1. 16 Sep 2010 Federal Aviation Administration NNEW FY10 CE NWP Demonstration

2. NNEW Capability Evaluation-NWP 2 Federal Aviation Administration Sep 16, 2010 FY10 Capability Evaluation Goals NWP will subscribe to the Cube to access NEXRAD Level III base reflectivity datasets published by GSD. –New York Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) data, 19 Radars Transform Data into the Regional Base Reflectivity Mosaic. Publish Mosaic to Cube for subscription by users.

3. NNEW Capability Evaluation-NWP 3 Federal Aviation Administration Sep 16, 2010 NWP Team NamePositionEmailPhone Garth TorokElectronics Engineer, Project LeadGarth.Torok@faa.mil609.485.5184 Robert OwensComputer Scientistbowens@bcisse.com609.485.5268 Andrew BaronComputer ScientistAndrew.CTR.Baron@faa.gov609.485.5482 Jen LinComputer ScientistJen.Lin@faa.gov609.485.8841 Steve MaciejewskiMeteorologistSteve.Maciejewski@faa.gov609.485.5950 Melanie FlavinElectronics EngineerMelanie.Flavin@faa.gov609.485.6910

4. NNEW Capability Evaluation-NWP 4 Federal Aviation Administration Sep 16, 2010 System Configuration Dell Blade Servers Origin Server RAMP Processor

5. NNEW Capability Evaluation-NWP 5 Federal Aviation Administration Sep 16, 2010 NWP Process Flow RAMP producerclient mosinput RPG Base Z Files NETCDF Base Z Files NETCDF Base Z Mosaic BUFBUF DIXDIX MHXMHX BOXBOX GSD Origin Server

6. NNEW Capability Evaluation-NWP 6 Federal Aviation Administration Sep 16, 2010 NWP Process Flow - Client Connects to WCSRI to collect WSR Level III data from GSD Dataset Sends Get Capabilities, Describe Coverage and Get Coverage SOAP messages Receives Get Capabilities Response, Describe Coverage Response, Get Coverage Response SOAP messages Recovers MTOM attachment and writes NETCDF file to service adapter input directory

7. NNEW Capability Evaluation-NWP 7 Federal Aviation Administration Sep 16, 2010 NWP Process Flow - mosinput Acts as service adapter for the RAMP application. Converts the NETCDF4 files gathered by the client to NEXRAD RPG messages. Places the converted files into the RAMP input directory.

8. NNEW Capability Evaluation-NWP 8 Federal Aviation Administration Sep 16, 2010 NWP Process Flow - RAMP Scans Directory for RPG formatted Base Reflectivity files Processes radar files into shared memory Manipulates data to create Regional Mosaic (ZNY) from individual radar inputs Mosaic Data in NETCDF4 format is written to output directory

9. NNEW Capability Evaluation-NWP 9 Federal Aviation Administration Sep 16, 2010 NWP Process Flow - Producer Scans the RAMP output directory for newly generated mosaics. Moves the NETCDF files from the RAMP processor to the coverage staging directory of the WCSRI RAMP Origin Server (uses FTP).

10. NNEW Capability Evaluation-NWP 10 Federal Aviation Administration Sep 16, 2010 NWP Follow Up Effort Data Verification –Data conversion from NETCDF4 to RPG, back to NETCDF4 has possibly caused data movement –Created Images will be reviewed for intensity, spatial resolution and grid movement