Main Page

NEW! AOSS Building Forum

sleet.aos.wisc.edu/~gpetty/forum
(For informal in-house discussions and sharing of information and expertise.)

NEW! Grant Petty AOS PAGE has moved:

sleet.aos.wisc.edu/~gpetty

Virus Protection on all Macs - you need it.

Wired - How to check/remove virus

Wired - Apple catching the bug

DOIT - run software update

Dierk's comment: Three viruses in a week, also MS Office 300MB update.

New Stuff

Interesting Links

• Soumi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
• Atmospheric Optics Picture of the Day

Research Links

• Info/resource for Ryan
• Ke Li Research Page
• McIDAS on Rime McIDAS on Rime2

Python Links and Tips

• Python Language Help
• Ke Li Scripts
• Alex Matus Scripts
• Grant Petty Scripts

Dierk Links

• Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) modeling system cleaned up
• WRF Notes by Sarah Davis
• WRF Notes V3.2.1 by Dierk
• WPS Generate New metgrid files

Misc Software Info

• SDSU - installed on Rime Satellite Data Simulator Unit
• NETCDF Viewers added to local info
• HDFviewers added to local info
• Panoply - mac software - netcdf hdf viewer - create great animations
• Condor - High_Throughput_Computing Brief Report on Condor Week 2010

Misc Lab Hardware Info

• Sony Rechargable AA Batteries Manual
  Give to Dierk - Don't Throw - used in wireless mice & keyboards
• Precip & Meso Specs - no applecare, purchased June 2011 - Quad Core - 12 GB of RAM

Finding the old Wiki Pages

All the old wiki pages are here but may not be organized yet.

They can all be found by clicking Special:UncategorizedPages (a listing of uncategorized pages)

Here is an example of an old page reformatted for the new wiki DataArchival

Here is the new Microwave_Resources main page

Here is the old Rime MW archive page

Reconstructed Wiki

The reconstruction of old site will go here.

This is the Wiki for Grant Petty's research group and collaborators.

The following top-level resources are available:

1. Info for New Users

2. Microwave Resources (coming soon!) Resources for modelers, algorithm developers and users of passive microwave remote sensing data

3. Local Information (intended for internal use by Grant's research group only)

4. General Info about this Wiki

• Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.
• MediaWiki FAQ
• How to use a Wiki Simple Instructions (create an login first)
• How to use Tex to create formulas oro-compro.com W:TeX
• Test of TEX with math - seems to do a nice job on this wiki

5. New Stuff 2010-11 - random new stuff

• GroupMessage_Apr2011 Updates on Petty Group Computers
• PrinterTips HP4650 Manual PDF's and Cartridges

SYSADMIN NOTES

• SysAdminNotes updated to include info on NAS1 and NAS2

• IDL_license_manager IDL not working - check the license manager
• IDL_install_2011 updating IDL

• RAID Check Script

• iMac setup
• Mac Admin Stuff root access
• Apache config on iMacs

• Notes on this Media Wiki Install and Upgrades

• Install EPD Software package installed on /rime2/epd-7.0-2 on 2 June 2011
• HP Color Printer Report - Doit Repair Guy - 9 March 2010

This Wiki is now highly controlled we have had trouble with random spamming by unknown users. You must contact Dierk if you want to become an added user. He can create an account and give you page editing and creation rights.

The wiki has been moved to PRECIP http://precip.aos.wisc.edu/~wiki and it is automatically backed up in the TimeMachine.