Meteorology Instrumentation & Resources
Students have ready access to excellent equipment and facilities found in the Boyd Science Center.
Instrumentation & Facilities
- Multi-instrumented rooftop weather observation station
- A suite of rain gauges & temperature probes for remote deployment during field experiments as well as hand held wind meters.
- Observational equipment such as a radiosonde system, portable micrometeorological measurement platform, and a fully instrumented Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS).
- Broadcast Studio equipped with IBM Weather Company MAX system for generating weather graphics found in many local television stations.
Computer Resources
- Two computer labs for exclusive use by meteorology students. Each workstation features dual screen monitors and the latest versions of MetPy, GR2Analyst, Matlab, IDV, AWIPS2 and other meteorological software applications
- Electronic mapwall consisting of eight 48″ LCD monitors allowing for large scale visualization and analysis of weather phenomenon
- A 72 core computer cluster capable of running operational numerical weather prediction models such as the WRF.