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Safety Through Superior Knowledge The Weather Windows radar control and data display was developed exclusively for the U.S. television market by Enterprise Electronics, "Home of EEC Weather Radars", the world's leader in weather radar technology. Weather Windows incorporates the latest, most sophisticated software algorithms to provide the broadcast meteorologist with the finest tools on the market today. Weather Windows includes 150-mile street-level map- ping, automatic and manual storm tracking capabilities, fluid telescopic zooms and street labeling, all as standard products with strong viewer appeal. Weather Windows provides user-friendly radar control and a wide assortment of meteoro- logical products to keep your station and audience ahead of the competition. Weather Windows also offers unique display products such as CAPPI, VIL, Column Maxima, and RHI, along with split-screen velocity and reflectivity capabilities. Weather Windows also has an easy to use movie playback that keeps your data fresh and accessible without delay. Weather Windows operates on a PC / Linux display, resulting in an increase in speed of 10 to 20 times over any of our previous display systems. Plus, the new PC / Linux display allows us to offer lower cost, easier maintenance, greater flexibility, a new up-to-date mapping system and open architecture, which provides an upgrade path for future enhancements. Built-in networking and the ability to interface to other graphics display systems ensures your market dominance when severe weather strikes. Improve viewer appeal and your sta- tus in the community for years to come with Weather Windows from Enterprise Electronics. WEATHER WINDOWS RADAR CONTROL & DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE E N T E R P R I S E E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N

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The Weather Windows radar control and data display was developed exclusively for theU.S. television market by Enterprise Electronics, "Home of EEC Weather Radars", theworld's leader in weather radar technology. Weather Windows incorporates the latest,most sophisticated software algorithms to provide the broadcast meteorologist with thefinest tools on the market today. Weather Windows includes 150-mile street-level map-ping, automatic and manual storm tracking capabilities, fluid telescopic zooms and streetlabeling, all as standard products with strong viewer appeal.

Weather Windows provides user-friendly radar control and a wide assortment of meteoro-logical products to keep your station and audience ahead of the competition. WeatherWindows also offers unique display products such as CAPPI, VIL, Column Maxima, andRHI, along with split-screen velocity and reflectivity capabilities.

Weather Windows also has an easy to use movie playback that keeps your data fresh andaccessible without delay. Weather Windows operates on a PC / Linux display, resulting inan increase in speed of 10 to 20 times over any of our previous display systems. Plus, thenew PC / Linux display allows us to offer lower cost, easier maintenance, greater flexibility,a new up-to-date mapping system and open architecture, which provides an upgrade pathfor future enhancements.

Built-in networking and the ability to interface to other graphics display systems ensuresyour market dominance when severe weather strikes. Improve viewer appeal and your sta-tus in the community for years to come with Weather Windows from EnterpriseElectronics.

WEATHER WINDOWS RADAR CONTROL & DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE

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EEC WEATHER WINDOWS Technical Specifications

Features•Full Radar Control Func-

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•Radar Video ProcessorControl

•Real-Time Monitoring ofRadar Status

•Full Volume Scan Capability

•256 Radar Data Colors

•Pan, Scroll and Zoom

•Movie Loops

•Topographical Satelliteand Geographic DisplayMaps

•8-Bit Raw Data and Gener-ated Image Storage forDelayed Analysis

•Dynamic Automatic SystemCalibration (with BITE)

Standard Products

Weather Windows for TelevisionStandard Quality Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Major Benefits ..........Weather Forecasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timely public warning for thunderstorms, severe winds,

lightning potential, snowfall.Hydrology Forecasting . . . . . . . . . . Public safety - rainfall and snowfall accumulation, flood warningRadar Control and Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controls and operates the Doppler radar

from local or remote terminals. Optional Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hail Detection and Warning

Advanced Quality Features - PC / Linux Display24-Bit Shaded Color graphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Superior broadcast quality TV pictureReal-Time PPI/RHI Sector Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Storm updates every 20 seconds,

a minimum of 20 times faster than NEXRAD.Precipitation Accumulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Continuous flood monitoring / forecastingImage Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Standard 24-bit TIFF color images for archived weather

Advanced TV Broadcast ProductsStreet Level Maps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Strong viewer appeal with neighborhood weather reportsStorm Tracking & Storm Path Projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Early public warning of storm activity and

projected time of arrival at each affected city..Shaded Elevation Topographical Maps . . . . . . . . . . . Advanced flood warning, simplified for viewers

with flood plane projections.Satellite Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Provides easily recognizable features such as waterways,

islands, large buildings, freeways, stadiums, airports. and city streets - 2-D and optional 3-D.

Turbulence Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Measures radial wind velocities in storms, highlights areas with strong wind activity.

Movie Loop Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . High-speed playback of storm fronts and weather activitydesigned to work with external presentation managers.

and non-linear editors.TV Video Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NTSC and NTSU-601 digital video

PPI (Reflectivity, Velocity, Turbulence) Precipitation Accumulation (1 Hour, 3 Hours,N Hour)

RHI (Reflectivity, Velocity, Turbulence) VIL (Vertically Integrated Liquid)

Split-Screen (Reflectivity and Velocity, in bothPPI and RHI modes) 150-Mile Street Level Mapping

CAPPI (Reflectivity, Velocity, Turbulence) 30- Frame Telescopic Zoom

Echo Tops Point-and-Click Street Names

Column Maxima

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ENTERPRISE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION128 South Industrial Blvd.Enterprise, AL 36330

334.347.3478Fax [email protected]

INTERNATIONAL SALES5801 Lee HighwayArlington, VA 22207

703.533.7291Fax [email protected]