member of Skywarn Austria
member of AWEKAS
My weather control center:
1st computer called "Newton":
P4 hyper-threading (3.2 GHz/ 2.0 GB RAM/ 250 GB S-ATA hard disk + 500 GB external hard disk/XP SP2), 26" TFT monitor
Software running under XP:
- GeoSatSignal by David Taylor
- HRPT Reader by David Taylor
- GribViewer by David Taylor
- WxTrack by David Taylor
- POVIM by Fred van den Bosch
- All daily business software
2nd computer called "Doppler":
Intel Quad Core (2.83 GHz/ 4 GB RAM/ 200 GB hard disk/Ubuntu 8.04), 19" TFT monitor, power consumption: 55-110 W
Software running:
- WRF (weather research & forecast) model
- Integrated data viewer
- GRADS
- Wine
3rd computer called "Kepler":
P4 laptop (1.6 GHz/1024 MB RAM/60 GB hard disk + 1000 GB external hard disk/XP SP2), power consumption: 20 W
Software running 24/7:
- Dexatek DVB-S USB2.0 receiver
- T-system by Eumetsat
- e-Token by Eumetsat
- MSG Data Manager by David Taylor
- MSG Data Manager Rapid Scan Service by David Taylor
- METOP Data Manager by David Taylor
- AVHRR Data Manager by Davis Taylor
- ARSoft RAMdisk
- Trimstree by David Taylor
- Filezilla server
- TightVNC
4th computer called "Galileo":
P4 laptop (1.6 GHz/512 MB RAM/30 GB hard disk/XP), power consumption: 22 W
Software running 24/7:
- WSWIN by Krenn Werner
- Weatherlink Davis weatherstation
- TOA (time of arrival) lightning detection by Egon Wanke
- ARSoft RAMdisk
- Getcharts by Francis Breame
- Trimtree by David Taylor
- GeoSatSignal by David Taylor
- GribViewer by David Taylor
- WXSIM & WXSIMATE
- TightVNC
My Davis Vantage Pro2 Plus weatherstation: