Distance Learning Operations Course

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Distance Learning Operations Course

• Overview of AWIPS Builds
• From a Warning Decision Making Perspective
• Warning Decision Training Branch

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AWIPS History

• Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System

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Who develops AWIPS?

• Raytheon
• Contractor taken over development and maintenance
• System Engineering Center (SEC)
• Represents NWS in managing AWIPS
• Some important prototyping organizations
• Global Systems Division (GSD)
• Meteorological Development Lab (MDL)
• Office of Hydrological Development (OHD)

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What is the Latest Build?
Jan. 2008
OB8.1
OB8.2
Used in DLOC labs
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What do I need to know about in OB8.1??

• Storm Based Warnings
• Threat areas are officially polygons, NOT counties

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What is coming in OB8.2??

• Estimated Actual Velocity Tool

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What is coming in OB8.2??
1 deg / 1 km Resolution
0.5 deg / 0.25 km Resolution

• Super Res Products

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What is coming in OB8.2??
New TDWR Menu

• New TDWR Products
• Available April 2008 (SPG Build 3)

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What is coming in OB8.2??

• Four Dimensional Stormcell Investigator (FSI)

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What is coming in OB8.3 (June 08)??

• Radar Environmental Sampling Tool

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What is coming in OB8.3??

• FFMP Advanced
• HPE (Mosaic Precip for FFMP)

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What is coming in OB8.3??

• FSI Cursor Read Out Super Resolution

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What is coming in OB8.3??

• Preliminary Dul-Pol Functionality

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What is coming in OB9.0??

• 2008-2009
• High-resolution Precipitation Nowcaster (HPN)
• QPF for FFMP
• Radar Menu Reorganization

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Next Generation AWIPS Coming 2009 (AWIPS II)

• JAVA-based
• New softwareinfrastructure
• Same look and feel
• Initial black-boxconversion

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AWIPS II Capabilities

• D-2D becomes CAVE
• collaboration features
• GIS-enabled
• Software built using plug-in concept
• Updates eventually more frequent?
• Policy to govern updates TBD

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How can I prepare for all this new AWIPS stuff??

• LMS Training
• https//doc.learn.com/noaa/nws
• NWS Training Division Website
• http//www.nwstc.noaa.gov/nwstrn/awips.htm
• Coordinated training began with OB7.1
• Released 1 week before AWIPS build deployment
• Documentation / Developer Websites
• WDTB AWIPS info
• NWS AWIPS info

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How can I prepare for all this new AWIPS stuff??

• Operational AWIPS software data pump
• Not every AWIPS function will work
• Also available 1 week prior to AWIPS deployment
• WDTB develops and releases
• WES Website

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WES 2 Development

• New AWIPS II means a new WES
• Archiving much different
• Expect WES 2 to be deployed in 2009 2010.

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Where do the new ideas for AWIPS content come
from??

• Operations and Services Improvement Process
  (OSIP)
• NWS requirements process
• https//osip.nws.noaa.gov/osip/index.php

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Who oversees the AWIPS build process??

• Software Recommendation and Evaluation Committee
  (SREC)
• Your region votes for you
• http//sec.noaa3.awips.noaa.gov/srec/index.htm

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What if I think something is wrong with AWIPS??

• See local/regional AWIPS focal point
• Open trouble ticket with Raytheon Network Control
  Facility
• Discrepancy Reports
• Search DR database

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Distance Learning Operations Course

• Overview of AWIPS Builds
• From a Warning Decision Making Perspective
• Warning Decision Training Branch