Open-MSS
Time-dependent Side Views
Side Views are time-independent. So if we have a long flight (up to 8h for HALO), we need to "stitch" all the different time steps (e.g. in 1h steps). Is it possible to interpolates the side views for an average aircraft speed (which is available on MSS as Performance Setting)? The result would be
- time-dependent Side Views
This can be done by a new docking widget of table view similar to the hexagon flightpattern.
Taking this as an example
- https://github.com/Open-MSS/MSS/blob/develop/mslib/msui/ui/ui_hexagon_dockwidget.ui
- https://github.com/Open-MSS/MSS/blob/develop/mslib/msui/hexagon_dockwidget.py
it could become very flexible also for inserting more than one point between two way points. I'm not sure about regularity of steps. I also expect no uniform distribution.
The MSS tool, with a proper performance-parametrization, has a pretty good understanding of when it is at each point along the flight track. Taking this into account for the sideview would be a semi-useful feature, depending on the temporal resolution of available model data. The CLaMS group often provides only 12h or even 24h timesteps to avoid overly optimizing to the model forecast.
Currently the sideview requires the selection of a time. The WMS standard does not support the required features. We could extend our current extension further to not provide just the lon/lat values of the flightpath, but also timestamps. This could cause compatibility issues unless carefully implemented. One could add a new mode to let the MSS Server interpolate the available data in time. Adding this seamlessly to the existing interface could be tricky, but is probably feasible. Adding the interpolation to the server would increase CPU+IO requirements for the server but that might be acceptable.
I guess this feature would require at least a week of implementation time, probably several (especially including testing etc.)
I am not sure if or when we might address this. Is there someone of the campaign who could address this with support by us?
Time interpolation is also of interest for the application of evaluating contrail energy forcing of long flights (+/-10h) which depends on solar angle and met. data. Hourly output can be created with the forecasting tool COCIP and could be interpolated in time.
