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Additional Areas

Additional Areas. Mike Zink CASA Deputy Director University of Massachusetts NSF Year 9 Visit, July 2 nd , 2012. Overview. Multifunction MC&C Infrasound SBIR submissions US Ignite/GENI Time series data streaming MC&C in the cloud TropiNet Cameras.

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Additional Areas

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  1. Additional Areas Mike ZinkCASA Deputy Director University of Massachusetts NSF Year 9 Visit, July 2nd, 2012

  2. Overview • Multifunction MC&C • Infrasound • SBIR submissions • US Ignite/GENI • Time series data streaming • MC&C in the cloud • TropiNet • Cameras

  3. How can we optimize system for the best response?

  4. Multifunction MC&C • So far, MC&C only used for • Radars • Control based on detection of atmospheric phenomena • Detection of low-flying aircraft • Control of camera networks • E.g., use radar data to visually verify potential flooding

  5. Low Flyers • Integrated into MC&C • Initial tests in testbed • UAV detect and avoid

  6. Infrasound • Two infrasound monitoring stations were deployed in the spring of 2011. • One in Cyril, Oklahoma (designated KCYR) and one in Rush Springs, Oklahoma (designated KRSP). • The two stations were ~30km apart. • The infrasound monitoring stations were collocated with two of CASA’s mechanically scanned X-band weather radars. • 71 days of pressure data was collected at both stations. • 20 days of wind speed and direction data was collected at the Cyril station. Cyril Rush Springs

  7. Infrasound • Spectrogram • data was unremarkable • Cohereogram • strong coherence in the frequency band < ~1.5Hz.

  8. Infrasound Radar image from: http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/imagearchive/

  9. SBIR Submissions • Phase-tilt radar • Work with FirstRF (in the process of becoming an associate member) to improve commercial phase-tilt antenna design • Ridgeline • CASA spin-off, licensing CASA technology and implementing it in their commercial offering • EWR • As CASA members already licensed algoritms. • Implementation of algorithms

  10. MA1 • Second year of operations to support EMs on UMass Amherst campus • Joint efforts to secure funding for continued operation of MA1 • Continued use for testing of new software

  11. US Ignite/GENI • US Ignite • applications and services for ultra-fast broadband and software-defined networks • Foster creation of novel applications that will transform healthcare, education and job skills training, public safety, energy, and advanced manufacturing. • GENI • providing collaborative and exploratory environments for academia, industry and the public to catalyze groundbreaking discoveries and innovation in these emerging global networks

  12. Time Series Short-term Forecast in the Cloud Up to 150 Mbps Long-term, Large-scale Forecast End Users: Public, NWS EM,Media Industry Up to n * 150 Mbps Operations Control Center

  13. NowCast in the Cloud • Issues: • System integration • Cloud designed for persistent, web-based services • Data staging • Sufficient on-demand bandwidth into the cloud • CASA involved in Alpha Demo at GENI Engineering Conference in D.C. (Nov. 2010) • Today: only a few large NEXRAD radars (100s) • Tomorrow: many (1000s) smaller, less expensive radars produce data close to the ground where weather happens • Requires a flexible infrastructure for coordinated provisioning of shared sensing, networking, storage, and computing resources on-demand

  14. NowCast in the Cloud • Automated initialization of Nowcast in EC2 by MC&C • Analyzed network capabilities • Analyzed compute capabilities

  15. Cloud Sensing / Sensor Cloud • Provide sensing, networking, and compute resources on demand • Rapid provision and release • Opportunistic sensing: • Sensing information from cell phones • Camera data

  16. TropiNet • Drafting an MOU between UPRM, CSU, and UMass to control TropiNet radars with MC&C • Terrain and climate will pose new challenges to MC&C Courtesy of the NSF TropiNet project

  17. Cameras • Discussion with ITT Exelis to use their DFW camera network • Goal: • Weather validation • Monitor public response • First steps to put feedback loop around public response • What do you see in the morning news?

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