Computing Facilities
The Laboratory for Climate
Analysis and Modeling (LCAM) is Dr. Adegoke’s research
laboratory established with funding from the UMKC College of
Arts and Sciences and the Department of Geosciences. Advanced
computing resources available at LCAM include 2 Sun Blade 2000
UNIX workstations and a 24-node Linux PC-cluster running the
parallel version of the Colorado State University (CSU) Regional
Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS) code. LCAM’s field research
equipment includes a suite of micro-meteorology measurement
instruments and a complete eddy correlation flux measurement
system. The lab also has a
suite of satellite image processing/GIS packages and additional
software for model output analysis/visualization, including
GRADS and McIDAS. The University Corporation for Atmospheric
Research (UCAR)-Unidata data-feed protocols have been
implemented on one of the UNIX systems in LCAM providing
capability for receiving and archiving real-time satellite data
through the IDD/LDM.
Data
LCAM
maintains a database of satellite and climate data including a
growing archive of high-resolution satellite products for the
Kansas City area and other research sites such as the Niger
Delta. Available satellite image processing/GIS software include ERDAS/ArcGIS and additional software for model output
analysis/visualization such as GRADS and McIDAS.
Teaching
Resources and Laboratory Modules
NASA Earth System Science Education (ESSE) funded Urban Heat Island
(UHI) module
UCAR-UNIDATA funded Synoptic
Meteorology Teaching Laboratory