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RANET Program Overview and Key Update April 2011

RANET Program Overview and Key Update April 2011.

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RANET Program Overview and Key Update April 2011

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  1. RANET Program Overview and Key UpdateApril 2011 This presentation was prepared by K. Sponberg under award number – NA06OAR4310119 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. The statements, findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the Department of Commerce.

  2. Chatty Beetle About RANET RANET is a collaboration of national weather services working to improve information dissemination to rural and remote populations. The program focuses on providing assistance to develop and deploy solutions from satellite to mobile phone to FM radio. SatelliteBroadcastServices Alert Watcher PTWC Tsunami: Info Statement Issued: 1111Z 11 Nov 2006 ORG: 1101Z 11 Nov 2006 MAG: 6.0

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  4. Chatty Beetle • 3-year ‘global’ pilot to develop / test a two – way text paging system – for alert and notification. • Funded by USAID/OFDA in partnership with NOAA-NWS (IAO, PR HQ), Australia BoM, and others.

  5. Chatty Beetle • Uses Iridium Short Burst Data (SBD) as primary communications link. • Terminals hardened to withstand environmental conditions, and to operate on battery for 36+ hours.

  6. Chatty Beetle • Current Status: • 1.5 years into pilot. • ~100 units in field. • Most changes involve better operational integration. • Examining new carriers / links, and form factors.

  7. RAPIDCast

  8. RAPIDCast • Remote Asia Pacific Information Dissemination BroadCast • RAPIDCast has the simple goal of providing remote areas of the Pacific with access to warning, agricultural, and related information.

  9. RAPIDCast • Starting as a 3-year pilot / demonstration. • Funding provided by USAID / OFDA in partnership with NOAA NWS (IAO, PR HQ) and Australia BoM.

  10. RAPIDCast • Plan to start ~August 2011 as a 128kbps service bursting to 512kbps. • Initial content to be a regionally relevant sub-set of EMWIN and LRIT.

  11. Other Activities of Interest • GEONETCast • RANET maintains a 64kbps channel on GEONETCast Americas and GEONETCast Africa (EUMETCAST). • Lots of content development work to go, but proceeding, and adding new stations later this FY.

  12. Other Activities of Interest • HF E-Mail • NZ Met and Australia BoM have developed and maintained an HF e-mail network throughout the Pacific. • Continued expansion and upgrades occurring in N. Pacific. • Exploring a region-wide HF digital broadcast for short notifications or similarly very small payloads.

  13. Other Activities of Interest • Community FM Radio • RANET takes its name from radio. • Popular in areas where no broadcast services exist, or services are centralized and not of local interest. • Diversity of operation. • Very broad impact beyond hydro-met and DRR.

  14. Thank You! sponberg@ucar.edu http://iepas.joss.ucar.edu

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