Progress in Ground-Based Dissemination: ADDS Volcanic Ash Coord Tool (VACT) Lynn Sherretz, NOAA FSL FPAW Forum 8 October 2003
ADDS Funded by: FAA Aviation Weather Research Prog Built by: Aviation Forecasts PDT FPAW Forum 8 October 2003
ADDS Becomes Operational! FPAW Forum 8 October 2003
Major Milestones ADDS Team completes ops software & provides it to AWC. ADDS passes 30-day stability test (under full load) with no problems. NWS gathers comments from public. 99% were “great” or “good.” FPAW Forum 8 October 2003
New Progs (generated by NCEP) Enhanced “look and feel” Precip. areas generated by forecasters instead of RUC FPAW Forum 8 October 2003
ADDS: Next Challenge Develop “application” version of ADDS FPT Starts much faster Enables common “look & feel” on all platforms Enables printing & saving preferences Enables users to configure graphics: fonts, contour intervals, colors, animation, data layers, time range/intervals Enables annotation on separate data layer FPAW Forum 8 October 2003
ADDS: Possible Award App version is a finalist for 2003 Grace Hopper Gov’t Tech Leadership Awards. 27 of 130 remain. 10-15 could be selected FPAW Forum 8 October 2003
Volcanic Ash Coordination Tool (Initial Focus on Alaska)
Why Alaska Aviation Ops Problem More than 200 flights cross N. Pacific each day….. …...and 100 active volcanoes may affect that airspace. Ash:aircraft::sodium:water Mt Cleveland FPAW Forum 8 October 2003
Aviation Operations Problem Organizations that issue advisories and warnings for volcanic ash do not have: capability to view identical data (shared situational awareness) effective way to collaborate in real-time to ensure products are consistent FPAW Forum 8 October 2003
Benefit of VACT Anchorage ARTCC CWSU VACT enables….. Anchorage Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Alaska Volcano Observatory …..to view identical data and collaborate in real-time to generate time-critical products for ash. FPAW Forum 8 October 2003
Volcanic Ash Coordination Tool Funded by: NWS Alaska Region (70%) and FAA AWRP (30%) Built by: NOAA FSL FPAW Forum 8 October 2003