| nsGIB - Geocentric Information Briefing | |||||||
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nsGIB is a trend-setting product described as
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| The software utilizes the latest 3D Graphics Acceleration to bring users an unparalelled interactive experience. Free movement of the earth allows the various SADIS and ISCS data types to be accessed at will from any vantage point and zoom level in real-time. | |||||||
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| Significant Weather | |
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| The groundbreaking 3-D interface allows users to observe significant weather from any angle instantaneously. No cumbersome region definitions required and hardware acceleration means the smoothest experience of any available package |
| GRIB Display | |
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| GRIB elements can be depicted in various ways for any region of the world. Different palettes suited to individual element types are available |
| GRIB Interpolation | |
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| Coarse grids can be smoothed by means of Bi-Cubic or Bi-Linear interpolation with varying degrees of refinement. |
| Custom Color Palettes | |
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| Create custom color palettes suitable to specific GRIB types or cater for visual impairments by freely combining any colors on arbitrary intervals. |
| ISO Coloring | |
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| Create ISO colorings of GRIB elements to group similar values into color bands using the currently selected palette. |
| Arbitrary 3D column cuts from GRIB |
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| Arbitrary columns can be cut from any GRIB elements and explored in an interactive 3D fashion |
| Route cross sections from GRIB |
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| Arbitrary routes can be selected on the earth greater circle to produce cross sections of any GRIB elements depicted as either ISO lines or wind barbs |
| GRIB Laboratory |
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| Powerful formulas can be entered to create new derived elements from standard input GRIBs. Examples of such elements are dewpoint temperature, potential temperature, wind speed, heat index, vorticity etc. |
| Roaming SkewT-log(P) |
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| Novel roaming calculation of SkewT-log(P) from NWP forecasts tracking mouse movement over region of GRIB coverage |
| Arbitrary Overlays | |
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| Define multi-layer overlays of GRIB elements and save them with relative time offsets for future re-use. |
| Streamline Analyses | |
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| Powerful streamline analyses on u/v component GRIBs. The use of proper Platonic grid data structures internally prevents anomalies around polar areas as is common with lesser packages |
| Mesoscale Partial Coverage | |
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| Locally produced Meso-scale NWP model output with only partial coverage of the globe fully supported showing uncovered areas in black |
| High Resolution GRIBs | |
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| Arbitrary GRIB spacings are supported and not restricted to those received via SADIS or ISCS such as this example from ECMWF. |
| GRIB Animation | |
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| Create animated sequences of GRIB data elements over time in any of a number of different depiction types and output as MPEG or animated GIF. |
| GRIB Reception Monitoring | |
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| Monitor reception status of GRIB sets to identify missing or invalid messages. GRIB set definition is configurable per user region |
| Novel Overlays | |
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| The ability to filter GRIB values below or above thresholds combined with selective significant weather elements, allows for novel overlays to be constructed such as Jetstream and 80knots plus winds or front and storm movement. |
| Product Scheduling | |
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| The current viewport definition can be saved as a product and scheduled for later regular or ad-hoc output to various destination mediums. |
| Vector Hard Copies | |
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| Instantly generate vector format monochrome hardcopies for crisp high-quality printing. Both Adobe PDF and PostScript can be produced. |
| Header Query | |
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| Alphanumeric and graphical products can be queried and viewed by means of WMO header queries with powerful mask filtering to quickly zoom in on the required data |
| View standard ICAO charts |
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| Standard region Significant Weather and Wind/Temperature charts can be viewed and manipulated at will - retrieval is lightning fast and controls easy to use |
| Select ICAO charts by region or header |
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| Charts can be selected by clicking on a coverage region or by entering a WMO header mask to select from a list of matches |
| Context Menu | |
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| Provide context sensitive menus for OPMET allowing retrieval of METAR and TAF history. Clicking on FIRs showing SIGMET presence will display its text |
| Draw regions from SIGMET | |
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| Drag-and-drop region text from SIGMETs onto the view to draw its border on the map for visual inspection |
| Alert Messages | |
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| Alert messages and advisories will interrupt the user's proceedings and require an acknowledgement prior to continuing with work. |
| Aviation Meteograms | |
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| Pre-configured aviation meteograms can be obtained with a single mouse-click on the station of interest. The meteogram was configured with the nsWAFS product tailored to aviation needs. An Adobe PDF version is available. |
| Station and Coordinate Searches | |
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| Searches can be performed by entering coordinates or ICAO station identifiers. The search result is clearly marked and centered on the display |
| Powerful OPMET Graphics |
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| Display various groups from METAR and TAF in graphical form for enhanced situational awareness to achieve optimal operational briefing |
| OPMET Group Evaluation |
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| OPMET values such as cloud base and visibility can be evaluated against threshold values and depicted together with trend information to form an opinion of regional weather hazards |
| Flight Route Construction |
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| Flight routes are defined interactively. Departing and destination aerodromes are all that is needed to calculate enroute SIGMETs. Route briefings can be scheduled at set intervals to reliably deliver briefing folders to printers/fax/e-mail etc. |
| Satellite, GRIB and SIGWX overlays | |
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| When combined with the nsSAT product, GRIB and SIGWX information can be overlayed on to Satellite re-projections of any available channel |
| RADAR Animation | |
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| The system also has the ability to ingest European OPERA RADAR and display animations of scans as they are received. Other RADAR sources can be integrated on request. |
| nsWAFS - NetSys Workstation targeted at WAFS | |
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| The nsWAFS / nsFORECAST products enables SADIS and ISCS users can define various products, save and schedule them for distribution through different channels. |
| Customize Regions of Interest | |
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| Define arbitrary regions using projections such as Mercator, Plate Caree, Orthographic, Lambert and more. Choose from a number of backgrounds and map features. |
| Significant Weather | |
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| Overlay Significant Weather phenomena from BUFR data onto any defined region |
| GRIB | |
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| Choose from a number of GRIB display types for inclusion into products overlaid onto any region |
| Cross Sections | |
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| Create cross sections for aviation depicting wind attack and temperatures at various levels along an arbitrary flight route. |
| Low-Level Forecasts | |
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| Create low-level forecasts for your region of influence to be included into flight briefing folders. Use from an extensive palette of standard and non-standard weather symbols. |
| Chart Sets | |
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| Define and manage sets of charts for regular production to be used as a replacement for the discontinued WAFS T4 charts |
| Standard Charts | |
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| The system can produce the standard ICAO Wind/Temp and SIGWX charts or can incorporate them from an external source. |
| Flight Briefings | |
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| Define, save and schedule flight definitions from which briefings are producted at chosen times to chosen destinations. |
| Meteograms | |
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| A powerful meteogram composition tool allows the user to define meteogram pages as a combination of various different plots from a number of data sources |
| Scheduling | |
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| Scheduling of products is intuitive and powerful allowing for regular and ad-hoc schedules to be created. |
| Legal Records | |
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| Retain legal records for future retrieval if required. Legal record management includes DVD/CD-ROM backup and tracking. |
| Data Queries | |
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| Powerful filtering options allows the user to narrow in on specific data sets quickly and easily |
| Data Views | |
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| Browse forward and backwards through data sets returned by query filters. A summary of message attributes are displayed per message |
| Header Views | |
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| Browse through the headers included in a set returned by query filters. View a message by clicking on the header. |
| Message Info | |
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| Obtain detailed information on any message in the database. Attributes such as reception time, validity, lifetime, type etc. are displayed. |
| Decode | |
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| Decode messages from traditional alphanumeric codeform to human readable form. A number of different message types are supported. |
| Multi-User | |
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| The system is client-server based and supports multiple concurrent users. Access is controlled by means of username and password. |
| User Administration | |
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| Restrict access per role or per user to any part of the user interface for fine-grained usage control |
| Log Administration | |
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| Control which users see what logs in the monitoring area by means of powerful regular expressions, log origins or severity |
| Monitoring | |
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| Monitor various aspects of the system such as SNMP enabled interfaces, server processes, alarm and event logs, reception statistics and last received messages. |
| WMO Integration | |
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| The system can also process other WMO data types such as SYNOP, TEMP and PILOT and supports plotting of SYNOP and Upper Air charts and the creation of Skew-T log P diagrams |
| Stacked Charts | |
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| Upper Air charts can be produced in a collage form to be printed alongside each other depicting plots for different heights for the same time for analysis |
| EUMETSat Integration | |
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| Images from satellite reception systems such as EUMETSat can be revealed to the system to create movie loops of image sequences. |
| nsWEBPIB - Web Pre-Flight Information Briefing | |
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| nsWEBPIB delivers pre-flight weather briefings anywhere and anytime using a standard web browser and Internet connection. |
| Access Control | |
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| Access to the facility is controlled by means of username and password. Users initially need to request permission to access the system and the administrator has the final say in activating an account or not. |
| Administrator Functions | |
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| The system comes pre-configured with an administrator account whereby all features of the system can be tuned to the customers liking. |
| Multi-Language | |
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| The administrator can build new language packs by entering translations for the text phrases used in the web pages. |
| Briefing Setup | |
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| Users can choose from global templates or create their own customized briefings. Setup is as simple as entering departure/destination aerodromes plus departure/enroute times for the system to automatically determine the minimal necessary data. |
| Appearance Skinning | |
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| Appearance can be easily integrated into customer web site through Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) by NetSys Web Development. |
| Briefing Content | |
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| Briefings can contain take-off data, METARs/TAFs/SIGMETs, Wind/Temp and SIGWX charts and locally produced low-level forecasts. By default only the minimum necessary data is included so as to prevent information overload |
| PDF Output | |
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| Briefings can be exported to PDF for high quality printing on the user's local printer for taking onto the aircraft. An example briefing in PDF is here |
| FTP Server | |
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| The system comes standard with an FTP Server allowing the administrator to distribute files globally. The FTP accounts are directly linked to the web accounts. |