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FAA Roles And Responsibilities in the MDCRS Program. MDCRS Management Team. Sandra Schmidt. September 7, 2006. FAA Organizational Responsibilities. IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS. RESEARCH. OPERATIONS. PROTOTYPE. ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE. NGATS. Computers. Airline. NADIN II. BUFR. Messages.
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FAA Roles And Responsibilities in the MDCRS Program MDCRS Management Team Sandra Schmidt September 7, 2006
IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS RESEARCH OPERATIONS PROTOTYPE ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE NGATS
Computers Airline NADIN II BUFR Messages ACARS ARINC Data Network Service NOAA GSD-ESRL Central Processor ARINC Packet Network NOAA NCEP BUFR Messages ACARS MDCRS Server MDCRS Data Processing by ARINC
Contract Agreement • Service Provider • ARINC • Period of Performance • 1 year contract with 4 option years • Participating Airlines • AA, Delta, FedEx, NWA, SWA, UPS, United • Data Provided • Over 100,000 in-situ observations per day
FY 2006 FY 2025 Topics to Discuss??? Vision Goals Optimization Standardization
Priorities • Maintain current operational system • Maintain partnership with airlines • Obtain additional data in “data sparse areas” • Obtain additional data below FL200 • Increase number of “participating airlines” • Enhance turbulence, water vapor and icing data • Manage communication cost • Optimize data • Align current program with future NGATS vision