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BAMEX Operations Center Functions

This daily planning meeting facilitates the coordination and decision-making process for BAMEX operations. It includes facility status, forecasting and nowcasting, flight planning, and logistics coordination.

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BAMEX Operations Center Functions

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  1. BAMEX Operations Center Functions Daily Planning Meeting Facility Status Forecasting Nowcasting Field Catalog Research Flight Planning Operations Coordination Aircraft ATC GBOS Logistics Data/Products Display System LAN

  2. BAMEX Daily Timeline for Operations Daily Operations Summary Posted to Catalog Final aircraft Go/No go decision (fuel aircraft) Update for present-day IOP (if needed) Nowcast Support (as required) Daily Planning Meeting POD Finalized (tomorrow) Evening Update Aircraft return to STL Forecast Team Preparation Time 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 T0-1 T0 T0+Δt T0+9 (CDT) GBOS setup (17 – 19) 1st Aircraft take-off 2nd, 3rd Aircraft takeoff GBOS update GBOS deployment

  3. BAMEX Daily Planning Process Status Coordinator Mission Proposals Weather Forecast Team BAMEX PIs • Daily Planning Meeting • Previous mission summary • Instrument and platform status • Today’s update • Tomorrow’s forecast and outlook • Proposals and discussion • Tomorrow’s mission decision • Special Observations • Administrative announcements • Mission Plan • Scientific objectives & alternatives • Type of flight plan & alternatives • Alert sequence • Takeoff time • Airborne mission scientist(s) • GBOS movements • Sounding launch schedule Operations Support Team Science Director; Operations Director Coordinators: status, aircraft, GBOS

  4. BAMEX Operations Center Staff Operations Director Dirks, Moore, Stossmeister A/C Coordinator Meitin, Williams GBOS Coordinator Dowell, Trapp GBOS Logistics Coordinator ?? Dropsonde Coordinator Knievel, Bartels, Ahijevych Status Coordinator ?? Site Coordinator Dirks, Moore System Administrator Daniels, Burghart Administrative Assistant Tignor, Sandoval, Beard, Ray Catalog/Data Coordinator Roberts, Loehrer, Goldstein Nowcast/Forecast Coordinator Weisman, Przybylinski, Bosart Forecast Team 8-12 people, 2 weeks each Nowcast Team 18-22 people, 2 weeks each Student Assistants UCLA, UI, SUNYA, UMO, SLU, NCAR …

  5. BAMEX Operations Center Layout • Operations/Nowcasting/Communications Center (telephones, terminals, fax) • Operations Director/Aircraft Coordinator cubicles • Meeting area (including projection system) • In-field data management center (catalog ingest, operational datasets, sounding data, etc.) • Air crew staging area • Systems administration support area

  6. Mid America Airport (MAA) Operations Center Layout 10’ 20’ Ramp and Runway Operations and Forecasting Aircraft Facilities 25’ Main Entrance Car Parking Lot

  7. Airport Security-Badges(Only For Ramp Access – All Regular Flight Crew) • Fingerprint – Local Law Enforcement Agency • Employment History Form • ID Application Form web forms - URL Submit ASAP – At least 3 weeks before arrival To: Mid America Airport, Office of Public Safety 9768 Airport Blvd. Mascoutah, IL 62258-5500 Other restricted area access by escort only Foreign National Badges

  8. BAMEX Operations Center Displays • FSL FX-Net workstations (operational weather products) • BAMEX Field Catalog (research data products, operational data products, documentation) • Aircraft position/data display system (satellite overlay, radar composite overlay (RDCC) • Aircraft position from 3 aircraft • WSR 88D Level III NIDS products • MM sounding display • Assorted participant web access/email workstations • Workstations for other “specialized” products (e.g.SUDS)

  9. Reports Daily Operations Summary IOP mission reports Facility Status Reports Forecasts,Nowcasts Operational Products Satellite, Soundings Surface, Radar Research Products Aircraft plots Airborne radar GBOS plots Dropsondes Model/Forecast Products ETA/GFS products SPC discussion Research Model Products Tools/Misc Authoring forms Product submission User guide Other links Missions IOP Table Cross-reference to other products

  10. FIELD CATALOG SAMPLE PRODUCTS

  11. BAMEX Communications Overview Project Aircraft VHF radio Mobile Field Systems SMART-R, MIPS, MGLASS, MMesonets Sat. Phone Image, Position Data Relay Cell Phone Sat Phone VHF, HF Image relay BAMEX Operations Center Mid-America Airport, IL (BOC) Ops. Coordination Science Team Facility Status In-field Analysis Forecast/Nowcast Data Ingest BAMEX Field Catalog Data Collection GBOS Coordination LAN/Wireless Logistics ATC/Military Coord. Scientist Remote Access Dial-up Modem Internet Provider NWS WFO St. Louis, MO Operational Weather Data Specialized Model Data NAWIPS Severe Weather Alerts Internet Aircraft Coordination Center Mid-America Airport, IL NRL P-3 Post Flight Debriefings NOAA P-3 Mission Planning Dropsonde Jet A/c Status Updates Data Processing A/c Logistics T-1 Internet NCAR, NOAA, Rest of the World

  12. OperationsCenter Products to be Received from Research Facilities • GBOS (including MM?, Sondes, MIPS) • Armada position • Mobile Mesonet data (time series, maps) • Mobile CLASS soundings (data) • Time/height profiles plots, ceilometer products, temperature, water vapor, cloud water (MIPS) • Aircraft • Position • Low-resolution radar images • Dropsonde profiles • Model Products • MM5, WRF, RAMS

  13. BAMEX Communications • Airborne and Ground-Based Considerations • Current/planned communications capabilities • Cell phones (voice/data) [limited coverage area] • VHF/UHF/HF radio (voice) [air-air direct, air-ground direct] • Packet radio (data, 900 MHz digital) [GBOS] • Land phone lines (voice/data) [limited access] • Satellite phone (voice) • Satellite data downlinks [data duplex] • Semaphores

  14. = Planned = Existing BAMEX Research Facilities Comms Capabilities

  15. Critical BAMEX Facilities Comms Links = Planned = Existing

  16. BAMEX Communication Issues • Who needs what communications capabilities? • Who, from the ground, needs to communicate with which aircraft? • What aircraft data are needed on the ground (flight tracks, radar images, soundings)? • What ground data are needed on the aircraft (radar composites, nowcasts, terminal weather)? • Field mobile systems data available in near real time for: • Nowcasting (soundings, mobile Mesonet, text [this includes proposed CSU satellite Mesonet plots] • Mesoscale model ingest • Position updating in the BOC • Intercomparison coordination issues • Timing of update information from BOC (nowcasts, GBOS deployment, etc.)

  17. BAMEX Communication Issues • Critical links with Doppler P-3s and BOC/GBOS (duplexemail, images required, voice desirable) • Critical links with Dropsonde A/C and BOC (duplex data link required, voice desirable) • Critical links among aircraft (voice mandatory [pilot-pilot, scientist-scientist], relay from ground desirable) • What aircraft data are needed on the ground (flight tracks, radar images, soundings, drop points)? • What ground data are needed on the aircraft (radar composites [plots from BOC and WSI], nowcasts, terminal weather updates, launch points/times, GBOS plots)? • Timing of update information from BOC (nowcasts, GBOS deployment, daily operations summary, etc.) • Field mobile systems data available in near real time for: • Nowcasting (soundings, profiles, mobile probe vehicle, text ) • Mesoscale model ingest? • Position updating in the BOC • Are there intercomparison coordination considerations?

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