1. Integrated Data Viewer (IDV) at RICO
Don Murray
Jeff McWhirter
UCAR/Unidata

2. Rain In Cumulus Over the Ocean (RICO)
NSF sponsored field program based in Antigua and Barbuda (Nov ’04-Jan ’05) to evaluate precipitation in association with shallow cumulus across a broad range of scales.
Observation Platforms
3 aircraft (NCAR C130, UW Kingair, FAAM BAE-146)
S-POL radar
RV Seward Johnson
NCAR ISS (surface obs and balloon sondes)

3. IDV for RICO
Customized version of IDV for RICO (choosers for real-time data, custom maps)
New development funded through RDCC proposal
Support for 3D displays/readouts of sounding and aircraft data
Support for S-POL radar and other real-time streams
New functionality defined by participants
Used by researchers and graduate students for operations and post analysis
Additionally, LDM used to transmit satellite imagery and model grids to ops center for IDV and Zebra use.

4. Benefits to Unidata Community
Support for new aircraft displays (used by ERAU, NTSB)
IDV use by the next generation of scientists
Strategy for auto-update of some IDV displays
Collaborations w/in NCAR for netCDF standards of field project data
Datasets being used as test cases for CDM work (radar, trajectory (aircraft and sonde))
IDV seen as a tool in future field projects

5. Lessons Learned IDV functionality comparable to Zebra
Real-time in ops center is more dynamic than real-time IDD feed
Realtime data management system needed
Watch out for animals on the road when driving

6. Benefits to IDV developers
Working closely with users in a dynamic environment
Rigorous testing of new IDV features
Exposure of the IDV to a broader community
Closer collaborations with other UCAR groups
Site visit (Jeff – December; Don – January)