RAOB 6.5 Enhancements

BASIC Program Enhancements

New option to select WMO coded soundings from 17 worldwide Data Maps.
- See 3-minute (silent) video displaying all maps
Sounding's "Diagram Options" now configure up to 6 Temperature Lines.
NSHARP2 Decoder expanded to process format variations.

ANALYTIC Module Enhancements

Added the new RICAPS (RAOB Integrated Cloud And Precipitation System) functions
Expanded the Severe Weather Alert function to automatically send Email Alerts during Batch & Timer operations.
- See 5-minute video about Weather Alerts and Email messages
Added the "Universal Mean Wind" option to the Bunkers storm motion method

HODOGRAPH & INTERACTIVE Module

Added the Storm-Relative Anvil-Layer Wind Circles to the Hodograph.

SPECIAL DATA DECODERS Module

Adds the new SkySonde decoder from NOAA/GMD -- includes ozone data.
Expanded Vaisala/Text decoder to process the new tab-separated data format.
Adds the new SkyProbe decoder which processes data-logger files from Affordable Research Technologies -- launch your own sondes.
Adds the new Catalonia decoder.
Adds the new TASK (Tactical Atmospheric Sounding Kit) decoder.

SODAR/LIDAR/RADAR Decoders Module

A new option allows interpolation of missing wind data for radar wind profiler soundings.
A new option to turn ON/OFF interpolation of missing "surface" wind for all profilers.
Adds the new CASIC (China Aerospace Science & Industry Corp) decoder -- a wind radar profiler.

BINARY DECODER Module

BUFR Decoder can now process wind-profiler soundings.

CROSS-SECTION Modules

You can now use the World Maps to quickly create Cross-Section diagrams
The "Surface Pressure" has been added to the Meteogram options.
Added the "Thermal Index" to the analysis toolbar options (great for PBL & Soaring interests).

ADVANCED CROSS-SECTION Module

The Time-Height Batch-Load function now includes "Data Export" options.
The Time-Height Batch-Load function now remembers data selection criteria (all .vs. some).
The Gradient Editor now has Import & Export options so you can share unique gradients with other RAOB users.

STANDARD MERGE Module

Contains 2 new diagram display options:
- Spaghetti plot of source and composite soundings.
- Plot of composite sounding with Standard Deviation bars.
- You can now use the World Maps to select multiple soundings for merging.

TURBULANCE & MOUNTAIN-WAVE Module

Adds the new Local Mountain option for quick parameter loading.

NEW: BINARY ENCODERS Module

Contains the netCDF Encoder.
Encodes soundings into:
- Conventional profiles, for single soundings only.
- Radiometer profiles, for single or multiple time-series soundings.
Also contains the current BUFR Encoder.

ADVANCED EXPORT Module

Added the new Mean Layers tab.
Added the Modified Richardson Index (MRi) parameter.