Meteorology 3410: Assignment 2

Due September 20

Purpose:

To become familiar with Perl program syntax, access to Mesonet data, and conversion of moisture variables

Assignemt

look at some on-line resources on the Perl language such as Perl Language Home Page or O'Reilly web page

copy the template program /home/meteor/x/class/jhorel/3410/read_meso.pl to a subdirectory in your directory

become familiar with the program and create a Web page that contains current data from the University mesonet site (WBB).

create a link on your web page for the data web page created from the WBB site.

experiment with your program on other mesonet locations. modify the program to handle any error conditions that might occur

using the information provided in class, determine relative humidity from the temperature and dew point temperature.

using the information provided in class, determing the dew point temperature from temperature and relative humidity

create a new link to a new web page that contains the observed and computed dew point temperature and relative humidity

send email when your 2 pages are ready for me to check. include in the email a brief (1 paragraph) discussion of the changes in weather conditions at one site during a several hour period

Last updated on 11 September 1999