From The Developers...
For each available image, there is a corresponding helper
page that "helps" the user interpret the weather data.
Helper pages serve as the bridge between the weather products and the
in depth explanations provided by the instructional modules.
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Product Helpers
describing image products
Product helpers are usually accessible from the same location
where the image is accessed.
Their purpose is to introduce each
product, fields displayed and how to interpret them.
In addition, key words within
the helper text are hyperlinked to further explanatory materials describing
important topics relevant to that particular image.
An example
product helper has been given below
for the surface temperature
-- Begin Helper --
[Image: surface temperature panel (60K)]
"This is the surface temperature panel.
Surface temperature reported at each station are contoured every
five degrees Fahrenheit.
Areas of warm and hot temperatures are depicted by orange and red colors
and cold temperatures (below freezing) are shaded blue and purple.
Areas of sharp temperature gradients (several contours close to each other)
tend to be associated with the position of surface fronts.
Fronts separate airmasses of different temperature
and moisture (and therefore density) characteristics."
-- End Helper --
wx products
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concept helpers
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![[Image: surface temperature panel (60K)]](/abt/usrgd/cntnt/gifs/hlpr.gif){kind=link}