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The Naval Research Laboratory
Nowcast System
J. Cook, G. Love, Q. Zhao, T. Tsui, P. Harasti, and S. Potts
L. Phegley, D. Geiszler, M. Frost, L. N. McDermid, J. Kent, D.
Martinez, F. Franco, G. Sprung and S. Wells
Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA USA
Marine Meteorology Division
[email protected]
NOWCAST Concept
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Satellite Derived
Products
Satellite Imagery
Satellite Measurements
Weather Radar
Air Defense Folder
• Optimize radar settings
• Chem/Bio Defense
Strike Aircraft Folder
• Precision/non-precision
weapon?
• Dispersion plumes
• Optimize routes
Weather
Forecast Model
UAV Weather Data
Sea Basing Folder
• Extended gunfire support
• Chem/Bio Defense
Bridge Folder
• Where to position the
ship for flight ops?
Target Area Weather Data
Aerosol Models
Pilot Folder
• Abort?
• Go high or low?
• Need to re-strike?
Weather Observations
CATC Folder
• Where to tank?
• Divert?
Given a few observations, model products are the only
source of information that provide a realistic 4-dimensional
representation of the atmospheric state consistent with
known dynamical and physical relationships
Chem/Bio Defense Folder
• Protective posture
• Contamination avoidance
• Decontamination strategy
METOC Folder
• Quality assurance
• Hazardous weather alerts
Information Delivery Challenges
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Science Level – How to fuse data into meaningful
information?
• Data QC
• Data Fusion
• Data Assimilation and Modeling
• Feature Extrapolation
• Quality and Confidence
• Threshold Mission Effects
System Level – How to provide the information to the
users?
• Interact with users and operators
• Interoperable on the Internet
• Integrated systems approach
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Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction
System – On Scene (COAMPS-OS®)
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Lightning
Derived
Products
Radar Winds &
Temp Analysis
Radar
Cloud & Moisture
Analysis
Satellite
Local Site Data Feed
METOC
Database
Central Site
Data Feed
Atm & Ocean
Analysis
COAMPS®
Web & GIS
Services
COAMPS® and COAMPS-OS® are registered trademarks of the Naval Research Laboratory.
System
Client
METOC
Admin
COAMPS-OS® Products
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• Multiple nests, hourly gridded forecast fields
– IEEE, GRIB, netCDF formats
– Height and pressure surfaces; sigma levels
– Web-based interface
– Database interfaces
• Web-based automated forecast weather map
product matrix
– Nested, single maps and animations
– Web-based custom map interface
– Forecast soundings, meteograms (weather
forecast & aviation), and datagrams
• Web-based Application Suite
– Dispersion and Radar propagation model
Interfaces
– Automated dispersion model
– Single Station Products Interface
– Observation Data Interface
– Interactive 3D Visualization
– Web-based Remote Monitor
COAMPS® and COAMPS-OS® are registered trademarks of the Naval Research Laboratory.
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Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction
System – On Scene (COAMPS-OS®) with NOWCAST
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Lightning
Derived
Products
Radar Winds &
Temp Analysis
Applications
Processing
EJB
Radar
Cloud & Moisture
Analysis
Satellite
Local Site Data Feed
METOC
Database
Central Site
Data Feed
Atm & Ocean
Analysis
JAVA
Servlets
COAMPS®
Web & GIS
Services
COAMPS® and COAMPS-OS® are registered trademarks of the Naval Research Laboratory.
System
Client
End User
Client
METOC
Admin
NOWCAST Tailored Products
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• Web-based
• Animation
• User-defined
Folders
• Configurable
Tabs and
Products
• Zoom
• Globally
Relocatable
• Dynamic
Product List
• Automatic
Updates
• GIS Capability
Radar Systems on Ships and at
Forward-Deployed Locations
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• SPY-1 radar in the Aegis weapon
system situated on Destroyers
and Cruisers
• SPS-48 Air Traffic Control radar
situated on all Carriers
SPY-1 data from USS O’KANE located off Wallops Is.
• MetMF(R) US Marine Corps
Meteorological Mobile Facility
(Replacement) includes an
Enterprise Doppler radar
• Supplemental
Weather Radar
(SWR) at US
Navy Shore
Sites
Automated quality control of data from mobile DoD radars is an important component of
NOWCAST development (NCAR, MIT LL, NSSL)
Embedded Quality Control
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Cloud Ceiling: lowest altitude with cloud coverage of 60%
Verify
feet
NOWCAST JAVA Web Start application
with cloud ceiling product. Verify button
pops up “Stoplight” display with web drilldown capability for detailed information.
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NCAR TITAN Integration with
NOWCAST
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Combined COAMPS-OS®
& NOWCAST system
currently being
demonstrated and
evaluated at the Naval
Air Station, Fallon, NV.
C. Kessinger, D. Megenhardt,
B. Hendrickson, NCAR
COAMPS® and COAMPS-OS® are registered trademarks of the Naval Research Laboratory.
Summary
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Science Level – How to fuse data into meaningful information?
• COAMPS-OS® data assimilation provides atmospheric state
• Multi-sensor, through-the-sensor data fusion
• Cloud analysis and Doppler radar wind analysis
• Product confidence level
• NCAR Ceiling and Visibility fuzzy logic algorithm
• NCAR TITAN thunderstorm feature extrapolation
• Multiple time levels of information
System Level – How to provide the information to the users?
• Prototype system tested on DoD operational networks
• Integrated Product Team (IPT) meetings and workshops
• Support for Internet open standards
– GIS Consortium (OGC) for geospatial product integration
– XML, SOAP, WSDL, UDDI for web services
– JAVA, HTTP, SSL for accessibility
COAMPS® and COAMPS-OS® are registered trademarks of the Naval Research Laboratory.
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