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NextGen Environmental Information Team: NextGen 4-D Weather Cube and IOC Requirements

NextGen Environmental Information Team: NextGen 4-D Weather Cube and IOC Requirements. November 18, 2008 Cecilia Miner NWS Aviation Services Branch. Overview. What is the Environmental Information Team? What is the 4-D Cube? What is the Single Authoritative Source?

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NextGen Environmental Information Team: NextGen 4-D Weather Cube and IOC Requirements

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  1. NextGen Environmental Information Team: NextGen 4-D Weather Cube and IOC Requirements November 18, 2008 Cecilia Miner NWS Aviation Services Branch

  2. Overview • What is the Environmental Information Team? • What is the 4-D Cube? • What is the Single Authoritative Source? • What are IOC requirements? • What are FY09 tasks toward IOC?

  3. Senior Policy Committee JPDO Executive Board (DoD, FAA, NOAA, NASA) 4-D Cube NextGen Executive Weather Panel (NEWP) (DoD, FAA, NWS, NASA) Env Info IT/Ent Svcs JPDO Weather Working Group What is the Environmental Information Team? Integration Demo/Test FAA NWS DoD Industry FAA Industry Govt Industry Env Info Govt Industry Govt Industry

  4. What is the 4-D Weather Cube? • The 4-Dimensional (4-D) Weather (Wx) Cube (3 dimensions plus time) will contain: • Continuously updated weather observations (surface to low earth orbit, including space weather and ocean parameters) • High resolution (space and time) analysis and forecast information (conventional weather parameters from numerical models) • Aviation impact parameters • Turbulence • Icing • Convection • Ceiling and visibility • Wake vortex • The 4-D Wx Cube of the future will contain “all” weather data, not just aviation parameters.

  5. What is the 4-D WeatherSingle Authoritative Source? • The 4-D Wx Single Authoritative Source (SAS): • Is only a portion of the 4-D Wx Cube • Provides a common weather picture for National Air Space (NAS) participants (Airlines, DoD, FAA, etc.) • Is the basis for all aviation decisions by Air Traffic Management (ATM) in the FAA • Is formed by merger of model data, automated gridded algorithms, climatology and observational data, and meteorologist input/data manipulation to ensure consistency and accuracy

  6. Observation Hazard 0 – 15 mins 15-60mins Aviation weather information in 3 dimensions ( latitude/longitude/height) 1- 24 hrs Virtual 4D Weather Cube Virtual 4D Weather Cube 4th dimension time

  7. The 4-D Cube:A Conceptual Model Observations Forecasting Numerical Modeling Systems Satellites Network Enabled Operations Statistical Forecasting Systems NWS Forecaster Radars Data Integration 4D Wx Cube Aircraft 4D Wx SAS Automated Forecast Systems Surface Forecast Integration Soundings Grids Decision Support Systems Custom Graphic Generators Custom Alphanumeric Generators Integration into User Decisions

  8. What are IOC Requirements? • Threshold - Minimum set of weather information required to meet anticipated automated decision support tools at IOC plus information required to meet FAA regulatory requirements • Objective – Additional data that may enable NextGen operations but which is not yet mature in development or which is not required by FAA at IOC

  9. IOC Observations/Diagnostics • Radar • Other Ground-based Observations • Airborne Observations • Space-based Observations • Model Diagnostics/Analyses

  10. IOC Forecast

  11. IOC IT Definition • Threshold – • Ability to exchange data between systems • Respond to requests • Support publish and subscribe • Objective • Support complex retrievals and calculations • IOC IT Concept of operations and architecture being defined in FY09

  12. FY09 Tasking: Cube Contents • Assess role of forecaster in the production of rapidly updated automated guidance for convection, turbulence, icing and low ceiling & visibility • Expand NWS gridded data sets • Conduct feasibility study of adding C&V to NDFD/NDGD • Demonstrate tools which allow meteorologists to add value to 4D automatically generated gridded information • Develop gridded LAMP output • Net-enable selected data sources for information sharing prototype

  13. FY09 Tasking: IT Services • Extend 4-D cube IT ConOps (use cases) • Develop integrated IT architecture • Investigate common IT security requirements • Conduct data exchange format gap analysis • Develop registry standards • Prototype interagency information sharing using federated registry standards • Begin IT service demonstrations • Examine NextGen test-bed integration options

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