Computer Assignment 7
METR 2413
01-MAR-2004

Due March 8, 2004

1. Using a sequence of satellite gif images, create an animated gif consisting of at least 8-10 images. When completed, create a webpage or add on to the webpage you previously made on Rossby for the loop, and e-mail the link to ajruppert@ou.edu with the Subject line "Computer Assignment 7." On the webpage be sure to include a brief description of the image. (Visible, IR, WV? Do you see any interesting meteorological features? etc. etc.)

Gempak Hints

• Use gpmap
• SATFIL = /data/images/sat/xxxx/xxxx Choose your favorite satellite image (IR, VIS, WV, etc).
• GAREA = usnps
• PROJ = sat
• LUTFIL = xxxxx.tbl
  • Check the gempak source directory /usr/local/nawips/gempak/tables/luts for various lut tables.

Animated GIF Program (whirlgif)

whirlgif -globmap -minimize -loop 0 -o satloop.gif \
-time 80 sat.gif -time 20 sat.gif.001 sat.gif.002 sat.gif.003 sat.gif.004 \
-time 100 sat.gif.005
  

HTML Page

To include a reference url to the file use the following html tag:

<img src = "animate.gif"> 

This will place the image in the webpage document, in this case, the animated gif.

Animated gif files can sometimes become quite large and you may want your viewers to give visitors the choice of viewing your creation. In that case you can just put a link refernce to the file via:

<A href = "animate.gif" > Here is my animated gif. 
</a>