Transcript NOAA NWS Telecoms Report & WMO CBS Issues ICG-WIS KMA – Seoul, Korea Feb 2010 Fred Branski, Intl Requirements and Data Liaison Office of the.

NOAA NWS Telecoms Report
& WMO CBS Issues
ICG-WIS
KMA – Seoul, Korea Feb 2010
Fred Branski, Intl Requirements and Data Liaison
Office of the Chief Information Officer
NOAA’s National Weather Service
President of the WMO Commission for Basic Systems
RTH Washington
 Can route more than 50 routine messages per second
with reliability for all dissemination to all of its users of
99.9 percent
 Latency for high priority traffic of 10 seconds or less and
routinely disseminates 1.5 – 2.5 terabytes of information
per day
 On Main Trunk Network (MTN) of the WMO Global
Telecommunication System (GTS)
– GTS delivers tsunami data and warnings to connected MTN
centers within two minutes
– Joined RMDCN as of Sep 2009
“Taking the pulse of the planet”
RTH Washington contd.
 Planning underway for next round of refresh
– BTG replacement likely first
– Planning to host BTG-R by AFWA in Omaha,
Nebraska
– Synergy with AFWA’s comms sytem
 Primary facility still challenged by placement in
a facility oriented to a business office vice a
dedicated computer facility
– No likely new site determined at this time
“Taking the pulse of the planet”
RTH Washington
WIS approach
Data Access & Retrieval DAR service as a new
service provision laid on existing SOA
– Two DAR services
• DAR catalog creation & update
• Discovery & access servicing
– DAR will not execute on primary production system (at
least in early stages of implementation
– Pilot with GEONetworks developed as a UN system
open source tool
• Primary developer is FAO
• Collaboration with Brazil, Korea, Germany and possibly others
“Taking the pulse of the planet”
RTH Washington
WIS approach contd.
Develop metadata cataloging in conjunction with
national, regional & other International partners
– Regional WIGOS Development Project
• RA-IV Integrated Atmosphere Observing System
• With initial emphasis on RADAR observations
– Will expand to all RTH (GISC) data holdings and
holdings of appropriate Centers (RSMC/DCPC/NC) and
willing partners.
– Collaborating with WMO WIS Project Team, WMO ETs
and developers in other Regions
– Work will be made available to all Members
“Taking the pulse of the planet”
WIS-WIGOS
 WMO recognizes Information Systems and Observations
are foundational to delivering effective services from
analysis fields and nowcasting through long range climate
prediction.
 The WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS)
allows all WMO Programmes and Partners to manage
observations from the instrument level to information
creation to utilization.
 The WMO Information System ensures effective
Information Exchange both within the WMO system and
with external users through an Information Management
system that includes both data and metadata available
through real time through communications systems to webbased discovery portals.
“Taking the pulse of the planet”
WIS-WIGOS in RA-IV
 The United States collectively with other RA-IV Members have
identified WIS and WIGOS as key priorities for the Region.
 The RA-IV Management Group set up a Task Team to coordinate
implementation activities for WIS and WIGOS.
 RA-IV WIGOS implementation will cover the full range of
observation requirements but will place priority on exchange of
RADAR data early in the process of implementation recognizing
that RADAR data supports tropical cyclone and hydrological
forecasting including flash flood and storm surge.
 Within RA-IV, NOAA/NWS has begun development of a WIS
Discovery, Access and Retrieval (DAR) service that will be a part
of a Washington Global Information System Center (GISC), a
central WIS hub.
 RA-IV Members will provide information through other WIS data
centers within the Region to meet collective requirements for all
applications.
“Taking the pulse of the planet”
Other Initiatives
 GEONetcast for the Americas expansion
– Existing data transfer, WMC Washington and Alert
channels
– Intentionally not fully populated do allow for user
determined requirements
 Very initial considerations to fill GEONetcast
hole over the central Pacific
 RA-III & IV data exchange requirements review
– Meeting at CPTEC in Brazil Feb 01-03, 2010
– May extend this to RA-V (possibly all regions)
– Will be used for planning for all dissemination systems
“Taking the pulse of the planet”
Challenges
 To peer into the future and have a vision of future
needs
 The volume of observations from satellites,
RADARs, mesonets, and non-traditional domains
continue to grow faster then we can utilize.
 NWP presents a two fold problem to the data
exchange community.
– INSATIABLE HUNGER - PROFUSE OUTPUT
 Climate services and multi-domain models are
bringing new requirements to the table.
“Taking the pulse of the planet”
Challenges
Operational exchange of non-imagery RADAR data
beyond local/national levels
Expanded exchange of ensemble date for operational
utilization – i.e., TIGGE from research to operations
Further introduction of dynamic targeted observing
system capabilities
SCALABILITY EXPANDABILITY EXTENSIBILITY
A flexible services oriented framework based on a regular
requirements review process responding to and feeding
into the strategic planning process, at national, regional
and WMO levels
“Taking the pulse of the planet”