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1) The Oklahoma City Micronet Project 2) Network Design and Implementation

1) The Oklahoma City Micronet Project 2) Network Design and Implementation. Dr. Jeffrey Basara Director of Research Oklahoma Climatological Survey University of Oklahoma. OKC Micronet - Current Status. Network of 40 stations (4 Mesonet Sites, 36 Traffic Signal Sites.

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1) The Oklahoma City Micronet Project 2) Network Design and Implementation

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  1. 1) The Oklahoma City Micronet Project2) Network Design and Implementation Dr. Jeffrey Basara Director of Research Oklahoma Climatological Survey University of Oklahoma

  2. OKC Micronet - Current Status • Network of 40 stations (4 Mesonet Sites, 36 Traffic Signal Sites. • 1-minute Data Collection – Real-time and archive quality assurance (QA). • 5 years of effort to secure funding, 2 years of design and testing. • True collaboration with Oklahoma City. • All sites are deployed and the network is operating in a test mode prior to official, public commissioning in the upcoming months.

  3. Oklahoma City Micronet 30 June 2008, 3:30 am CDT Traffic Signal Station

  4. OKC Micronet – Lessons Learned • Technology and Infrastructure are very different from rural areas (power, communications, station siting). • K.I.S.S. – Standardize as much as possible. • Political support is important, but not as critical as one might think. • A plan for data products is very important – needs to be relevant to those supporting the efforts (especially city departments).

  5. General Network Thoughts • It is better to design and easier to implement a network that is simple/basic/robust than one that involves many complicated facets/components. • Quality Assurance (QA) is better than Quality Control (QC). • Sensors and hardware are relatively inexpensive compared to the long-term needs of operating a permanent, real-time network – long term support, calibration, and maintenance are critical to network survival and data quality. • A plan for data products is very important – needs to be relevant to those supporting the efforts.

  6. The Case for OKC as an Urban Testbed • OKC Micronet • Oklahoma Mesonet • 17 Research Radar systems (NEXRAD, Phased Array, Polarized, Mobile, X-Band, C-Band) • A historical urban dataset – JU2003 • Rapidly growing urban area (9.8% last year) • Local geography • Other observational capabilities (ARM, NOAA profilers, etc.)

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