Throughout March 2016, WSV3 Version 2 is being developed/released. The following changes are part of the first round of V2 releases, available for installation as of tonight (3/1/16):
*Large enhancements/feature additions to Level 2 radar viewing
**High quality Velocity Dealiasing algorithm (Bargen & Brown (1980) 1D dealiasing in LiveScan, Zhang et al. (2005) quality 2D dealiasing in full sweeps)
**Storm Relative Velocity
***Automatic Storm Motion Vector retrieval from Level 3 product
***Manual vector entry by dragging on map or typing speed/azimuth
**Level 2 Wind Shear/Rotation product (Azimuthal Wind Shear based on Smith & Elmore (2004) LLSD parameter)
**Level 2 Gate-to-Gate Shear product
**Level 2 KDP (Specific Differential Phase) Dual-pol product
**New Level 2 product selector (Ctrl+M or click on radar tab)
**New NEXRAD "Radial Measure Tool" displaying Beam Height, Range, and Azimuth from point away from radar (mouse-rollover based)
*Addition of STP (Significant Tornado Parameter) and SCP (Supercell Composite Parameter) Mesoanalyis products
*Addition of EHI (Energy-Helicity Index) and 500mb Absolute Vorticiy Mesoanalysis parameters
*Brand-new Storm Tracking Mode (accessed in "More" box of radar tab, or toggle "S")
**Storm-track click based cone display
**Mouse-rollover ETA with live countdown
**Storm tracking information box display
**New and improved storm path shape drawing
*New "Winter" tab
**Includes WPC precipitation amount product, inches, by probability level, summation interval, and sum end time
**Accumulation totals for snow and ice
**Supported by Probe mode for precise numerical accumulation total amount readout
*New USGS Earthquakes layer (Miscellaneous tab)
*New River Gauge Observations layer (Miscellaneous tab)
**Live and forecast conditions out to 4 days
*New satellite-based Fire Detections layer (MODIS and VIIRS I-band)
*Addition of SPC Fire Weather outlooks (Days 1-8)
*New convenience keyboard shortcuts:
**"R" + 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,- for switching Level 2 radar product
**"M" for toggling NEXRAD Radial Measure Tool
**"E", "I", "P" for Explore, Interact, and Probe modes
**"Ctrl+M" for new Level 2 product selector menu
**"S" for toggling new Storm Tracking Mode
*Fixed color select bug
*Fixed large Hail icon rendering error
*Viewpoints now support, save, and animate with 3D tilt
*New and improved Level 2 Velocity palette
*Fixed bug with custom Level 2 radar data source
WSV3 Professional V2.0:
http://wsv3.com/WSV3Professional_Setup.exe
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