1993:

• NIMA development began motivated by a need for rapid update, high quality winds and wind shear for the Hong Kong WTWS project.

• Prototype NIMA developed aimed primarily at clutter detection.
• Prototype NWCA winds algorithm developed for WTWS.

• Collaborations with NCAR/ATD and NOAA initiated for NIMA development/ testing/evaluation.
• Initial human truthing exercise conducted using data from Sha Lo Wan profiler in Hong Kong.

• NIMA further developed for Juneau Project, RFI discrimination introduced.
• NWCA winds confidence algorithm developed as part of Juneau Project.

• NIMA/NWCA prototype operational software installed for Juneau field program

• Extensive human truthing exercise and comparison with aircraft data using Juneau data
• Detailed documentation of NIMA written under auspices of Juneau project.
• NIMA used as a starting point for MAIPS development with Vaisala Corp; Matlab interface developed.
• Research license granted to Deutsche Wetterdienst (DWD). NIMA/NWCA analysis version delivered.

• NIMA improvements made for low signal-to-noise cases based on Juneau data.
• NIMA used as a starting point for NESPA application to lidar and scanning radar under project with NASA.
• NIMA 2.0 released with a more object-oriented architecture and improved support for the Matlab interface.
• NWCA enhanced with wind shear calculations and support for RASS (in collaboration with DWD).
• Research licenses granted to Battelle (Pacific Northwest National Lab), UK Met Office, University of Massachusetts, DWD.

• Object-oriented implementation of NWCA enhanced support for various scan strategies, moments, consensus, and RASS.
• NIMA/NWCA deployed in NCAR/ATD Michigan field program.
• Real-time prototype installed at DWD Lindenberg for 482 and 1290 MHz profilers.

• Real-time prototype installed at Dugway Proving Grounds for 4DWX Project.