Testing and Validation of the CASA DCAS System

Author

Bekkerman, Anna ; Lakamraju, Vijay ; Koren, Israel ; Krishna, C. Mani

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

fYear

2006

fDate

July 31 2006-Aug. 4 2006

Firstpage

1902

Lastpage

1905

Abstract

We present a system emulator that provides a versatile environment for testing and validating a distributed system for sensing of the lower atmosphere during its development lifecycle. The emulator, along with its comprehensive RAPIDS toolbox, provide the necessary infrastructure to experiment with different parameters of the system to ensure that the system specifications are being met, while also providing the scope of experimenting with newer configurations and futuristic designs. Extensive monitoring of the system possible through RAPIDS, allows to expose bugs and performance bottlenecks. The remote experimentation feature of the system allows several users to drive/monitor the system without requiring physical access to the emulator.

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; geophysics computing; performance evaluation; test equipment; CASA DCAS system; RAPIDS toolbox; development lifecycle; distributed collaborative adaptive sensing; distributed system testing; distributed system validation; lower atmosphere sensing; performance bottlenecks; remote experimentation feature; system emulator; Atmosphere; Collaboration; Control systems; Life testing; Meteorological radar; Meteorology; Radar polarimetry; Remote monitoring; Storms; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2006. IGARSS 2006. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9510-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2006.491

Filename

4241638