With my apologies to the non-GEMPAK users on the LDM users list, there was a
bit of talk recently about the replacement of GEMPAK with a Java-based AWIPS
II. Gary Lackman, Chair of the Unidata Users Committee, sent an e-mail
announcement concerning the Unidata User Committe meeting in April. Contained
in that e-mail he referenced a link to the Users Committee status report:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/committees/usercom/2008AprMtg/statusreports/community.html
Contained in that link are PDF of presentations given by Jason Tuell, NWS and
Scott Jacobs, NCEP:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/Presentations/AWIPS/AE_Overview_NCEP_v2-1.pdf
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/Presentations/AWIPS/AMS%202008%20Briefing%206A-3%20final.pdf
I recommend you check out these presentations for more info on the
GEMPAK(NAWIPS) replacement.
Thanks to the Unidata User Committee for the updates.
Robert Mullenax
CSBF Meteorology
CSBF/NMSU