BLIPMAP Climatology Viewer
Created by Dr. John W. (Jack) Glendening
These climatologies are based on BLIPMAP
forecasts during 2002. Please note that the scaling may change
between maps. The number of days used for the average is shown
on the top line of each image - if few days were available then the
climatology is apt to be much less smooth (but no climatology was
computed if less than 3 days were available for that month).
Many times are missing - in particular, from Jan to Aug generally only
the "central" time is available for all regions except for
CA/NV. (In 2003 all times should be available for all regions
for all months so a better climatology will be possible.) The
times for which plots are available is given here. Even with so many missing
times, the total number of climatology plots is over 10,000 (due the
multitude of possible regions, parameters, months, and times) and took
36 hours for me to transfer via modem (what a pain!).
Warning: if there is no available
plot for a selected region/parameter/month/time combination, then a
"NO DATA" message is supposed to appear after clicking the "INSERT
MAP" button. But for some browsers the javascript gets
discombobulated when this occurs and will not correctly load
subsequent plot requests! If this occurs, then reloading of the
viewer is necessary to view further plots. So if you are unable
to load a plot which you think should exist, try reloading the
viewer! I do not have the javascript expertese needed to
figure out what the problem is, so that unfortunate behaviour will
just have to be lived with unless some volunteer with more knowledge
than I can figure out the problem. Again, the times for which plots are available is
given here.
TO CREATE A BLIPMAP IMAGE SEQUENCE:
(1) Select a region, month, time, and parameter
(2) Single click the "INSERT MAP" button
(3) Repeat for additional region/month/time/parameter(s)
(4) Single click "FRAME" buttons to move through images
Notes:
"INSERT MAP" button inserts selected map following the current image
"List LOAD" button loads lastest maps in saved image list (use to load favorite images)
"List SAVE" button creates new saved image list from present image list (uses cookie to save favorite image list)
"New Cache" button enables replacement of existing images in cache
"DELETE Bkd" button deletes the current image and displays the preceeding image
"DELETE Fwd" button deletes the current image and displays the following image