Warning Decision Support System -- Integrated Information

Please read the following before submitting the request:

Who is a valid user of the free version of WDSS-II?

1. Students pursuing a degree at an accredited university who need to use this software for their research.
2. Educators in their classroom and laboratories. (If you will get funding for creating new courses, please consider supporting our work).
3. Employees of non-profit institutions involved in research.

When you write proposals that will make use of WDSS-II, please budget some funding for us to continue to create algorithms and visualization tools! Please contact us so that we can discuss an appropriate level of funding.

What can valid users do with this software?

1. Conduct research studies.
2. Build new algorithms using the WDSS-II API.
3. Visualize data sets.

If you design a new algorithm using the WDSS-II API, we want to hear about it!

What can you not do with this software?

1. Run it operationally.
2. Distribute weather warnings or make weather forecasts or decisions based on this software.
3. Run it real-time.
4. Redistribute the software.
   
5. Make commercial use of the software.

If you do not see your potential use of WDSS-II in the above lists, please contact us. Don't assume it's okay to just do it These restrictions are in place because WDSS-II is licensed for real-time operational use to private companies by the University of Oklahoma.

Referencing WDSS-II in publications

If you use the WDSS-II software for research, please reference:

Lakshmanan, V., T. Smith, G. J. Stumpf, and K. Hondl, 2007: The warning decision support system - integrated information (WDSS-II). Weather and Forecasting, 22, No. 3, 592-608.

Please also see the more complete list of papers, including papers for the individual algorithms.

WDSS-II Download Request

Thank you for your interest in WDSS-II.   We collect this information so that we can present summaries to agencies that fund us. The information you provide will not be used to contact you in the future. If you wish to find out about new versions, please revisit this page.

The latest research version of WDSS-II available was built on:
            2009-04-20 (Apr. 20, 2009)

1. Which of the following builds do you need?
   32bit_RHEL4_bin
   32bit_RHEL4_devel
   64bit_RHEL4_bin
   64bit_RHEL4_devel
   64bit_RHEL5_bin
   64bit_RHEL5_devel
   Java Algorithms and API (all platforms)
   wg (display) for Windows XP Obsolete
   Extend authorization of older version to Dec. 2009
   
2. What is your email address?
   

Notes:

1. You need only the "bin" version for viewing data and running algorithms.
2. You need both the "devel" and "bin" versions if you plan to write your own algorithms.
3. The Red Hat Enterprise (RHEL5) versions should work on any Linux 2.6.13 or higher kernel (e.g: Fedora Core 4).
4. The Red Hat Enterprise (RHEL4) versions should work on any Linux 2.6 or higher kernel (e.g: Fedora Core 2).
5. The 32-bit and 64-bit versions for Linux include both algorithms and displays.
6. The Windows version is display-only (no algorithms).
7. The Java version has several new algorithms and ingest programs. You need Java 6 or higher installed on your system.
8. If the form doesn't work, please contact lakshman@ou.edu for the research/evaluation version of WDSS-II.