Transcript Command Brief - NPS Department of Oceanography

Fleet Numerical Meteorology
and Oceanography Center
“A NATIONAL ASSET”
WEB BASED APPLICATIONS
LCDR Doug Marble
13 May 2002
10 March 2002 -Space Shuttle Columbia. Looking southwestward over the Tasman Sea.
Web Based Applications
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SIPRNET Satellite Focus Testbed
TCWeb – NIPRNET operational, SIPRNET next
User customizable gifs – MyWxMap
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Web enabled Search and Rescue – WebSAR
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30 minute turnaround reduced to ~60 seconds
User friendly interface, cleaner graphics
Uses highest resolution data available in search region
Web enabled VLSTRACK
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Operational on SIPRNET and NIPRNET
Less bandwidth - gifs versus grids
“Infinitely” customizable areas and products
Simplify use
Automate data reformat and ingest
Navy METOC Portal
Web Developers Collaboration Site
Web Enabling Applications
Yes
Meteograms
GDIGS
WWM
OPARS
TAWS
MMOS
TAPPS
WindP/StrikeP
DPS
Forecast Soundings
STARS
METCAST
JMV?
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No
ATCF
CEEMS
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What makes web enabling a good idea?
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Broad customer base
Currently difficult user interface
Need to manually reformat or ingest data
Requires software download/install (thick client)
Bandwidth limitations or possible loss of service
not safety/mission critical
What shouldn’t be web enabled?
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Applications that are the converse of all of the
above…
30 Jan 2002, 0740Z, SeaWiFS true color
SIPRNET Satellite Focus Testbed
• Joint NRL-FNMOC presentation of developmental
satellite products
• In response to user request, region specific
• Arabian Sea, Afghanistan, Persian Gulf
• Philippines next?
• INSAT dust enhancement loops, SeaWIFS true color/dust
enhancement, feature tracking winds
• New products – low cloud over snow, low clouds at night,
convective cloud top heights,
SIPRNET Satellite Focus Testbed
• MODIS dust enhancement over the Northern Arabian
Sea, true color over land. Dust over the ocean appears
as shades of pink. Dry lakebeds over land (often
representing sources of dust) are also indicated in pink.
•Horizontal resolution of the data is 500m.
Tropical Cyclone Web Page (TCWeb)
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Satellite data fusion
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Multi-sensor images
Transitioned to
FNMOC Ops from
NRL Development.
based on user demand.
SIPRNET next
Tropical Cyclone Web Page (TCWeb)
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Multi sensor , data and
imagery fusion
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Aids JTWC and NHC
forecasters and
analysts in determining
more accurate storm
positions and
intensities
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Available to the public
u.l. - SSMI IR/ GMS5 IR
u.r. –SSMI VIS/ GMS5 VIS
l.l. - SSMI 85 GHz/ GMS5 VIS
l.r. - SSMI Composite/ GMS-5 VIS
My Weather Map (MyWxMap)
• Public charts –replacement
for WxMap capability
• iPAQ Charts – PDA/Palm
sized charts
• WxCommunities – user
specific tailored product list,
testing initial capability
• Equipment configuration:
- 2 web servers
- 2 queen nodes
- 30 worker nodes (N)
- 10 workers (S)
- SGI (N) IBM (S) PCs
- Linux 6.2 operating system currently, but essentially hardware and o/s independent
My Weather Map (MyWxMap)
1. My areas /Add View
3. Select products, levels, and taus
2. Select Region
4. Display what is/isn’t available
My Weather Map (MyWxMap)
Forecast
tau
Previous
model runs
All other charts in that region
5. The end result
Web Enabled Search and Rescue (Web-SAR)
Future development plans
Online feedback form
Model details
Pull down menus
Help links
Available to authorized DoD and Government users
30 minute request turn-around-time reduced to less than 60 seconds
Web Enabled Search and Rescue (Web-SAR)
• Text, Image or Combined output.
• Initial point marked, wind and current barbs
• Model used is identified in output.
• Program uses highest resolution ocean and
met model forecast data (COAMPS, NOGAPS
or WW3/TOPS) available in SAR area.
Web enabled VLSTRACK
• Early developmental Stage
• Primitive web interface
• Text/grid output so far
Navy METOC Portal
Non-authenticated user, general public:
http://www.metnet.navy.mil/malmquist/portal_beta/index_anon_new.html
Authenticated user, non-customized:
http://www.metnet.navy.mil/malmquist/portal_beta/index_aviation_new.html
Authenticated user, customized:
http://www.metnet.navy.mil/malmquist/portal_beta/index_custom_new.html
Web Developers Collaboration Site
•Resources
•Document exchange
•Mailing List
•Mailing list archive
•Web CVS Archive
•FNMOC TAG Project page
•TFW documents and links
•JMCDM link
•DISA XML Registry link
•Training modules
•Account Admin
•Coding Standards
•References
•News
https://www.metnet.navy.mil/webdev/
Future Web-enabling work…
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Meteograms on demand – clickable map
GDIGS - Global Digital Imagery Generation System, webbased, user definable geo-regions, retrieves latest imagery
from DB
WWM - Web Weather Messenger, ODD-N feed
OPARS - Optimum Path Aircraft Routing Service
TAWS – Tactical Airborne Weapons Systems
MMOS – Mobile METOC support
TAPPS – Tropical Applications
Forecast Soundings
STARS – Possible OTSR tool
WindP/StrikeP – damaging wind/strike probability
Bulk File Transfer (replace FNMOC DPS)
METCAST Client – no need for software install
Add selected JMV functionality to MyWxMap
Web Services model for internal data management and
application interoperability (XML)