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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. Office of the Federal Coordinator 25-26 July 2000 Bethesda, MD. Product List Domestic - CONUS New Products What Will it Take? International Products Promising Programs. OUTLINE. TAFS TWEBS Area Forecast - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
Office of the Federal Coordinator
25-26 July 2000
Bethesda, MD
• Product List Domestic - CONUS
• New Products
• What Will it Take?
• International Products
• Promising Programs
OUTLINE
Product List Domestic (CONUS)
TAFS
TWEBS
Area Forecast
AIRMETs/SIGMETs: icing, turbulence, IFR, volcanic
ash
Convective SIGMETs - thunderstorms (1hr.)
New: CCFP - thunderstorms outlook (2/4/6 hrs)
Low Level SIGWX
Convective SIGMETS valid at 1600UTC 28 June
Traditional Operational Products (CONUS) - text and polygons
The Forecast Area at AWC
7X24 Surveillance
CCFP (Summer 98, 99, 2000)
Global Graphics
Area Forecasts
What will it take? The TEGO Discipline
TEST
EXPERIMENTAL
GUIDANCE
OPERATIONAL
Location: PDTs, other FAA Testbed AWC Ops. NWS research labs
Distribution: Uncertain ADDS/AWC ADDS/AWC NWS, NCEP,
home page home page, ADDS/AWC aviation net. home page,
aviation net.
Availability: Uncertain 5 X 8 7 X 24 HighestBacked-up Long-term
Quality: R&D Promising High Quality BEST
TE
GO
New Products (July 2000)
CCFP (Collaborative Convective Forecast Product)
#C-11Operational (16hrs/day; 7 months/yr) (1 April 2000) CDMNet
NCWF (National Convective Weather Forecast)
#C-7 Guidance Product (5 mins; 24hrs/day) (6 May 2000) CDMNet
CDMNet (Collaborative Decision Making Network)
New Products (July 2000)
IIDA (Integrated Icing Detection Algorithm)
#I-6 Experimental Product Guidance (FY2001) ADDS
ITFA (Integrated Turbulence Forecast Algorithm)
#T-5 Experimental Product Guidance (FY2002) ADDS
MWAVE (Mountain Wave Turbulence)
#T-2 Test Experimental Product
Guidance (FY2001) AWC Homepage
IIFA (Integrated Icing Forecast Algorithm)
#T-8 Test ?
ADDS (Aviation Digital Data Service)
Experimental <www.awc-kc.noaa.gov> 1997
Supported by AWC (FY2001)
CCFP
NCWF
New Products in FY2000
CCFP POD 0.4BIAS 2.4
NCWF POD 0.2BIAS 0.4
C-SIGMETS POD 0.4BIAS 1.2
What will it take? The Testbed Idea
• Cooperation
• Technical personnel - implement (meteorologists)
• “ “ - evaluate (meteorologists)
• “ “ - transfer (systems engineers)
• Offline evaluation teams
• Consensus of experts
• On line verification (RTVS)
• Operational environment for reliable delivery
• Hardware, software, input data, product delivery
• Training
• Cooperation
FAA Aviation Weather
Research Program
University Research
FAA Hughes
Tech CenterNWS
Tech. Develop.
Lab
NCAR-RAP
NOAA Forecast Systems
Lab
FAA Lincoln Labs/ MIT
Aviation Weather Center
Connections to Partner Research
NASA
AWIN
WxAP
The Concept of an Aviation Testbed
AAWU
AWC
Cooperative Roles of Operations and Research
model output
NCEPobservations
Technology Transfer
Research
Products
21 CWSU’s
121 WFO’s
Operations
User Feedback
ClientsFAA Ops.Air TransportationRegionalBusinessGeneral Aviation
FSL NCAR Universities Lincoln Labs FAA Tech Center
Quality Assessment Team
Graphics DesignForecast A
ssessment
User E
valuation
RTV
S Sk
ill
TEGOProducts
TEST
EXPERIMENTAL
GUIDANCE
OPERATIONS
Internet/ADDS
CDMnet
The AWC Testbed is the ANVIL on which convective, turbulence, icing, ceiling visibility products are evaluated and prepared for operational applications
International Responsibilities
CommunicationsAWC.……to…….CUSTOMER
AWCDELIVERY
END USER
Production
Fax Back
24 HOUR HELP Desk
877 Toll Free ServiceProduct
International Products
Tropical Desk
Global Graphics
High Level SigWx
IFFDP
Promising ProgramsWeather Service Offices (WFOs):
Dallas- Ft. Worth Collaborative Aviation Forecast Study (DCAFS)
Airport Specific TAF Amendment Criteria (ASTAC)
Center Weather Service Units (CWSUs):
New equipment ( RTA Replacement) to provide FAA personnel with more accurate information
Traffic Management Unit (TMU) Needs Document
- FAA and NWS forming a Team to address the goals
- Future NWS products for Air Route Traffic Control Center
traffic managers
- Involvement from other NOAA agencies, such as FSL
- Could change products for the terminal area that would be
available for the aviation community.
NWS Development Activities
SummaryNWS response to clients and users:
The National Weather Service has delivered research products into an operational environment ( CCFP, NCWF, ADDS).
Aviation weather products are now readily available on AWC Homepage, ADDS, and CDMNet.
Activities are underway to improve terminal forecasts and services to the ARTCCs
Continuing success depends on collaboration, partnership, and resources.