Live From the Storm at CMS

Activity 3.5 Sizing up a Storm

Rendering Radar Data into a Computer Image

Click here for free download of NIH Image (Mac) or Scion Image (Windows)

1. Open NIH Image, drag down File, and select New

2. Click on the Text radio button, then click OK.

3. Enter the data collected from the shoe box, one row at a time going from left to right in the same manner that you used the probe. Leave a space between each number.

4. Click return at the end of each row.

5. Highlight and save the data on the desktop

6. Drag down File and select Import. Choose your saved data. Click on the Text button and then Open

7. Drag down Edit and select Scale and Rotate

8. Enter 25 as a new scale number

9. Choose Nearest Neighbor interpolation. Click OK

10. Drag down Options and select Color Tables. Select Rainbow.

11. Click on the upper right hand square to enlarge the image

12. Click on the letter "A" in the side tool bar, choose white as the color, and type in the cities in their proper locations on the model radar image.

13. Save the color radar image.