EBP supports the NinJo consortium in preparing NinJo's visualization and analysis capabilities with regard to data from numerical weather prediction (NWV) for future challenges.

The NinJo meteorological workstation system supports meteorologists in analyzing and interpreting a wide range of observation and forecast data. This is primarily achieved through the integrated, subject-specific presentation of data within the NinJo client application.

An important part of the data supported by NinJo comes from numerical weather prediction (NWV). Complex mathematical processes using mainframe computers generate the data sets that meteorologists use as a basis for making forecasts.

Due to the refinement of spatial resolution and the increase in the number of forecast steps, the volume of NWV data will grow significantly in the foreseeable future. In addition, improvements in forecasting methods will result in a more complex structure of the generated data.

The “BaseGrid Redesign” project aims to prepare NinJo's visualization and analysis capabilities for NWV data to meet these challenges. To this end, the core components for model data processing in the NinJo client are being redesigned from scratch. EBP has been supporting the NinJo consortium in this endeavor since 2013.

This includes all phases of the software development process. It begins with the identification of current and future problems and user requirements. Based on this, solution approaches are developed and implemented in the form of prototype partial solutions for evaluation purposes. The detailed design, implementation, and operational introduction of the revised components will follow.