1. Progress in Ground-Based Dissemination:
ADDS
Volcanic Ash Coord Tool (VACT)
Lynn Sherretz, NOAA FSL
FPAW Forum
8 October 2003

2. ADDS Funded by: FAA Aviation Weather Research Prog
Built by: Aviation Forecasts PDT
FPAW Forum October 2003

3. ADDS Becomes Operational!
FPAW Forum October 2003

4. 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 October 2003

5. New Progs (generated by NCEP)
Enhanced “look and feel”
Precip. areas generated by forecasters instead of RUC
FPAW Forum October 2003

6. 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 October 2003

7. ADDS: Possible Award
App version is a finalist for 2003 Grace Hopper Gov’t Tech Leadership Awards.
27 of 130 remain could be selected
FPAW Forum October 2003

8. Volcanic Ash Coordination Tool
(Initial Focus on Alaska)

9. 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 October 2003

10. 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 October 2003

11. 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 October 2003

12. Volcanic Ash Coordination Tool
Funded by: NWS Alaska Region (70%) and FAA AWRP (30%)
Built by: NOAA FSL
FPAW Forum October 2003