1 National Weather Service The Evolution of AWIPS NSTEP April 4, 2007 Ronla Henry

2 Overview Outcomes and Objectives Re-architecture Approach Features of AWIPS II Roadmap Impacts Training Risks and challenges Summary

3 AWIPS Evolution Short-Term Outcomes Improve transition of research to operations, Reduce of software operations and maintenance costs, Reduce of technology refresh costs, and Improve software and hardware upgrade methodologies that minimize adverse impacts on operations. AWIPS-II enables these outcomes

4 AWIPS Evolution Long-Term Outcomes Increase integration of hydrologic and meteorological activities, Improve performance and functionality of AWIPS at RFCs, Increase integration of AWIPS and National Center AWIPS (N-AWIPS), Improve continuity of operations during significant events, and Increase access to all environmental data for decision making. Enhanced AWIPS-II required to address these outcomes

5 Objectives Establish Service Oriented Architecture for AWIPS and NAWIPS Enable access to data independent of its location, i.e., provide access to data not resident locally at the WFO or RFC. Build a common AWIPS visualization environment (CAVE) that will be used by all applications Provide infrastructure for real time graphical collaboration between WFOs, RFCs and centers for enhanced internal collaboration Other NOAA entities and Trusted partners, e.g., Emergency Managers Establish infrastructure for Enterprise Service Back up Standardize generation of NWS products and services Establish infrastructure for GIS integration in generation and delivery of services

6 AWIPS II Re-Architecture Approach Perform “black-box” conversion Same outward appearance and functionality as today New “internals” Most expedient migration at lowest operational risk Convert the baseline system off-line Thorough field validation and acceptance before deployment Leverage Raytheon Internal Research and Development (IRAD) to “jump start” software development AWIPS II to be consistent functionally with AWIPS I baseline at time of deployment Approach Designed for Expedient Realization at Low Operational Risk

7 AWIPS II Re-Architecture Approach Open Source Raytheon approach leverages open source projects - No proprietary code JAVA and open source projects enable AWIPS II to be platform and OS independent No plans to move from Linux AWIPS Development Environment/Software Development Kit (ADE/SDK) contains necessary software to write applications, extend AWIPS Objective is to make AWIPS II available for collaborative development OS, Platform independence allows non-Linux based research to be easily integrated into AWIPS II

8 AWIPS II Features AWIPS II architecture: an integrated environment enabling easy extension of the system Developers concentrate on new capabilities, not re-implementing existing ones (i.e. screen I/O, communications protocols, data access routines, logging routines, or other previously developed capabilities) Key Requirements/Needs implemented or enabled System level, remediation, core services Improved support for local requirements (e.g., local apps, scripts, plug- ins) AWIPS II software infrastructure extended through Use of plug-ins: visualization extensions; new data types and transforms Additional infrastructure services Reliability, Adaptability, Performance – Core Features of AWIPS II

9 AWIPS II Features Common software development environment via AWIPS Development Environment (ADE) Used by all AWIPS developers (National, Regional, & Local) Software can be developed on a variety of platforms Applications developed using ADE more easily integrate into AWIPS Common AWIPS Visualization Environment (CAVE) Provides a common development and execution environment for AWIPS GUIs (e.g. D2D, NMAP, GFE, etc.) Ability to pan/zoom large data sets (Raster & Vector) Complete Operator flexibility over data rendering GIS tools Thin Client (Web Browser) enabled

10 Roadmap SW CTR ADE Training Local App Migration Baseline Application Migration Deployment AT Field Ops Training App Migration Planning New Release Paradigm PIP Analysis ADE Development Risk Reduction Demos AE OSIP Gates 234a4b+ = Fiscal Year = Calendar Year Prototype Releases Every 3 months ADE Production Release 1.0

11 AWIPS II Operational Impacts Forecaster Little to no impact anticipated – –Look & Feel preserved ESA/ITO New architecture drives changes to: – –Release Installations (projected to be easier & shorter in duration) – –System Maintenance – –System Troubleshooting Application Focal Point Definition of application changes under new architecture Application configuration likely to change – –Do not know by how much at this time. Better idea around end of calendar year (2007) Local Application Developer Local applications need to be migrated to new infrastructure – –Migration path needs to be determined for each local app New development accomplished within ADE/SDK

12 AWIPS II Training Training Requirements submitted to NSTEP 1-Pagers: – –AWIPS 2 System Administration Deployment – –AWIPS 2 Focal Point Deployment – –AWIPS 2 Developer Training – –AWIPS 2 Local Applications Development – –AWIPS 2 Meteorologists and Hydrologists Application Deployment – –AWIPS 2 Site Support Team (SST) Training – –Weather Event Simulation Capabilities in AWIPS 2

13 AWIPS II Training Working with NWSTC to write a strategic training plan for AWIPS II Phasing schedules Provide enough (but not too much) lead time prior to deployment of AWIPS II

14 AWIPS II Risks and Challenges Performance Supporting the short fuse warning mission Handling large global data sets Schedule Completing the migration and testing before the end of 2009 Migration of local applications Local applications outside the baseline and not a Raytheon responsibility Active Risk Mitigation Activities in Critical Areas

15 Summary AWIPS Evolution underway!! ADE/SDK 0.2 delivered March 2007 ADE/SDK 1.0 to be delivered July 2007 Application migration planning underway AWIPS baseline migration to be complete FY09 Deployment complete FY10 Enhancements to AWIPS II being planned “Open Source” AWIPS project to enable collaborative development Risks and challenges abound but mitigation activities in place