Web Development by Mark Mizubayashi Program Manager Tim Fahey Project Supervisor Kevin P. Roe Thomas Meyer Maui High Performance Computing Center Center for Adaptive Optics 2006 Akamai Internship Program

Background MHPCC produces high resolution weather forecasts Supports AMOS (Air Force Maui Optics & Supercomputing site) Giving more accurate/detailed forecasts than the National Weather Service Forecasts are posted daily on MHPCC’s public website http://weather.mhpcc.edu

Motivation The weather web page is examined by everyone from telescope operators to the general public. Readability Web page needs to be easy to understand by professionals and non-professionals

Motivation cont. Portability Email security Web page needs to be viewable by all internet capable devices i.e. not just broadband desktops, but less powerful and smaller devices. Email security Integrating a contact page using PHP so robots cant acquire email for nefarious purposes

Motivation cont. Cross-platform Web page must be viewable by multiple browsers such as Firefox, Internet Explorer, etc…..

Implementation Readability Detailed description of weather fields being displayed Clear graphics Organized pages

Implementation cont. Portability Layout of web page is minimalistic No excessively large graphics Preloading of images limits details on small screens Use of pull down menus

Implementation cont. Email security Use of PHP script to prevent unwanted web crawler access.

Page Layout

Page Layout cont.

Conclusion Readability Portability Email security Cross-Platform Any user can navigate through easily Portability Able to be viewed by smaller devices such as cell phones Email security Prevents robots from accessing information Cross-Platform Designed to work across multiple browsers

Future Work Change from JavaScript of multiple PNG images to flash or shockwave animation 3D interpretation of data using Vis5d

Special Thanks Center for Adaptive Optics MHPCC MEDB MCC Malika Bell, Lisa Hunter, Hilary O’Bryan MHPCC Tim Fahey, Kevin P. Roe, Thomas Meyer MEDB Isla Yap, Leslie Wilkins MCC Mark Hoffman Funding provided through the Center for adaptive Optics, a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center (STC), AST-987683.