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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Installation Instructions
- AvnFPS OB9 User's Guide
- Release Notes
- New Features
- AvnFPS OB9 Lessons Learned
- AvnFPS OB9 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)/AvnFPS OB9 AvnFPS Troubleshooting
- Support
- AvnFPS list server
- Links to Other AvnFPS Builds
Introduction
Welcome to the AvnFPS web page for AWIPS Operational Build 9!
AvnFPS is designed to ease monitoring, improve production, and
facilitate
Quality Control (QC) of Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts
(TAFs). The AvnFPS
monitoring capability gives forecasters quick and continuous feedback
on TAFs
as well as associated observations. This monitoring capability
consists
of a color coded scheme and is forecaster configurable. The TAFs,
surface observations, and guidance are easily accessable either in text
or graphical form and can be enhanced to alert forecasters to weather
significant to aviation operations.
Installation Instructions
Installation instructions can be found here (html) or, if you prefer PDF format, here.Back to Table of Contents
AvnFPS User's Guide
The AvnFPS OB9 User's Guide is under active
development. Please let us know if you find anything that
should be corrected or clarified.
- AvnFPS OB9 User's Guide (HTML Version)
- AvnFPS OB9
User's Guide suitable for downloading (HTML Version)
- AvnFPS OB9 User's Guide (PDF Version)
Release Notes
The Release Notes contain information about enhancements and problems fixed in this release.
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New Features in AvnFPS OB9 |
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Problems Fixed in AvnFPS OB9 |
New Features
Quick look at the new features in this release. This information is repeated, but with more details, in the Release Notes, Section I.Back to Table of Contents
AvnFPS OB9 Lessons Learned
- For the new Climate File Update tool, the Integrated Surface
Hourly (ISH) Inventory file
(~48 MB size) should be downloaded first to include 2009
data. Once updated, users can proceed to update their
climate files to obtain the latest observations from the National
Climatic Data Center. Updating the ish-inventory.txt file should
be done once per year so that the current year is included. It is
not necessary to update the ISH files more frequently than that.
AvnFPS OB9 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)/AvnFPS OB9 Troubleshooting
Click on the appropriate link below to go to
either the
AvnFPS FAQs page or to the AvnFPS Troubleshooting page.
Support
The NCF, at (301-713-9344), provides 24x7x365 support for the AvnFPS software. For problems or questions regarding installation the NCF should foward your TT immediately to MDL for resolution.
AvnFPS ListServer
Click on the link below to access the avnfps ListServer. Once there, if you have not already subscribed to the avnfps ListServer, then do not type in any information in the login GUI. Rather, select the "All Forums" tab. Next, click the "subscribe" link associated with the avnfps ListServer. After that, simply follow the instructions for completing the subscription form. Once, your subscription is approved (usually in a matter of minutes), the ListServer system will send you an email message to which you must reply in order to activate your subscription membership.