1.0 Introduction to the AWIPS User's Manual
1.2 Intended Audience and Assumed User Skills
1.3 Organization of the Manual
2.1.1 Input Devices2.2 Working with Graphic and Image Products2.1.3 Layout of the D2D Graphics Display
2.1.4 Windows, Tooltips, Menus, and Dialog Boxes in D2D
2.1.5 Other D2D Operational Notes
2.1.6.1 File2.1.7 The Tool Bar
2.2.1 Practice Modules for Working with Graphic and Image Products2.3 Image Colors Editor
2.3.1 The Image Colors Editor Dialog Box2.4 Pop-up Menus
2.4.1 Pop-up Menus from Product Legends2.5 Procedures2.4.2 Pop-up Menus in the Large Display Pane and Four-Panel Layout
2.4.2.1 Pop-up Menus for Display2.4.3 Pop-up Menus in Small Display Panes
2.5.1 The Procedures Cascading Menu3.0 Working with Model Data
3.1.1 The Volume Browser Dialog Box3.2 Product Maker3.1.2 The Volume Browser Menu Bar
3.1.4 Using the Volume Browser Product Selection List
3.2.1 The Product Maker Dialog Box4.0 Text Generation and Display3.2.2 "Specify" Pull-Down Menus in Product Maker
3.2.3 The "Operate" Controls in Product Maker
3.2.4 The "Make" Controls in Product Maker
4.1.1 Not applicable to RSA4.2 Text Display Layout
4.2.1 Text Workstation Control Dialog Box4.3 Text Product Retrieval4.2.3 Text Display Window Menu Bar
4.2.4 Text Display Window Control Bar
4.2.5 AFOS Text Product Browser
4.2.6.1 WMO Text Products4.2.7 The Alarm/Alert Feature
4.3.1 Practice Modules for Browsing and Displaying Text Products4.4 Editing Text Products4.3.2 Practice Module for Requesting a Product from a Remote Site (Request/Reply)
4.4.1 Control Bar Editing Commands4.5 Text Scripts
4.5.1 Text Script Menus4.6 Administrative Message Handling System
4.6.1 Administrative Messages
5.0 Not applicable to RSA
6.0 The Interactive Skew-T Application
6.2.1 The Skew-T Controls Dialog Box6.3 Editing the Skew-T Interactively
6.5 Sampling the Skew-T and Hodograph
6.6 Using the Interactive Skew-T - Module 22: Practice on the Interactive Skew-T
7.4.1 Existing Requests7.8 Radar Graphics Controls
7.9 Practice Modules Using the Radar Applications
8.1 Using the 3D Lightning Application
9.0 Not applicable to RSA
10.0 Not applicable to RSA
11.1.1 State of Data11.2 The Ingest Processes Panel
11.3 Not applicable to RSA
11.4 The AWIPS General Information Panel
12.0 The FX-Collaborate Briefing Tool
3.1 Menu Bar4. Weather Briefings
3.2 Main Tool Bar
3.3 Drawing Tool Bar
3.4 Drawing Tool Practice Module
3.5 Using the Manual Graphics4.1 Using the Slide Show Functions5. Practice Modules for FXC
4.2 Using the Procedure Functions
List of Exhibits
Exhibit 2.1-1 The AWIPS Workstation
Exhibit 2.1.1-1 Right-Handed Mouse Buttons
Exhibit 2.1.1-2 The AWIPS Workstation Keyboard
Exhibit 2.1.1-3 The Numeric Keypad
Exhibit 2.1.2-2 The About to Start D2D Dialog Box
Exhibit 2.1.2-3 D2D as it Looks When Initially Started Up
Exhibit 2.1.4-1 An Example of a Tooltip
Exhibit 2.1.4-2 A Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 2.1.4-3 A Second Stage Cascading Menu
Exhibit 2.1.4-4 A Tear-away Menu
Exhibit 2.1.4-5 An Example of an Option Menu
Exhibit 2.1.5-1 The General Status Dialog Box and the D2D Status Bar
Exhibit 2.1.5-2 The Red Banner Announcement Dialog Box
Exhibit 2.1.6-1 The Menu Bar of D2D
Exhibit 2.1.6.1-1 The File Menu
Exhibit 2.1.6.1-2 The Print Options Dialog Box
Exhibit 2.1.6.2-1 The View Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 2.1.6.2-2 The Default Five-Pane Layout
Exhibit 2.1.6.2-3 The Three-Pane Layout
Exhibit 2.1.6.3-1 The Options Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 2.1.6.3-2 Select Forecast Time and Time Resolution Dialog Box
Exhibit 2.1.6.3-2a Select Offset and Tolerance Dialog Box
Exhibit 2.1.6.3-3 The Display Properties Dialog Box
Exhibit 2.1.6.3-4 The Scale Menu Option
Exhibit 2.1.6.3-5 The Load Mode Option Menu
Exhibit 2.1.6.3-6 The Frames Option Menu
Exhibit 2.1.6.3-7 The Magnification Option Menu
Exhibit 2.1.6.3-8 The Density Option Menu
Exhibit 2.1.6.3-9 The Loop Properties Box
Exhibit 2.1.6.3-10 The Image Properties Dialog Box
Exhibit 2.1.6.3-11 The Image Properties Dialog Box for a Single Image
Exhibit 2.1.6.3-12 The Image Properties Dialog Box for Combined Images
Exhibit 2.1.6.3-13 The Set Time Dialog Box
Exhibit 2.1.6.4-1 The Tools Menu
Exhibit 2.1.6.4-2 The Put Home Cursor Dialog Box
Exhibit 2.1.6.4-3 LAPS Tool Dialog Box
Exhibit 2.1.6.4-4 The LAPS Data Used by Current Analysis Tool
Exhibit 2.1.6.4-5 The Configure Analysis Domain Tool
Exhibit 2.1.6.4-6 The Sunrise/Sunset Tool
Exhibit 2.1.6.4-7 The Units Calculator
Exhibit 2.1.6.4-8 The Tabular Text Display
Exhibit 2.1.6.4-9 The Historic Data Display Dialog Box
Exhibit 2.1.6.4-10 The Text Warning Configuration Dialog Box
Exhibit 2.1.6.4-11 The Range Rings Dialog Box
Exhibit 2.1.6.5-1 The Volume Menu
Exhibit 2.1.6.6-1 The Surface Menu
Exhibit 2.1.6.6-2 The LAPS Menu
Exhibit 2.1.6.6-3 MSAS the MAPS Surface Analysis System
Exhibit 2.1.6.6-4 Example of an MSAS QC Table Accessible Through the D2D Surface Menu Plot
Exhibit 2.1.6.7-1 The Upper Air Menu
Exhibit 2.1.6.8-1 The Satellite Menu
Exhibit 2.1.6.9-1 The kxxx Menu
Exhibit 2.1.6.10-1 The Radar Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 2.1.6.12-1 The Maps Menu
Exhibit 2.1.6.12-2 The Help Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 2.3-1 The Image Properties Dialog Box
Exhibit 2.3-2 The Image Colors Editor Dialog Box
Exhibit 2.4.1-1 Pop-up Menus from Product Legends
Exhibit 2.4.1-2 The Color Chooser Dialog Box
Exhibit 2.4.1-3 The Image Blinking Dialog Box
Exhibit 2.4.2-1 Pop-up Menus in the Large Display Pane and Four-Panel Layout
Exhibit 2.4.3-1 Pop-up Menu in Small Display Panes
Exhibit 2.5-1 The Procedures Cascading Menu
Exhibit 2.5.1-1 The Procedures Cascading Menu - New (Empty) Procedure Dialog Box
Exhibit 2.5.1-2 The Open Procedure Dialog Box
Exhibit 2.5.1-3 The Delete Procedure Dialog Box
Exhibit 2.5.1-4 The History List Dialog Box
Exhibit 3.1.1-1 The Volume Browser When Initially Opened
Exhibit 3.1.2-1 The Volume Browser Menu Bar - File Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 3.1.2-2 The Volume Browser Menu Bar - Edit Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 3.1.2-3 The Volume Browser Menu Bar Tools Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 3.1.2-4 Volume Browser Menu Bar Settings Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 3.1.2-5 The Volume Browser - Plan View Menu State
Exhibit 3.1.2-6 The Volume Browser - Cross Section Menu State
Exhibit 3.1.2-7 The Volume Browser - Time-Height Menu State
Exhibit 3.1.2-8 The Volume Browser - Sounding Menu State
Exhibit 3.1.2-9 The Volume Browser - Time Series Menu State
Exhibit 3.1.2-10 The Volume Browser Menu Bar - Help Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 3.1.3-1 The Volume Browser Sources Pull-Down Menu on CONUS Scale
Exhibit 3.1.3-2 The Plan View Basic Fields Submenu
Exhibit 3.1.3-3 The Plan View Derived Fields Submenu
Exhibit 3.1.3-4 The Time Series Sfc/2D Fields Submenu
Exhibit 3.1.3-5 The Time Series Sfc/2D Misc Submenu
Exhibit 3.1.3-6 The Plan View Sfc/2D Precip Submenu
Exhibit 3.1.3-7 The Plan View Sfc/2D Convective Submenu
Exhibit 3.1.3-8 The Plan View Sfc/2D Marine Submenu
Exhibit 3.1.3-10 The Plan View Other Fields Submenu
Exhibit 3.1.3-11 The Cross Section Basic Fields Submenu
Exhibit 3.1.3-12 The Sounding "Thermo" Fields Submenu
Exhibit 3.1.3-13 The Plan View Pressure Planes Submenu
Exhibit 3.1.3-14 The Plan View Theta Planes Submenu
Exhibit 3.1.3-15 The Plan View Height Planes Submenu
Exhibit 3.1.3-16 The Plan View Miscellaneous Planes Submenu
Exhibit 3.1.3-17 The Plan View Coordinate Planes Submenu
Exhibit 3.1.3-18 The Cross Section Longitude Planes Submenu
Exhibit 3.1.3-19 The Cross Section Latitude Planes Submenu
Exhibit 3.1.3-20 The Cross Section Specified Planes Submenu
Exhibit 3.1.3-21 The Cross Section Lon Planes Submenu
Exhibit 3.1.3-22 The Cross Section Lat Planes Submenu
Exhibit 3.1.3-23 The Time-Height Points Submenu
Exhibit 3.1.3-24 The Sounding Points Submenu
Exhibit 3.1.4-1 The Volume Browser Product Selection List
Exhibit 3.1.4-2 The Volume Browser Product Information Pop-up Menu
Exhibit 3.1.4-3 The Product Selection List - Show Detailed Inventory Pop-up Box
Exhibit 3.2.1-1 The Product Maker Dialog Box
Exhibit 3.2.2-1 The Three-D Field Cascading Menu
Exhibit 3.2.2-2 The Two-D Field Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 3.2.2-3 The Macro Field Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 3.2.2-4 The Source Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 3.2.2-5 The Longitude Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 3.2.2-6 The Latitude Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 3.2.2-7 The Pressure Cascading Menu
Exhibit 3.2.2-8 The Theta Cascading Menu
Exhibit 3.2.2-9 The Time Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 3.2.3-1 The Change Operator Mode Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 4.1.1-1 The Text Display Windows Immediately Following Start-Up
Exhibit 4.2-1 Text Workstation Display Control Box
Exhibit 4.2.2-1 Text Display Window
Exhibit 4.2.3-1 The File Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 4.2.3-6 The Import from File Dialog Box
Exhibit 4.2.3-7 The Export to File Dialog Box
Exhibit 4.2.3-8 The Send Request Dialog Box
Exhibit 4.2.3-9 The Edit Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 4.2.3-10 The Search and Replace Dialog Box
Exhibit 4.2.3-11 The Spell Check Dialog Box
Exhibit 4.2.3-12 The Options Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 4.2.3-13 The Version Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 4.2.3-14 The Tools Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 4.2.3-15 The Help Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 4.2.4-1 The Load Command Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 4.2.5-1 The Text Browser Dialog Box
Exhibit 4.2.6.2-1 The WMO Search Dialog Box
Exhibit 4.2.7-1 The Alarm/Alert Dialog Box
Exhibit 4.2.7-2 The Current Alarm Queue
Exhibit 4.2.7-3 The Alarm Display Window
Exhibit 4.2.7-4 The Alarm Display All Window
Exhibit 4.2.7-5 The Alarm/Alert Products Dialog Box
Exhibit 4.2.7-6 The New Alarm/Alert Products Dialog Box
Exhibit 4.3.2-1 The Send Request Dialog Box
Exhibit 4.4-1 The Text Display Window in Editing Mode
Exhibit 4.4.1-1 The Header Block Dialog Box
Exhibit 4.5.1-1 The Main Text Script Menu
Exhibit 4.5.1-2 The Text Script Editor Window
Exhibit 4.5.1-3 The Text Script Editor Window with Sample Script
Exhibit 4.5.1-4 The Text Script File Menu
Exhibit 4.5.1-5 The Open Script File Dialog Box
Exhibit 4.5.1-6 The Save Script As Dialog Box
Exhibit 4.5.1-7 The Edit Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 4.5.1-8 The Execute Script Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 4.5.1-9 The Status Messages of a Curently Running Script
Exhibit 4.5.1-10 A Script Output Dialog Box
Exhibit 4.5.1-11 The Basic Script Commands Help Menu (with Netscape)
Exhibit 4.5.1-12 The Advanced Commands Help Menu (with Netscape)
Exhibit 6.1-1 The Interactive Skew-T (IST) When Editable
Exhibit 6.2.1-1 The IST Dialog Boxes
Exhibit 6.2.2-1 Skew-T Parameters Dialog Box
Exhibit 6.4-1 A Hodograph in its Editable State
Exhibit 7.1-1 The Alert Request Dialog Box
Exhibit 7.1-2 The Add Request Definitions Dialog Box
Exhibit 7.1-3 The Radar Category Options Menu
Exhibit 7.1-4 Place Alert Cells with Mouse Button 3
Exhibit 7.1-5 Select Alert Area with Rectangle Tool
Exhibit 7.2-1 The RPS List Editor Dialog Box
Exhibit 7.2-2 The View Pull-Down Menu
Exhibit 7.2-4 The Add Product Dialog Box
Exhibit 7.3-1 The One-Time Request Dialog Box
Exhibit 7.3-2 The Select Time for Product Dialog Box
Exhibit 7.4-1 Radar Multiple Request Dialog Box
Exhibit 7.4.1-1 New Request Dialog Box
Exhibit 7.4.1-2 Copy Request Dialog Box
Exhibit 7.4.1-3 Add Products Dialog Box
Exhibit 7.4.1-4 Edit Request Dialog Box
Exhibit 7.8-1 The Radar Graphics Control Dialog Box
Exhibit 11.0-1 The AWIPS Monitor
Exhibit 11.1-1 Point Data Display
Exhibit 11.1.1-1 Data State Indicators
Exhibit 11.1.2-1 An AWIPS Data Monitor Information Page
Exhibit 11.2-1 The AWIPS Monitor Ingest Processes Panel
Exhibit 11.2-2 Data Set Processes Listing
Exhibit 11.4-1 The AWIPS Monitor
Exhibit 11.5-1 Ingest Restart Panel
Exhibit 11.5-2 Data Ingest System Restart GUI
List of Tables
Table 2.1.1-1 The Mouse Button Functions for the D2D Workspace (B1 through B3)
Table 2.1.1-2 Accelerator Keys for Menu Functions
Table 2.1.1-3 Accelerator Keys for Large Display Functions
Table 2.1.6.6-1 LAPS Modules with Required and Optional Data
Table 3.2.6-1 Dimensionality of Products for the Product Maker
Table 4.2.3-1 Text Editing Options for Selecting Text
Table 4.4.2-1 Keyboard Shortcuts - Select Functions
Table 4.4.2-2 Keyboard Shortcuts - Delete Functions
Table 4.4.2-3 Keyboard Shortcuts - Edit and Application Functions
