VISITview: A Tool for Satellite VISITview: A Tool for Satellite TrainingTraining

Scott BachmeierScott BachmeierCooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite StudiesCooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies

University of Wisconsin - MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison

Primary mission: accelerate the transfer of Primary mission: accelerate the transfer of researchresearch into National Weather Service (NWS) into National Weather Service (NWS) operationsoperations

Integrate satellite techniques with other remote Integrate satellite techniques with other remote sensing sources (radar, profiler, etc)sensing sources (radar, profiler, etc)

Collaborative effort involving NOAA’s Cooperative Collaborative effort involving NOAA’s Cooperative Institutes (CIMSS in Wisconsin, CIRA in Colorado)Institutes (CIMSS in Wisconsin, CIRA in Colorado)

Links to COMET, Forecast Development Training Links to COMET, Forecast Development Training Branch, NWS Training Center, Warning Decision Branch, NWS Training Center, Warning Decision Training Branch, and other training groupsTraining Branch, and other training groups

VISIT: VISIT: Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration

TrainingTraining

VISITview: what is it?VISITview: what is it?

Java-based Java-based tele-training (distance learning)tele-training (distance learning) and and real-time collaborationreal-time collaboration software software

Developed at the Cooperative Institute for Developed at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the University of Wisconsin - MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison

Freely available to anyoneFreely available to anyone

Tom Whittaker,Tom Whittaker,VISITview VISITview

developer/programmerdeveloper/programmer

VISITview: why did we do it?VISITview: why did we do it?

The Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration The Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training (VISIT) program needed a tool that was Training (VISIT) program needed a tool that was tailored to the needs of science-based training for tailored to the needs of science-based training for the meteorological communitythe meteorological community

19981998: commercial off-the-shelf software was : commercial off-the-shelf software was inadequate and expensiveinadequate and expensive

VISITview software could easily and quickly be VISITview software could easily and quickly be enhanced, allowing user feedback to help enhanced, allowing user feedback to help VISITview grow to become more full-featured (for VISITview grow to become more full-featured (for example, Internationalization)example, Internationalization)

VISITview: who uses it?VISITview: who uses it?

National Weather Service, NESDISNational Weather Service, NESDIS

EUMETSATEUMETSAT

WMO (monthly regional focus group discussions)WMO (monthly regional focus group discussions)

Other weather services: Costa Rica, Finland, Other weather services: Costa Rica, Finland, Brazil, South Africa, etc.Brazil, South Africa, etc.

Remote presentations at conferences Remote presentations at conferences

VISITview: what does it do?VISITview: what does it do?

Displays presentation slides (with pointing, Displays presentation slides (with pointing, drawing)drawing)

Image animation, zooming, fading, text annotationImage animation, zooming, fading, text annotation

Color enhancement, graphics overlays, image Color enhancement, graphics overlays, image portalsportals

Interactive quiz, chat, and blackboard functionsInteractive quiz, chat, and blackboard functions

Recorded voice and instructor annotation for offline Recorded voice and instructor annotation for offline playback playback

VISITview: Lesson BuilderVISITview: Lesson Builder

www.ssec.wisc.edu/visitviewwww.ssec.wisc.edu/visitview

Use of “image portals”: side panelsUse of “image portals”: side panels

Use of “image portals”: 4-panelUse of “image portals”: 4-panel

TextText

Fading between 2 imagesFading between 2 images

Fading between 2 imagesFading between 2 images

GOES-R Proving Ground Spin-up ActivitiesGOES-R Proving Ground Spin-up Activities

GOES-R Proving Ground Spin-up ActivitiesGOES-R Proving Ground Spin-up Activities

GOES-R Proving Ground Spin-up ActivitiesGOES-R Proving Ground Spin-up Activities