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==GFS Weather Forecasts== | ===Growing Pains: A lifetime experieance in growing vegitables in Japan!=== | ||
All the tenants of the government housing in Namiki, Tuskuba city are entitled to have their own small strip of land allocated for cultivating. When this came in our way, we did not have a clue of what to do with this! Then someone suggested why not grow some vegitables. [[Growing Pains: A lifetime experieance in growing vegitables in Japan!|Read more...]] | |||
===GFS Weather Forecasts=== | |||
The GFS model of NOAA, previously known as AVN/MRF, covers the globe at <tt>T254</tt> (roughly equivalent to <tt>0.5x0.5</tt> degrees) with 64 vertical levels. The model is run every 6 hours, forecasting 16 days in to the future. [[GFS_Model_Output |More...]] | The GFS model of NOAA, previously known as AVN/MRF, covers the globe at <tt>T254</tt> (roughly equivalent to <tt>0.5x0.5</tt> degrees) with 64 vertical levels. The model is run every 6 hours, forecasting 16 days in to the future. [[GFS_Model_Output |More...]] | ||
* [[GFS_Weather_for_Indian_Ocean|Plots for Indian Ocean]] | * [[GFS_Weather_for_Indian_Ocean|Plots for Indian Ocean]] | ||
==New Section: Hydrology & Meteorology== | ===New Section: Hydrology & Meteorology=== | ||
* [[AtmosphericPlot]] | * [[AtmosphericPlot]] | ||
* [[CPC Rainfall Estimates]], | * [[CPC Rainfall Estimates]], | ||
Revision as of 10:01, 1 June 2006
Random musings on various topics: Climate and water security, Small Island Developing States (SIDS), IT tools, Computer programming and Web-Applications, Citizen Science, ... Views are personal!
Growing Pains: A lifetime experieance in growing vegitables in Japan!All the tenants of the government housing in Namiki, Tuskuba city are entitled to have their own small strip of land allocated for cultivating. When this came in our way, we did not have a clue of what to do with this! Then someone suggested why not grow some vegitables. Read more... GFS Weather ForecastsThe GFS model of NOAA, previously known as AVN/MRF, covers the globe at T254 (roughly equivalent to 0.5x0.5 degrees) with 64 vertical levels. The model is run every 6 hours, forecasting 16 days in to the future. More... New Section: Hydrology & Meteorology
Check here., UNIX file system permissions tutorialAccess permissions of every file and folder in a UNIX system is controlled by a system based on two identification numbers: user-identification number (UID) and group identification number (UID). Every file or folder should belong to a UID and GID. In practice is it hard to remember these numbers, so the accepted way is to map a user-name and a group-name to each number. In a typical stand-aloone, UNIX computer, all UIDs along with these mappings are listed in the UNIX file /etc/passwd. Read more ... |
What is newA Productive Desktop Environment for Scientists and Engineers - Part IOver the years of computer use for my work, I have settled down for certain practices that make my tasks a bit easier. Whether I am analyzing data, rigging-up a crude model, editing computer programs, writing a paper, creating a presentation or trying to keep my things organized. (Here, 'things' are strictly limited to 'things' that are stored in computer storage media. Anyone who has been to my office know the situation on other 'things'). In these pages I attempt to go through my 'tools of the trade' with the hope that someone in a similar situation will find them to be useful. Read more ... |
