The AOAWS Web System will be styled
after a Web system that was developed by NCAR and NOAA for the NWS Aviation Weather Center
(AWC) in Kansas City, Missouri. The complete AWC Web System can be viewed here:
http://adds.awc-kc.noaa.gov/
The web system developed for AWC was
first implemented in 1996. Since that time it has evolved from a gridded data server to an
excellent resource for accessing world wide aviation weather information. The AWC system
was designed for non-meteorologists (pilots, airline dispatchers, etc.) and its interface
is simple and intuitive.
The AOAWS Web system will follow the
general style of the AWC system for the following reasons:
1) The AWC system has been developed
with extensive user input,
2) The AWC system is very
successful,
3) The aviation community will have
continuity between the AWC system and the AOAWS system lessening the time necessary to
become comfortable with its use, and
4) NCAR has experience in developing
the AWC system and can incorporate many of the features and functions of the AWC system
into the AOAWS Web system.
After the completion of the AOAWS
Web system, a Chinese language interface will be created in the appropriate places. The
Help function will also be converted to Chinese to make it easier for Chinese speaking
users to interpret the products.
Advanced Operational Aviation
Weather System (AOAWS) in Taiwan 
