Key Challenges Facing an Integrated Information System for Global Climate Observations

1. Key Challenges Facing an Integrated Information System for Global Climate Observations presented by The Boeing Company Phantom Works S&IS Mission Systems presented at the NOAA Climate Observation Program’s 3rd Annual System Review April 25-27, 2005

2. NOAA’s Strategic Vision for 2020 & Beyond (… NOSA … IOOS … IEOS … GEOSS …) Defining the requirements for future observing systems…

3. Current Earth Observing Systems Satellites Sondes Radar Aircraft Ships Submersibles Buoys Traditional “Stove-piped” Systems

4. Integrated Earth Observing System Satellites Sondes Radar Aircraft Ships Submersibles Buoys Multi-sensor Integration (In-situ + Remote, Static + Dynamic)

5. Key Integration Challenges • System-level dependencies • Platform, operating system, transport, language, and ontology dependencies • System-to-system interdependencies • Network security and information assurance • Ability to protect, authenticate, and deny data and information • Insufficient or incomplete metadata • Detailed descriptions on the usefulness of data and quality of data sources • Incompatible data formats and geographical representations • Multi-step data format conversions • Map translations, coordinate system transformations, etc. • Increasingly high-bandwidth data rates and data volumes • Lossless data compression, data filtering, data sub-setting • Data/communication access in bandwidth-limited regions • Improved data access and/or low-rate data access alternatives • Need for user-orientation and user-oriented services • Intelligent data discovery, keyword searching, data translation services, etc.

6. Network-Enabled Operations (NEO) Progressing towards a solution…

7. Goal of NEO To realize a network enabled environment where all classes of information systems interoperate by integrating existing and emerging open standards into a common evolving global framework that employs a common set of principles and processes.

8. NEO Value Proposition • Increased interoperability within, and among, systems involved in Joint, Interagency and Multinational Operations • Lower system costs as integration activities are reduced and re-use is maximized • Improved readiness by using existing systems that plug into the network environment more quickly • Increased pace of new development and focus on domain specific capabilities to system client or user

9. Strategic Architecture Reference Model • Develop a safe and secure information management architectural reference model and identify open standards and their patterns of use and interoperability • Enables assets (sensors, systems, people) to act as interoperable nodes that can discover and register its needs and capabilities on a network

10. Strategic Architecture Reference Model • Communications Layer • Essential functions for moving information via IP-based standards • Information Layer • Common functions/services for information exchange/interchange • Applications Layer • Program-specific functions for processing or using information • Presentation (HMI) Layer • Program-specific presentations of information to users

11. Example Architecture ESRI ArcGIS Web Page Flood Model Route Planner APP 3 APP 4 Legacy Apps DODS/OpenDAP Publish Subscribe Query Formatting Translation Compression Filtering Metadata Ontology Data Discovery Communications Core Legacy Comm (non-IP) IP Communications Core

12. Current System Interactions

13. Network-Enabled Operations Concept …Pub-Sub Example Communication/InformationNetwork

14. Network-Enabled Operations Concept …Pub-Sub Example Communication/InformationNetwork

15. Network-Enabled Operations Concept …Pub-Sub Example Communication/InformationNetwork

16. Network-Enabled Operations Concept …Pub-Sub Example Communication/InformationNetwork

17. Network-Enabled Operations Example Sensors Users Academia Client NOAA / Regional Communication/InformationNetwork NOAA / Private NOAA Client State-Local / Private Sector Client NOAA / NASA

18. Network-Enabled Operations Example Publishers Users University Flood Model Buoy / CBOS Communication/InformationNetwork NWS (AWIPS) PORTS / WxFlow Evac Planner (ArcGIS) POES-GOES / EOS

19. Network-Enabled Operations Example Publishers Subscribers University Flood Model Buoy / CBOS Communication/InformationNetwork NWS (AWIPS) PORTS / WxFlow Evac Planner (ArcGIS) POES-GOES / EOS

20. Network-Enabled Operations Example University Flood Model Subscribers / Publishers Publishers Buoy / CBOS Communication/InformationNetwork NWS (AWIPS) PORTS / WxFlow Evac Planner (ArcGIS) POES-GOES / EOS

21. Network-Enabled Operations Benefits …Enabling more accurate modeling and prediction Peak Surge with “N+1” NEO benefits with “N” NEO benefits without NEO benefits Acknowledgement: ADCIRC model analysis generated by Dr. Don Slinn of the University of Florida

22. Network-Enabled Operations Benefits …Turning information into knowledge in user-friendly forms Impacted Locations Predicted surge

23. Summary – Advantages & Benefits • Advantages of NEO • Open Architecture, Non-Proprietary (supports NOSA) • Bandwidth Efficient • Metadata Driven/Centric • Platform/Format/Transport/Language Neutral • Sharing of Decision/Analysis Information • User Oriented and Focused • Benefits of NEO • Improved System Interoperability • Improved System Scalability • Improved System Transparency • Improved System Transition • Improved User Experience • Decreased Lifecycle Costs

24. Questions / Contact Info Steven Hoffert Boeing S&IS Mission Systems Springfield, VA Phone: 703-923-4052 Email:steven.g.hoffert@boeing.com Dr. Jay Pearlman Boeing Phantom Works Kent, WA Phone: 253-773-5419 Email:jay.pearlman@boeing.com