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Rabi Alaya

Software Developer at the Iowa Flood Center, University of Iowa. I build geospatial web applications for weather and hydrology research.

Current focus: GPU-accelerated NEXRAD radar visualization using WebGL2

Stack: JavaScript (ES6+, Web Workers, WebGL) · Python (Flask, GDAL, NumPy) · Google Maps API

Projects

ProjectDescription
Level II BrowserGPU-accelerated NEXRAD data viewer — binary parsing, custom vertex shaders, WebGL polar-to-Mercator projection
MRMS BrowserReal-time precipitation viewer — 60+ NOAA products, IndexedDB caching, Web Worker decoding
NextNEXRADWSR-88D radar coverage analysis — 47M+ grid cells per request, sub-4s response times

rabialaya.com · rabi-alaya@uiowa.edu

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  1. NextNEXRADNextNEXRADPublic

    Web app for visualizing and analyzing NEXRAD radar coverage and terrain blockage across the U.S.

    JavaScript

  2. MRMS-browserMRMS-browserPublic

    A browser-based tool for visualizing NOAA MRMS data. Fetches GRIB2 files from AWS S3, decodes and caches them locally, then renders interactive map overlays with playback controls for animated weat…

    JavaScript 1

  3. spyfallspyfallPublic

    A real-time multiplayer implementation of the social deduction game Spyfall. Built with vanilla JavaScript and Firebase.

    JavaScript 1

  4. chronosliderchronosliderPublic

    A simple timeline UI component for selecting date ranges.

    JavaScript 4

  5. level2-browserlevel2-browserPublic

    A browser-based NEXRAD Level 2 and MRMS radar data viewer that decodes raw binary weather radar files and renders them interactively on Google Maps using WebGL. The application parses NEXRAD's prop…

    JavaScript 1

  6. small-dams-drainage-boundariessmall-dams-drainage-boundariesPublic

    Python