J. Cook, G. Love, Q. Zhao, T. Tsui, P. Harasti, and S. Potts L. Phegley, D. Geiszler, M. Frost, L. N. McDermid, J. Kent, D. Martinez, F. Franco, G. Sprung and S. Wells Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA USA Marine Meteorology Division The Naval Research Laboratory Nowcast System

The US Navy and Marine Corps Corporate Laboratory 2 Satellite Derived Products METOC Folder Quality assurance Hazardous weather alerts Sea Basing Folder Extended gunfire support Chem/Bio Defense CATC Folder Where to tank? Divert? Bridge Folder Where to position the ship for flight ops? Strike Aircraft Folder Precision/non-precision weapon? Dispersion plumes Optimize routes Pilot Folder Abort? Go high or low? Need to re-strike? Air Defense Folder Optimize radar settings Chem/Bio Defense Chem/Bio Defense Folder Protective posture Contamination avoidance Decontamination strategy Weather Radar Satellite Imagery Satellite Measurements Given a few observations, model products are the only source of information that provide a realistic 4-dimensional representation of the atmospheric state consistent with known dynamical and physical relationships Weather Forecast Model Aerosol Models Target Area Weather Data UAV Weather Data Weather Observations NOWCAST Concept

The US Navy and Marine Corps Corporate Laboratory 3 Science Level – How to fuse data into meaningful information? Data QC Data Fusion Data Assimilation and Modeling Feature Extrapolation Quality and Confidence Threshold Mission Effects System Level – How to provide the information to the users? Interact with users and operators Interoperable on the Internet Integrated systems approach Information Delivery Challenges

The US Navy and Marine Corps Corporate Laboratory 4 METOC Database COAMPS ® Radar Winds & Temp Analysis Cloud & Moisture Analysis Atm & Ocean Analysis Web & GIS Services Satellite Radar Derived Products Central Site Data Feed METOC Admin Local Site Data Feed System Client Lightning COAMPS ® and COAMPS-OS ® are registered trademarks of the Naval Research Laboratory. Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System – On Scene (COAMPS-OS ® )

The US Navy and Marine Corps Corporate Laboratory 5 COAMPS-OS ® Products COAMPS ® and COAMPS-OS ® are registered trademarks of the Naval Research Laboratory. Multiple nests, hourly gridded forecast fields –IEEE, GRIB, netCDF formats –Height and pressure surfaces; sigma levels –Web-based interface –Database interfaces Web-based automated forecast weather map product matrix –Nested, single maps and animations –Web-based custom map interface –Forecast soundings, meteograms (weather forecast & aviation), and datagrams Web-based Application Suite –Dispersion and Radar propagation model Interfaces –Automated dispersion model –Single Station Products Interface –Observation Data Interface –Interactive 3D Visualization –Web-based Remote Monitor

The US Navy and Marine Corps Corporate Laboratory 6 METOC Database COAMPS ® Radar Winds & Temp Analysis Cloud & Moisture Analysis Atm & Ocean Analysis Web & GIS Services Processing EJB JAVA Servlets End User Client Satellite Radar Derived Products Central Site Data Feed METOC Admin Local Site Data Feed System Client Applications Lightning COAMPS ® and COAMPS-OS ® are registered trademarks of the Naval Research Laboratory. Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System – On Scene (COAMPS-OS ® ) with NOWCAST

The US Navy and Marine Corps Corporate Laboratory 7 Web-based Animation User-defined Folders Configurable Tabs and Products Zoom Globally Relocatable Dynamic Product List Automatic Updates GIS Capability NOWCAST Tailored Products

The US Navy and Marine Corps Corporate Laboratory 8 Radar Systems on Ships and at Forward-Deployed Locations SPY-1 radar in the Aegis weapon system situated on Destroyers and Cruisers SPS-48 Air Traffic Control radar situated on all Carriers MetMF(R) US Marine Corps Meteorological Mobile Facility (Replacement) includes an Enterprise Doppler radar Supplemental Weather Radar (SWR) at US Navy Shore Sites Automated quality control of data from mobile DoD radars is an important component of NOWCAST development (NCAR, MIT LL, NSSL) SPY-1 data from USS O’KANE located off Wallops Is.

The US Navy and Marine Corps Corporate Laboratory 9 NOWCAST JAVA Web Start application with cloud ceiling product. Verify button pops up “Stoplight” display with web drill- down capability for detailed information. Verify feet Cloud Ceiling: lowest altitude with cloud coverage of 60% Embedded Quality Control

The US Navy and Marine Corps Corporate Laboratory 10 NCAR TITAN Integration with NOWCAST C. Kessinger, D. Megenhardt, B. Hendrickson, NCAR Combined COAMPS-OS ® & NOWCAST system currently being demonstrated and evaluated at the Naval Air Station, Fallon, NV. COAMPS ® and COAMPS-OS ® are registered trademarks of the Naval Research Laboratory.

The US Navy and Marine Corps Corporate Laboratory 11 Science Level – How to fuse data into meaningful information? COAMPS-OS ® data assimilation provides atmospheric state Multi-sensor, through-the-sensor data fusion Cloud analysis and Doppler radar wind analysis Product confidence level NCAR Ceiling and Visibility fuzzy logic algorithm NCAR TITAN thunderstorm feature extrapolation Multiple time levels of information System Level – How to provide the information to the users? Prototype system tested on DoD operational networks Integrated Product Team (IPT) meetings and workshops Support for Internet open standards –GIS Consortium (OGC) for geospatial product integration –XML, SOAP, WSDL, UDDI for web services –JAVA, HTTP, SSL for accessibility COAMPS ® and COAMPS-OS ® are registered trademarks of the Naval Research Laboratory. Summary