fills a crucial gap in the set of currently available
tools for using data from numerical atmospheric models for research flight
planning. A distinct feature of the tool is its lightweight, web service
based architecture, requiring only commodity hardware and a basic Internet
connection for deployment. Access to visualisations of prediction data is
achieved by using an extended version of the Open Geospatial Consortium Web
Map Service (WMS) standard, a technology that has gained increased attention
in meteorology in recent years. With the WMS approach, we avoid the transfer
of large forecast model output datasets while enabling on-demand generated
visualisations of the predictions at campaign sites with limited Internet
bandwidth. Usage of the Web Map Service standard also enables access to
third-party sources of georeferenced data. We have implemented the software
using the open-source programming language Python. In the present article, we
describe the architecture of the tool. As an example application, we discuss
a case study research flight planned for the scenario of the 2010
Eyjafjalla volcano eruption. Usage and implementation details are
provided as Supplement. |
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