MODIS Imagery in AWIPS II

Instructions for AWIPS II Installation

Space Science and Engineering Center
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Released December 11, 2015
Version 1.0 (Dec. 11, 2015)
GOES-R
Project members:  Scott Bachmeier, Russ Dengel, Jordan Gerth, Scott Lindstrom, Jerrold Robaidek, Kathy Strabala, Steve Wanzong

The Space Science and Engineering Center is not continuously staffed. Consequently, data outages and processing issues may result. The products should be considered non-operational.

MODIS Imagery and products for display in AWIPSII:

Any site which wishes to download this package should be aware that the files and scripts are considered final, but the images pulled from the LDM are non-operational.

Weather Forecast Offices which wish to be test sites for future upgrades and phases should contact Jordan Gerth.

"There are different MODIS algorithms for cloud masking that are implemented depending on whether the detection is occurring are over land, desert, coast, deep water, etc. The deep water algorithm employs some tests which include a 3x3 pixel spatial variability test. This cannot be applied if there is not a 3x3 pixel deep water scene. Ultimately, a different set of tests are applied in this transition zone resulting in the stripe denoting the transition area. Since cloud detection is different and less complex during the day, this stripe should not appear on any daytime passes.."...Kathy Strabala

Announcements

This data is provided as part of the GOES-R Proving Ground. For assistance and suggestions on obtaining and using the data in AWIPS, please contact Jordan Gerth.

These files are subject to change as the software evolves.

Acquiring Data at a Central Region, Eastern Region, or Southern Region WFO

Required AWIPS II Configurations

These files are subject to change as the software evolves.

LDAD/Processing Configurations

Perform the following actions to configure your Local Data Acquisition and Dissemination (LDAD) server.

In /data/fxa/LDAD/data as user ldad on server px2:

In /awips/ldad/bin as ldad on px2:

In /awips2/edex/data/utility/ as user awips on dx3 or dx4, where LLL is the WFO identifier:

  1. Append to edex_static/site/LLL/satellite/regionalsat/creatingEntities.xml
  2. Append to edex_static/site/LLL/satellite/physicalElements.xml
  3. EAST CONUS: Append to edex_static/site/LLL/distribution/geocat_modis_econus_regionalsat.xml
  4. WEST CONUS: Append to edex_static/site/LLL/distribution/geocat_modis_wconus_regionalsat.xml
  5. ALASKA: Append to edex_static/site/LLL/distribution/geocat_modis_alaska_regionalsat.xml

Select one of the four "regionalSatImagery*.xml" option that matches your region

  1. Append to common_static/site/LLL/styleRules/satelliteImageryStyleRules.xml
  2. Add custom modis*.cmap to common_static/site/LLL/colormaps/

    3. Screenshots

    Courtesy of Scott Bachmeier & Kaba Bah (contact)

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