<s>
NinJo	B-Application
is	O
a	O
meteorological	O
software	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Essentially	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
client	O
—	O
server	O
system	O
an	O
implemented	O
fully	O
with	O
the	O
programming	O
language	O
Java	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
NinJo	B-Application
was	O
initiated	O
by	O
the	O
German	O
Weather	O
Service	O
(	O
Deutscher	O
Wetterdienst	O
,	O
DWD	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
German	O
army	O
(	O
Bundeswehr	O
Geo	O
Information	O
Service	O
,	O
BGIS	O
)	O
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2006	O
,	O
NinJo	B-Application
has	O
been	O
used	O
operationally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NinJo	B-Application
is	O
licensed	O
for	O
weather	O
services	O
,	O
organisations	O
and	O
universities	O
not	O
taking	O
part	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
consortium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NinJo	B-Application
is	O
a	O
client-server	O
system	O
with	O
interactive	O
displays	O
on	O
the	O
client	O
side	O
fed	O
by	O
batch	O
applications	O
implemented	O
on	O
the	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
is	O
programmed	O
entirely	O
in	O
JAVA	B-Language
and	O
can	O
easily	O
be	O
extended	O
by	O
further	O
layers	O
and	O
applications	O
according	O
to	O
user-specific	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
workstation	B-Device
fed	O
by	O
the	O
servers	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
different	O
operating	O
systems	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Unix	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
)	O
,	O
avoiding	O
importing	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
onto	O
the	O
specific	O
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NinJo	B-Application
Server	O
imports	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
meteorological	O
data	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
METAR	O
reports	O
,	O
weather	B-Application
radar	I-Application
and	O
weather	O
satellite	O
images	O
and	O
numerical	B-General_Concept
weather	I-General_Concept
prediction	I-General_Concept
(	O
NWP	O
)	O
outputs	O
,	O
through	O
dedicated	O
file	O
handling	O
programs	O
,	O
and	O
make	O
them	O
accessible	O
to	O
the	O
client	O
displays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
client	O
is	O
a	O
NinJo	B-Application
workstation	B-Device
which	O
presents	O
data	O
in	O
separate	O
layers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
add	O
as	O
many	O
layers	O
to	O
a	O
NinJo	B-Application
scene	O
as	O
they	O
want	O
with	O
all	O
layers	O
show	O
time-synchronised	O
data	O
for	O
the	O
same	O
map	O
area	O
.	O
</s>
