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Ken Stricklett, Harry Tran, Joe Facundo and Chet Schmitt NOAA’s National Weather Service

The Application of the NWS OT&E Process to the HCN-M. Ken Stricklett, Harry Tran, Joe Facundo and Chet Schmitt NOAA’s National Weather Service January 15, 2009. Background. HCN-M Goals Enable continued monitoring and assessment of national and regional climate variability

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Ken Stricklett, Harry Tran, Joe Facundo and Chet Schmitt NOAA’s National Weather Service

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  1. The Application of the NWS OT&E Process to the HCN-M Ken Stricklett, Harry Tran, Joe Facundo and Chet Schmitt NOAA’s National Weather Service January 15, 2009

  2. Background HCN-M Goals • Enable continued monitoring and assessment of national and regional climate variability • Sustain the historical climate record • Provide climate observational data, and station and equipment metadata • Improve data quality • Distribute data to customers for current and future use • Provide a flexible and expandable architecture to integrate with NOAA's Global Earth Observing Integrated Data Environment (GEO-IDE) • Optimize as well as modernize the HCN

  3. Concept of Operations Raw and Processed Data Raw Data HCN Platform Central Data Processing Climate Post- Processing and Archive Metadata MADIS Coordination Metadata Processed Data Processed Data Site Maintenance O&M UserCommunity

  4. OT&E • Independent evaluation • Stakeholder review • Limited deployment • Field tests • Documentation • Performance • Stability • Function • Reliability • Risk reduction

  5. OT&E Process TEST REVIEW GROUP OVERSIGHT • DT&E • Documentation • Training • Logistics • Security • Maintenance TEST READINESS REVIEW OT&E WRAP UP PLAN FIELD TESTS DEPLOY • Stability • Reliability • Performance • Data Quality • Security

  6. HCN-M Commissioning Maintenance And Monitoring Support for NOAA Mission HCN-M Commissioning Backup Training System Interfaces Logistics Security Documentation

  7. Challenges • Programmatic • NWS weather and water mission vs. climate requirements • NWS policy and procedures for automated climate systems are lacking • HCN-M system limitations e.g. lack of snow measurements in initial baseline • Administrative • The commissioning process is resource intensive • The time required for full system deployment will likely exceed 10 years

  8. Conclusions • An OT&E plan for the HCN-M has been prepared • The plan proposes a comprehensive system evaluation that is fully integrated with HCN-M commissioning activities

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