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APL MURI Kickoff. APL MURI TEAM. Bob Miyamoto David Jones Jim Pitton Keith Kerr Mark Krueger. Key Strengths of the Team. Navy/domain experience Related research projects MHSII EVIS DRI Visualization, Intelligent Agents, Engineering Statistics. APL Role in MURI Team.
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APL MURI Kickoff Applied Physics Laboratory
APL MURI TEAM • Bob Miyamoto • David Jones • Jim Pitton • Keith Kerr • Mark Krueger Applied Physics Laboratory
Key Strengths of the Team • Navy/domain experience • Related research projects • MHSII • EVIS • DRI • Visualization, Intelligent Agents, Engineering Statistics Applied Physics Laboratory
APL Role in MURI Team • Provide relevance to Navy needs • Coordinate interaction w/ Navy Orgs. • Develop task-based visualizations • Integrate component research efforts • Facilitate interaction among MURI participants Applied Physics Laboratory
Navy METOC & Uncertainty • “Model of the Day?” • Tropical Cyclone forecasts • EFS at FNMOC • Ship Routing • Long Range Temp Forecast Applied Physics Laboratory
Navy METOC & Uncertainty • Based on my experience as the Operations Officer at FNMOC • Forecasters have limited understanding • Confusing products • Not designed for forecaster • Great potential still not fully realized Applied Physics Laboratory
Examples of Navy Uncertainty Products Applied Physics Laboratory
FNMOC Ensemble Temp Mean Applied Physics Laboratory
FNMOC 2m Temp Plume Applied Physics Laboratory
FNMOC Gale Probability Applied Physics Laboratory
Areas to investigate • How forecasters deal with uncertainty • Uses of uncertainty information by METOC customers • Easier ways to create uncertainty products • Better visualization techniques • Verification Applied Physics Laboratory
FNMOC COAMPS Applied Physics Laboratory
UW Ensemble Mean Applied Physics Laboratory
Next Steps • Cognitive Task Analysis at • Whidbey Island • Norfolk • Collaborative work with NPMOC, NLMOC, NPMOF, & FNMOC • Visualization research >>> Applied Physics Laboratory
Exploratory Software Prototype • Requirements • Design • Prototype Development • Iterative Refinement • Implementation Analysis Applied Physics Laboratory
Tentative Requirements • User-based framework • Analytic & Geospatial visualization tools • Collaborative, interactive exploration • Cross-platform availability • Easy extensibility • Suitable for broad range of expertise Applied Physics Laboratory
Implementation Tools (1) • Java Language • Cross-platform • Sophisticated network (web) model • Can “wrap” models in other languages • Inference Engine • Easy to tailor level of expertise • Can both bound and sequence operations Applied Physics Laboratory
Implementation Tools (2) • VisAD for Visualization • Model-View-Controller architecture • Remote display and collaboration • Sophisticated data model • High-level scripting language (Jython) • Supports specialized “toolkit” development • Currently used within meteorological community Applied Physics Laboratory
VisAD Creations (courtesy VMET)Terrain and Wind Vectors Applied Physics Laboratory
VisAD Creations (Courtesy VMET) Time Series Wind Fields Applied Physics Laboratory
VisAD Creations (courtesy VMET)MM5 output – wind and temp fields Applied Physics Laboratory