1. Support Considerations for the Houston Environmental Aerosol Thunderstorm (HEAT) Project Richard Dirks, Jim Moore, Steve Williams UCAR/Joint Office for Science Support (JOSS) Boulder, Colorado HEAT First Planning Workshop Boulder, CO 15-16 March 2004 http://www.joss.ucar.edu

2. To provide scientific, technical and administrative support services to the research community for the purpose of planning, organizing and implementing research programs and associated field projects worldwide JOSS Mission

3. Field Program Timeline Project Office (if needed) Experiment Design Science Planning Meeting Prepare Ops Plan, Data Mgmt. Plan, Logistics, Bulletins Initial Site Survey Funding Proposal Submissions Facility Coordination Mtg. Facility Request & Approval Operations Mtg. Finalize Ops Plan Finalize Data Mgmt Plan -2yr Site setup Initiate Data Collection Communications Sys. Shakedown FIELD PROJECT Data Processing Quality Control 2 month Routine Archive/ Access Data Analysis Workshop Program Assessment 2 yr Special Conference Sessions Daily Briefing Onsite Data Mgmt. Operational Data Collection Facility Coordination Support Functions In-field Catalog -1yr1 yr

4. Operational Considerations for HEAT Requirements for Operations Center Participants on-site (facilities, schedules, etc.) Air Traffic Control (ATC) Coordination Communications capabilities (LAN, satcom, chat) Access to real-time data (HEAT On-line Field Catalog) Weather forecasting support (nowcasting) Analysis Activities in the field (review and quick-look) Safety (severe convection, lightning) Multiple Objectives, multiple facilities

5. Internet BAMEX Operations Center Mid-America Airport, IL Ops. Coordination Science Team Facility Status In-field Analysis Forecast/Nowcast Data Ingest BAMEX Field Catalog Data Collection GBOS Coordination Logistics ATC/Military Coord. BAMEX Communications Overview NWS WFO St. Louis, MO Operational Weather Data Specialized Model Data NAWIPS Severe Weather Alerts NCAR, NOAA, Rest of the World Aircraft Coordination Center Mid-America Airport, IL NRL P-3 Post Flight Debriefings NOAA P-3 Mission Planning Dropsonde Jet A/c Status Updates Data Processing A/c Logistics Scientist Remote Access Project Aircraft T-1 Internet Cell Phone Sat Phone VHF, HF Image relay Sat. Phone Image, Position Data Relay Chat capability Dial-up Modem Internet Provider Mobile Field Systems SMART-R, MIPS, MGLASS, MMesonets VHF radio

7. FIELD CATALOG SAMPLE PRODUCTS

8. BAMEX Field Catalog Statistics Status Reports and Operations Summaries (600+ documents) Mission Related Reports and Products (2700+ documents) NOAA P-3, NRL P-3, Learjet, GBOS Near Real-Time Operational Image Products Satellite, Surface, Upper Air, Forecast and Model Nearly 200,000 files/images using 20 gigabytes Report Authoring and Submission Tools Product Ingest Tools: upload forms, email and ftp submissions, automated web downloading Mirror Sites in Boulder, CO, with near real-time synchronization Links to other project related real-time data sources

9. JOSS Data Management Philosophy Early involvement in project planning Involvement with PIs to develop data management strategy (e.g., plan, policy, format, special collection and processing) Consistent implementation of strategy for lifetime of project and beyond Reliable and efficient archive and distribution system Easy and efficient access to datasets by broader community including educators and students

10. JOSS DATA SERVICES Data Questionnaire Data Management Plan Real-time Data Ingest Field Operations Catalog Data Processing Interactive Data Archive and Distribution (CODIAC) Special Media Products and Services

12. Develop Data Management Plan Data Policy, Protocol, Strategy and Timing Development of Value-added Datasets Compile Following Project Data Issues Data Types Sources (Operational, Research) Interdisciplinary Episodic (IOP) vs. longer term Historical, Climatological Data Formats and Documentation Investigator Needs Compatibility; Ease of Use Intercomparison Requirements Metadata Content 12 Project Data Management Considerations

13. Data Management Considerations (Continued) Data Collection Determine Requirements (Operational vs. Research) Metadata MUST accompany data Set-up access protocol Real-time Data Requirements Calibration, In-field Intercomparisons, Operations Real-time Catalog, Documentation Data Quality Control Who? Where? When? Coordination of data processing Utilization and development of analysis tools Investigator Responsibilities 13

14. Data Archival Centralized vs. Decentralized On-line vs. Off-line Data Integration (CD Preparation) Coordination with Other Programs International Data Centers and Exchange Data Management Considerations (continued) Data Distribution Ease of Data access Metadata and Inventories (including browse products) Restricted vs. Open Preliminary vs. Final Datasets Customized Data Requests Coordination with Other Programs Data Exchange and Analysis Tools Standardized Formats Interoperability with other Data Centers 14

15. Meteorological Networks in Vicinity of HEAT 1016 Stations AWS (o 405) LCRA (+ 157) TNRCC (+ 145) CWOP (o 64) ASOS (* 41) RAWS (o 36) AWOS (* 27) ALERT (o 24) TCOON (o 21) METAR (+ 17) GPS (* 17) TX ET (o 12) NWLON (+ 11) AWOS dial (+ 10) LAIS (+ 9) TABS (+ 7) PORTS (* 4) CMAN (* 3) LA DEQ (* 3) NDBC Buoy (o 2) SCAN (+ 1) 28.0 32.0 -98.0-94.0

16. Meteorological Networks in the Houston Urban Enhancement Region 137 Stations AWS (o 54) TNRCC (+ 48) ALERT (o 24) CWOP (o 6) ASOS (* 5) TCOON (o 3) METAR (+ 1) TX ET (o 1) RAWS (o 1) GPS (* 1) PORTS (* 1) NWLON (+ 1) 29.6 30.0 -95.6-95.0

17. Hourly Precipitation Stations in Vicinity of HEAT 1576 Stations Met Stations (o 1016) ALERT (+ 211) NCEP (* 211) NCDC 15-min (+ 138) 28.0 32.0 -98.0-94.0

18. Hourly Precipitation Stations in the Houston Urban Enhancement Region 299 Stations ALERT (+ 148) Met Stations (o 137) NCEP (* 11) NCDC 15-min (+ 3) -95.6-95.0 30.0 29.6

19. Daily Precipitation Stations in Vicinity of HEAT 2096 Stations Hourly (+ 1576) Cooperative (+ 520) 28.0 32.0 -98.0-94.0

20. Daily Precipitation Stations in the Houston Urban Enhancement Region 315 Stations Hourly (+ 299) Cooperative (+ 16) -95.6-95.0 30.0 29.6

21. Air Monitoring Networks in Vicinity of HEAT 159 Stations TNRCC (* 145) LA DEQ (+ 14) 28.0 32.0 -98.0-94.0