FX-Net
v4.0 Released April 2005
- FX-Net
Client Configuration Update Utility (FCU) - allows the configuration
files for an FX-Net client to be updated to the client application at
runtime.
- Volume
Browser Changes - the volume browser now offers the user the ability
to define custom cross-section vertical
ranges.
- Time
matching in FX-Net has been addressed, and error messages now reference
time-matching errors.
- Larger
Primary Window - An additional screen resolution of 1600x1200 has been
added to the list that a user may choose at installation time.
- You can
now print directly from the File menu
on the FX-Net menu bar, either the Current Frame or All Frames.
- The FX-Net
Export feature now allows for JPEG image format. NOTE: if you select
the Export feature, the client will automatically fill the file name
based on the product type being saved. If you then change the image
type to "jpeg", the autogenerated name will be erased from
the file name text field.
- Users
may now hide bad/unwanted images
from any frame of a time series via the product legend pop-up menu.
- The "load
mode" control has been removed from the menu bar, now the only
load mode available is "valid time sequence." This mode will
automatically backfill missing frames within a requested model run with
previous model runs if available.
- Messages
that get sent to the status bar are
now aged off after a specified short or long duration.
- The wavelet
copmression has been improved so images should be less "lossy"
with better resolution and be processed more quickly. As always, if
you load a satellite image on a smaller scale to begin the resolution
will be better than the same image on a larger scale.
- A considerable
effort was made to make the display engine faster. Also, the display
engine is now "thread-safe", and as a result, cosmetic display
errors should now be all but eradicated.
- New datasets
and relevant name changes associated with AWIPS OB3 have been added,
including WRF NMM, WRF ARW, NCEP HRW.
- Newer
versions of Java virtual machine (v1.4.2) and Apache (2.0) have been
utilized.
FX-Net
v 3.41East/West released March 2004
You now can change the density of individual
products loaded as line contours in the primary window, overriding
the Global Density setting found on the toolbar.
You can now change the thickness of the line
coutours as well.
New model data included, the WRF/Chem
model, which has been added to the Volume Browser. A
short discussion of loading the WRF/Chem data using the volume browser
has been included in the help manual.
New profiler data included in the Upper Air menu: MAP Profilers. MAP
is synonymous with CAP (Cooperative Agency Profilers). Much
more information on MAP/CAP Profilers is here
FX-Net menu bar reorganized to break up Surface menu into Obs
and NCEP/Hydro menus, to put Natl Radar and
Home Radar into single Radar menu, and added
a Tools menu where you can access the Baselines
and Points.
NOTE:
FX-Net now comes in several versions which may have subtle differences,
mainly in the view scales. Forecast Systems Laboratory currently has
two flavors of servers which serve either the localization for FX-Net
East or the localization for FX-Net West. In addition, there are four
NWS Regional offices serving FX-Net from within their headquarters:
Western Region (SLC), Southern Region (FWD), Pacific Region (GUM), and
Alaskan Region (AFC).
FX-Net
v 3.2 release - September 2002
File -> TEXT Browser: forecast and discussions (AFOS display)
File -> Export: "Export file"
functionality
30 minute mesonet surface plot (for info on this data set: http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/MADIS)
AIRMAP AQ stations: O3, Condensation Particles, SO2,
NOY, NO, CO (from Thompson Farm, Mt. Washington, Castle Springs,
NH) available every 15 minutes (SURFACE menu). Also can be displayed
as "AQ Family" with all 6 parameters loaded simultaneously.
Only available on North East US view.
National low level one hour average ozone (O3) fields
from EPA (SURFACE -> Air Quality menu)
Maritime surface data: fixed buoys, moving maritime, and marine
guidance (SURFACE menu)
Options -> Preferences:
preference setting replaces the need for editing the client.properties
files. Settings include max number of frames, home radar location, viewport
and radar chooser size, product and map default color settings
County names and boundaries on regional scales
Additional background maps for Regional scales: National Forest
Boundaries, National Park Boundaries, Bureau of Land Management Districts,
Indian Reservations
New much improved wind profiler
time-height plots
New Density functionality (menu bar:upper right) for changing
density of model contour lines (change
of observation plot density was part of 3.1 already)
Northern Hemispheric scale and North America scale allow for
display of ECMWFand UKMET in Volume Browser (no families, limited number
of parameters)
All product labels/legends display parameter units
Color bar with units for all numerical model imagery
Enhancements:
~ Procedure window now resizable
~ Personalized Color Maps now
saved on upgrade/reinstall
~ Menus FILE, VIEW, OPTIONS don't get occluded when looping weather
products
Additions to Menus:
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Surface
National Center Models
Severe Weather Plot
SPC Convective Outlook
Threat Charts
Fire Weather
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Upper
Air
TAQ Profiler
Canada RAOBs
Mexico RAOBs
Atlantic RAOBs
Alaska RAOBs
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Maps
Cities (for NE scale only)
Lakes (fore NE scale only)
Marine Zones
Marine Locations
Mesonet Stations
Profilers
GPS-IPWV Stations
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