1. Presented to: By: Date: Federal Aviation Administration NextGen Weather Evaluation Capabilities (NWEC) Environment National Weather Service Tri Nguyen, AJP-6840 January 7, 2010

2. 2 Federal Aviation Administration NWEC Environment January 7, 2010 NWEC Environment

3. 3 Federal Aviation Administration NWEC Environment January 7, 2010 Scope Provide an infrastructure to support the proof of concept and evaluations of the 4-D Weather Data Cube, NWP Prototype and Sensor Optimization efforts Provide an environment to demonstrate, test and evaluate new and enhanced weather products and standards (RTO) Provide record, playback and dissemination capabilities for NextGen development and assessment activities Support other NNEW/RWI/WTIC/AWRP activities as needed

4. 4 Federal Aviation Administration NWEC Environment January 7, 2010 NWEC Environment Reconfigurable Environment to support activities Utilize common software tools for better collaboration among organizations Configuration managed –Software applications –Computer hardware –Cables and interfaces

5. 5 Federal Aviation Administration NWEC Environment January 7, 2010 FY10 Planned activities Support software development –NNEW Service Adapters –Record/Playback Tool –NWP Prototype Host NNEW FY10 IT Demo Telecommunications network expansion –FTI R&D Enclave –NOAAnet –Internet II Support WHJTC outreach –Misc lab tours (e.g., Media, Congress, Public Relations)

6. 6 Federal Aviation Administration NWEC Environment January 7, 2010 Recent Accomplishments Evaluations –CoSPA User Evaluation Demonstrations –NNEW IT Demos Software Development –Data Archive/ Playback Capability

7. 7 Federal Aviation Administration NWEC Environment January 7, 2010 Weather Data to NWEC NOAAPort –GRID Products (RUC, GFS, NAM, UKMET, etc.) –GOES Satellite Imagery –NEXRAD Level 3 –TDWR –NLDN NOAA –All GOES Satellite Imagery SeaSpace Corp (in progress) –GOES East Satellite Imagery –GOES West Satellite Imagery NEXRAD RPG –NEXRAD Level 3 data University of Oklahoma (in progress) –NEXRAD Level 2 data WSI –NowRAD (Radar Mosaic)

8. 8 Federal Aviation Administration NWEC Environment January 7, 2010 Weather Data to NWEC (cont.) NSSL –3D Radar Mosaic MADIS –Surface Observations UCAR –Alphanumeric Products (Airmets, Sigmets, etc) RASP –One Minute Observation –Lightning WARP / WINS –GOES Satellite Images –NEXRAD Mosaic –GRID Products (RUC, GFS, UKMET, etc) –Alphanumeric Products (METAR, PIREP, etc) Other data to the NWEC Lab –ADS-B flight tracks –ETMS flight tracks

9. 9 Federal Aviation Administration NWEC Environment January 7, 2010 NWEC Infrastructure

10. 10 Federal Aviation Administration NWEC Environment January 7, 2010 FTI R&D Enclave MIT/LL NAS Ops IP Network NAS System A R&D GTWY NextGen R&D Transport Network R&D GTWY R&D GTWY Daytona South Florida NextGen Infrastructure Dallas Midwest NextGen MAN Infrastructure Domain X - ARTP Domain Y - NIEC ADS-B Data IAP NCAR NextGen R&D Enclave NextGen Partners NextGen Partners Domain J Domain K Domain A Domain B FESG (NAS test) Mission Support Network NAS System C NAS System C NAS System B Mission Support System X Mission Support System Z MSESG (MS) NESG (NAS) NAS Testbed Environment Consortium Access Subnetwork NOAAnet NOAA WJHTC NextGen MAN Infrastructure Domain Z - LabNet Internet 2 Internet Domain W - NWEC

11. 11 Federal Aviation Administration NWEC Environment January 7, 2010 Tools and Simulation Capabilities Acquired and/or developed software –NEXRAD RPG Simulator –DSR Simulator (wx display) –NEXIS Simulator –WNUR Tool –WARP/WINS Pub/Sub Client –iTKO Lisa Tool –ArcGIS NIEC Lab Interface

12. 12 Federal Aviation Administration NWEC Environment January 7, 2010 Backup slides

13. 13 Federal Aviation Administration NWEC Environment January 7, 2010 Acronyms ADS-BAutomatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast AWRPAviation Weather Research Program CoSPAConsolidated Storm Prediction for Aviation DoDDepartment of Defense DSRDisplay System Replacement ETMSEnhanced Traffic Management System FAAFederal Aviation Administration FTIFAA Telecommunications Infrastructure ITInformation Technology MADISMeteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System MANMetropolitan Area Network NEXISNEXRAD Interface System NEXRADNext-Generation Radar NIECNextGen Integration Evaluation Capabilities NNEWNextGen Network Enabled Weather NOAANational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NSSLNational Severe Storms Laboratory NWECNextGen Weather Evaluation Capabilities NWPNextGen Weather Processor NWSNational Weather Service R&DResearch and Development RASPRegional ADAS Service Processor RPGRadar Product Generator RTOResearch To Operations RWIReduced Weather Impact UCARUniversity Corporation for Atmospheric Research WARPWeather and Radar Processor WINSWeather Information Network Server WNURWSR-88D / NEXRAD Unicast Receiver WTICWeather Technologies in the Cockpit